Training of mental health peer support workers in a non-western high-income city: Preliminary evaluation and experience

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 211-218

  Tse, Samson ^a   Tsoi, Emily Wing See ^a   Wong, Stephen ^a   Kan, Alice ^a   Kwok, Caroline Fei Yeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

peer mentoring; peer run; Recovery approach; Warmline service

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEPHONE;

FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HONG KONG; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84893013064     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764013481427     Document Type: Article

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