Investigating the Degree of Reliable Change Among Persons Assigned to Receive Mental Health Peer Specialist Services

Explaining Service Use and Residential Stability in Supported Housing

“…Conversely, a separate analysis showed that worse psychiatric symptoms at baseline (objectively measured) predicted greater engagement with the peer specialists themselves, presumably because these peers’ services did match expectations. 37 The greater propensity of White and female Veterans to use mental health services was independent of the other influences and consistent with findings of other research. 5 , 8 …”

“We’re All in this Together”: Peer-specialist Contributions to a Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for People with Serious Mental Illness

“…access to health-promoting resources such as scales and pedometers), informational support in the form of guidance regarding diet and physical activity that included individually-tailored strategies for integrating changes, and emotional support as reflected by descriptions of peers' offering caring, empathy, and encouragement both within and beyond the context of living a healthier lifestyle. Understanding how this interpersonal relationship develops is critical given that level of engagement with the peer specialist and perceived "goodness of fit" between the peer specialist and participant have been identified as important to the effectiveness of peerdelivered services (Chinman et al, 2018). Finally, our findings showed how different domains of shared experience in peer-delivered services can be applied in practice.…”

A Systematic Review of the Roles and Contributions of Peer Providers in the Behavioral Health Workforce

“…17−30 Study participants comprised a majority sample of White (15 studies) 18,22,24−36 male individuals (15 studies), 19,22,23,25 −30,33−35,37−39 with a mean age of 45 years (age range = 30.6−55.3 years) who were single, divorced, or never married (6 studies). 19,23,28,31,37,38 Nonspecified serious mental illness (12 studies), [17][18][19][20][21]23,27,28,31,32,35,36 depression (11 studies), 17,[20][21][22]24,[31][32][33]35,37,39 schizophrenia/ schizoaffective disorder (11 studies), 17,20,21,23,27, 31,32,35 −37,39 and SUD (11 studies) 18,19,23,[25][26][27][29][30][31]34,38 were the most prevalent behavioral health conditions experienced by the study participants. Other frequently observed behavioral health conditions were bipolar disorder (8 studies) 17,20,…”

“…21,24,25,31,35 In addition, 11 studies focused on populations previously having received or currently receiving inpatient care or hospitalization for a mental health or SUD, 18,23,27,28,[31][32][33]35,36,38,39 and 6 focused on individuals previously having or currently experiencing homelessness. 19,26,27,29,37,38 A majority ( 16) of studies included participants receiving usual care as a control. [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]26,28,[30][31][32]35,37,38 Within the context of this review, usual care refers to a continuation of nonpeer-provided medical or behavioral health services received before study enrollment that includes outpatient psychotherapy, rehabilitation services, and case management.…”

“…19,26,27,29,37,38 A majority ( 16) of studies included participants receiving usual care as a control. [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]26,28,[30][31][32]35,37,38 Within the context of this review, usual care refers to a continuation of nonpeer-provided medical or behavioral health services received before study enrollment that includes outpatient psychotherapy, rehabilitation services, and case management. 17,20,37 A total of 5 studies used program services delivered by an individual other than a peer provider as a control, including behavioral health providers and personal associates of participants, 21,25,29,33,34 and 3 studies used matching models to identify a control group through retrospective data.…”