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Embodying Recovery: A Qualitative Study of Peer Work in a Consumer-Run Service Setting

verfasst von: Elizabeth Austin, Aditi Ramakrishnan, Kim Hopper

Erschienen in: Community Mental Health Journal | Ausgabe 8/2014

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Abstract

The use of peer support for persons with mental illness has been gaining force. While research has demonstrated the benefits of peer support, few studies have investigated the qualitative characteristics of how peer support aids persons recovering from mental illness. Therefore, this study sought to clarify the characteristics that constitute peer support and its contribution to recovery. We conducted ethnographic fieldwork and semi-structured interviews with nine peer advocates at a consumer-run organization in New York City, and identified three themes that describe how peer support influences recovery: transforming experience into expertise, understanding the mechanics of peer support, and launching peers towards their own recovery. Peer support plays a critical role in helping clients move beyond their patient role to an empowered sense of personhood. Additionally, the value of peer support highlights current deficiencies within the mental health system and how a bolder shift towards recovery might repair them.

All subjects were given pseudonyms for this publication.

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Titel: Embodying Recovery: A Qualitative Study of Peer Work in a Consumer-Run Service Setting
verfasst von: Elizabeth Austin
Aditi Ramakrishnan
Kim Hopper
Publikationsdatum: 01.11.2014
Verlag: Springer US
Erschienen in: Community Mental Health Journal / Ausgabe 8/2014
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-014-9693-z

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