Peer support in mental health services

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 276-281

  Mahlke, Candelaria I ^a   Krämer, Ute M ^b   Becker, Thomas ^c   Bock, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

consumer providers; peer support; recovery; social inclusion

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMPLOYABILITY; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEER GROUP; PEER SUPPORT WORK; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRAINING; WORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS;

HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84901819933     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000074     Document Type: Review

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