The Professional Experiences of Peer Specialists in the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 424-436

  Ahmed, Anthony O ^a,b   Hunter, Kristin M ^c   Mabe, Alex P ^a   Tucker, Sherry J ^d   Buckley, Peter F ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d GA Mental Health Consumer Network Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional outcomes; Peer specialist; Recovery; Work status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPECIALIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPECIALIZATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939965109     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: 15732789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-015-9854-8     Document Type: Article

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