Home Groups: Integrating Peer Support and Clinical Care in a Community Mental Health Center

Styron, Thomas; Pavlo, Anthony J.; Miller, Rebecca; Kamens, Sarah R.; Hall, Benjamin Cooley; Fortgang, Rebecca; Ivey, Alexandra; Edwards, Maria; Youins, Richard; Bellamy, Chyrell; Davidson, Larry

doi:10.1080/00207284.2018.1533408

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“…Recruitment during this phase occurred between January and March 2020, before the first COVID-19 wave occurred. The center serves approximately 2,400 people with mental health problems (e.g., psychosis) or addictions, many of whom face significant social stressors, such as poverty, racism, homelessness, discrimination, isolation, and unemployment (Chinman et al, 2002; Steiner et al, 2016; Styron et al, 2019).…”

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“…serves approximately 2,400 people with mental health problems (e.g., psychosis) or addictions, many of whom face significant social stressors, such as poverty, racism, homelessness, discrimination, isolation, and unemployment (Chinman et al, 2002;Steiner et al, 2016;Styron et al, 2019). Participants were recruited through recruitment flyers and via word of mouth.…”

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Generativity among people with lived experience of mental illness and distress.

Jordan¹,

Davidson²,

Bellamy³

2022

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Generativity refers to the contributions that people make toward the betterment of others, communities, and future generations. Engaging in generativity may add purpose and meaning to one's life, elements which people with mental illness often feel is relevant for their recovery. Despite its importance, what is known about how people with mental health problems engage in generativity, and the relationship between generativity and recovery is unclear. Addressing this knowledge gap may inform recovery-oriented interventions; and may help shift stigmatizing views that people with mental illnesses are a burden on society. This study explored generativity and its relationship to recovery among people with mental illnesses. The objectives were evaluated using a mixed methods sequential explanatory design over two phases. During the quantitative phase, participants completed questionnaires measuring generativity, recovery, and distress. During the qualitative phase, participants interpreted and elaborated upon the quantitative results. Phase one participants endorsed many items reflecting generativity. Generativity was correlated with overall recovery scores, as well as with domains reflecting no domination by symptoms (r = .32), a willingness to ask for help (r = .46), and personal confidence and hope (r = .48). Phase two participants discussed how the quantitative results resonated with their own experiences; their own generative behaviors, which included ephemeral and concrete forms of generativity; and how engaging in generativity improved their recovery. People with lived experience of mental illness make important contributions to the lives of other people and their communities; and these contributions can support recovery. Public Policy Relevance StatementBy contributing toward the betterment of others, communities, and future generations, people can find new meaning in life and purpose. However, little research has examined the types of helping behaviors people with mental illness engage in and how these behaviors support people's recovery from mental health problems. This study shows that people with mental illness contribute in a wide variety of ways, and doing so helps them recover.

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Generativity among people with lived experience of mental illness and distress.

Jordan¹,

Davidson²,

Bellamy³

2022

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Lived experience allyship in mental health services: Recommendations for improved uptake of allyship roles in support of peer workforces

Reeves,

Loughhead,

Teague

et al. 2024

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Inclusion of service users in the design and delivery of mental health services is clearly articulated throughout Australian mental health action plans and stated as an expectation within contemporary mental health policy. International and local Australian research demonstrates benefits for the inclusion of lived experience workers in service users' recovery journey; however, persistent challenges and barriers limit their effective integration into transdisciplinary mental health service teams. Non‐lived experience workers who actively advocate and champion the inclusion of lived experience or peer workers, known as allies, are acknowledged and recognised as enablers for effective integration of peer workers to service teams. In this discursive paper, authors present recommendations for further development of allyship roles within leadership positions of mental health organisations in Australia. Leaders are in a position to influence the allocation of resources, redress power inequalities and facilitate opportunities for the inclusion of lived experience expertise across all levels of mental health organisations. This paper makes recommendations for areas of learning and unlearning ingrained bias and assumptions which may be detrimental to integration of lived experience workforces and hinder movement toward greater adoption of recovery‐orientated service delivery.

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Home Groups: Integrating Peer Support and Clinical Care in a Community Mental Health Center

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Generativity among people with lived experience of mental illness and distress.

Generativity among people with lived experience of mental illness and distress.

Lived experience allyship in mental health services: Recommendations for improved uptake of allyship roles in support of peer workforces

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