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Peer Specialists

Topic: Peer Specialists

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41 result(s) found.

What is the nature of the relationship between a peer support specialist and the people they serve?

Answered by:

Patrick Hendry, SMI Recovery and Peer-to-Peer Engagement Expert - Mental Health America

Date Answered: March 22, 2019

Tags: Complementary Approaches (CAM), Integrated Care, Outreach, Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions, Self-management, Wellness
Do peer support specialists encourage the people they serve in taking medications?

Answered by:

Patrick Hendry, SMI Recovery and Peer-to-Peer Engagement Expert - Mental Health America

Date Answered: March 22, 2019

Tags: Complementary Approaches (CAM), Integrated Care, Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions, Psychopharmacology, Self-management, Wellness
What is the role of a peer support specialist in assisting people in their efforts to communicate more effectively with their physicians?

Answered by:

Patrick Hendry, SMI Recovery and Peer-to-Peer Engagement Expert - Mental Health America

Date Answered: March 22, 2019

Tags: Advance Directive, Complementary Approaches (CAM), Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions, Self-management, Wellness
How are peer support services paid for? Is peer support Medicaid reimbursable?

Answered by:

Patrick Hendry, SMI Recovery and Peer-to-Peer Engagement Expert - Mental Health America

Date Answered: March 22, 2019

Tags: Alternative Payment Models Standards (APMS), Complementary Approaches (CAM), Federal, Financing, Health System, Local, Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions, Policy, Self-management, State, Wellness
Do peer support specialists require a specific model of supervision?

Answered by:

Patrick Hendry, SMI Recovery and Peer-to-Peer Engagement Expert - Mental Health America

Date Answered: March 22, 2019

Tags: Complementary Approaches (CAM), Federal, Health System, Integrated Care, Local, Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions, Practice, Self-management, State, Wellness
Is peer support an evidence-based practice?

Answered by:

Patrick Hendry, SMI Recovery and Peer-to-Peer Engagement Expert - Mental Health America

Date Answered: March 22, 2019

Tags: Complementary Approaches (CAM), Federal, Health System, Integrated Care, Local, Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions, State, Wellness
What is the “peer bridger” model of peer support?

Answered by:

Patrick Hendry, SMI Recovery and Peer-to-Peer Engagement Expert - Mental Health America

Date Answered: March 22, 2019

Tags: Alternatives to Hospitalization, Civil Commitment, Complementary Approaches (CAM), Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC), Crisis Management, Family Involvement, Health System, Local, Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions, Re-entry Programs, Self-management, State, Support of Families, Wellness, Wraparound Services
What type of certification do Certified Peer Specialists have?

Answered by:

Patrick Hendry, SMI Recovery and Peer-to-Peer Engagement Expert - Mental Health America

Date Answered: March 25, 2019

Tags: Health System, Integrated Care, Local, Peer Engagement, Peer-led Interventions, Policy, State, Workforce
Is peer support a valuable addition to services for people with SMI?

Answered by:

Patrick Hendry, SMI Recovery and Peer-to-Peer Engagement Expert - Mental Health America

Date Answered: March 25, 2019

Tags: Bipolar, Complementary Approaches (CAM), Crisis Management, Depression, Family Involvement, Health System, Integrated Care, Local, Outreach, Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions, Practice, PTSD, Schizophrenia, Self-management, Shared Decision Making, State, Stigma, Support of Families, Trauma-Informed Care, Wellness, Workforce, Wraparound Services
What do we do if, while providing peer support, the Certified Peer Specialist encounters a “trigger” that creates stress that may represent a danger to their own wellness?

Answered by:

Patrick Hendry, SMI Recovery and Peer-to-Peer Engagement Expert - Mental Health America

Date Answered: March 25, 2019

Tags: Family Involvement, Health System, Outreach, Peer Engagement, Practice, PTSD, Self-management, Stigma, Support of Families, Trauma-Informed Care, Wellness, Workforce
I work in community mental health in a small community. We are preparing to hire some peer support staff but we realize that because it is such a small community, the peers we can hire will likely know some of the people they will be working with. What is the best way to handle this?

Answered by:

Patrick Hendry, SMI Recovery and Peer-to-Peer Engagement Expert - Mental Health America

Date Answered: March 25, 2019

Tags: Complementary Approaches (CAM), Health System, Integrated Care, Level of Care, Local, Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Practice, Self-management, State, Wellness
Should a peer support group for individuals with SMI be facilitated, or at least co-facilitated, by a clinician?

Answered by:

Patrick Hendry, SMI Recovery and Peer-to-Peer Engagement Expert - Mental Health America

Date Answered: March 25, 2019

Tags: Complementary Approaches (CAM), Health System, Integrated Care, Level of Care, Local, Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Practice, Self-management, State, Wellness
Peer Services Toolkit: A Guide to Advancing and Implementing Peer-run Behavioral Health Services

Publisher: ACMHA: The College for Behavioral Health Leadership; Optum

Year of Publication: 2015

Tags: Peer Engagement, Peer-led Interventions
Core Competencies for Peer Workers in Behavioral Health Services

Publisher: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Year of Publication: 2018

Tags: Peer-led Interventions
Consumer-Operated Services Evidence-Based Practices (EBP) KIT

Publisher: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Year of Publication: 2011

Tags: Peer-led Interventions
Peer Support Toolkit

Publisher: City of Philadelphia- Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAability Services (DBHIDS)

Year of Publication: 2017

Tags: Local, Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions
Cultural Competency in Mental Health Peer-Run Programs and Self-Help Groups: A Tool to Assess and Enhance Your Services

Publisher: National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI); University of Illinois at Chicago National Research and Training Center on Psychiatric Disability

Year of Publication: 2010

Tags: Cultural Competency, Peer-led Interventions
Peer Support

Answered by:

Lisa B. Dixon, MD, MPH, Editor of Psychiatric Services
Rachel Robitz, MD

Publisher: American Psychiatric Association

Year of Publication: 2019

Tags: Integrated Care, Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions
Peer Support Master Classes

Answered by:

Patrick Hendry, SMI Recovery and Peer-to-Peer Engagement Expert - Mental Health America

Publisher: Mental Health America

Year of Publication: 2018

Tags: Financing, Health System, Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions, Practice, Self-management, Shared Decision Making, Trauma-Informed Care, Wellness, Wraparound Services
National Practice Guidelines for Peer Supporters

Publisher: International Association of Peer Supporters

Year of Publication: 2013

Tags: Peer Engagement, Peer-led Interventions
Peer Facilitated Community Inclusion Tool Kit

Publisher: Temple Collaborative on Community Inclusion

Year of Publication: 2016

Tags: Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions, Self-management, Wellness
Centers for Independent Living Fact Sheets

Publisher: Temple Collaborative on Community Inclusion

Year of Publication: 2017

Tags: Advocacy, Peer-led Interventions, Self-management
Helping People Connect to the Religious Congregations and Spiritual Groups of Their Choice: The Role of Peer Specialists

Publisher: Temple Collaborative on Community Inclusion

Year of Publication: 2012

Tags: Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions, Self-management
What is a Peer Recovery Support Program?

Date Answered: August 9, 2019

Tags: Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions
Tackling Mental Health Prejudice and Discrimination: Recommendations and Resources for Peer-Run Programs for People with Mental Health Conditions

Publisher: Temple Collaborative on Community Inclusion, the Clearinghouse

Year of Publication: 2019

Tags: Peer-led Interventions, Stigma
Starting And Maintaining An Effective Peer Support Group

Publisher: Mental Health America

Year of Publication: 2019

Tags: Implementation, Peer Engagement, Self-management
What is Peer Support and What is NOT Peer Support?

Publisher: Pathways Research and Training Center

Year of Publication: 2017

Tags: Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions
Supporting College Student Success Through Connections to Mentors and Campus Champions: A Strategy Brief For Campus-Based Mentors and Other Student Support Programs

Publisher: Research and Training Center for Pathways to Positive Futures, Portland State University

Year of Publication: 2018

Tags: Bipolar, Clinical High Risk, Depression, First Break Psychosis, Homeless, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions, Schizophrenia, Self-management, Supported Education, Supportive Housing, Transitional Age Youth, Wellness
WHAM: Whole Health Action Management Support Training Participant Guide

Publisher: SAMHSA-HRA Center for Integrated Solutions

Year of Publication: 2012

Tags: Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions, Wellness
What roles do peer forensic specialists play on forensic teams?

Answered by:

Benjamin Druss, MD, SMI Health Systems Expert - Emory University

Date Answered: October 29, 2019

Tags: Health System, Peer Engagement, Practice, Sequential Intercept
Can the involvement of peers (individuals with lived experience with mental illness) improve the training for law enforcement personnel who respond to mental health emergency/crisis situations?

Answered by:

Patrick Hendry, SMI Recovery and Peer-to-Peer Engagement Expert - Mental Health America

Date Answered: October 29, 2019

Tags: Crisis Intervention Training (CIT), Peer Engagement
How does the peer specialist balance creating a sense of safety and working towards the best outcomes for all when other members of the team will make the final decisions about involuntary treatment, including that if they are placed on an involuntary hold or arrested they may be handcuffed?

Answered by:

Patrick Hendry, SMI Recovery and Peer-to-Peer Engagement Expert - Mental Health America

Date Answered: October 29, 2019

Tags: Advocacy, Alternatives to Hospitalization, Crisis Management, Outreach, Peer Engagement, Trauma-Informed Care
DIMENSIONS: Peer Support Program Toolkit

Publisher: Behavioral Health and Wellness Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Year of Publication: 2015

Tags: Adoption, Exposure, Implementation, Peer Engagement, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions, Practice
Peer Providers

Publisher: SAMHSA-HRA Center for Integrated Solutions

Tags: Implementation, Peer-led Interventions, Practice
Training Peer Educators to Promote Self-Management Skills in People with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Diabetes (DM) in a Primary Health Care Setting

Publisher: Prim Health Care Res Dev

Year of Publication: 2015

Tags: Co-morbid Medical Conditions, Peer Engagement, Self-management
TA Coalition Webinar: Using Peers to Support Re-Engaging Families

Publisher: National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD) Publications

Year of Publication: 2019

Tags: Family Involvement, Peer Engagement, Peer-led Interventions, Support of Families
Best Practices Identified for Peer Support Programs

Publisher: Defense Centers of Excellence

Year of Publication: 2011

Tags: Peer Engagement, Peer-led Interventions, Veterans
Peer Involvement & Leadership in Early Intervention in Psychosis Services

Publisher: National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

Year of Publication: 2016

Tags: Bipolar, Coordinated Specialty Care (CSC), Depression, Peer Navigators, Peer-led Interventions
Successfully Employing Peer Specialists: A Framework and Tools

Publisher: National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors

Year of Publication: 2018

Tags: Adoption, Peer-led Interventions, Policy
An Introduction to Peer-Supported Open Dialogue in Mental Healthcare

Publisher: BJPsych Advances

Year of Publication: 2016

Tags: Open Dialogue, Peer-led Interventions
Peer Support For Older Adults

Publisher: Mental Health America

Year of Publication: 2019

Tags: Co-morbid Medical Conditions, Geriatric, Implementation, Peer-led Interventions

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