Reviewing Consumer‐Run Mental Health Services

Peer support as a catalyst for recovery: A mixed-methods study

“…Peer support workers (PSWs) operationalize the principles of PSR and CMOP-E. Their lived experience of a mental illness is a job requirement, and as such, they become role models to their clients and to their nonpeer colleagues. Tse and Doughty (2008) highlighted potential roles for occupational therapists, including advocacy, development of peer support programs, and contribution to the literature base through research.…”