How Peer Support Complements Clinical Practices-Presentation Slides

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This document discusses the importance of peer support in complementing clinical practice in the field of behavioral health. It highlights the benefits of peer support specialists working in clinical environments, such as inpatient settings, crisis care, mobile crisis teams, emergency rooms, and integrated behavioral health/primary care settings. The document emphasizes that while peer support staff work in clinical settings, they do not perform clinical roles. <br /><br />The experiences of peer support workers are examined, revealing positive outcomes such as increased social contribution, wellness, social networks, career advancement, and improved confidence. However, there are also negative experiences reported, including negative attitudes from non-peer staff and not being included in staff activities.<br /><br />The document stresses the importance of preparing organizations for the introduction of peer support services to avoid clashes of cultures. It suggests that a recovery-oriented approach, which focuses on quality of life and individual influences on mental health, should be implemented. Effective supervision is also highlighted as a critical element to promote the success of peer support.<br /><br />The benefits of peer support in team-based mental health services are discussed, including improved quality of life, satisfaction with services, engagement in treatment, whole health improvement, decreased hospitalization rates, and reduced overall costs. The document provides resources for supporting peer support services and information on peer support supervision.<br /><br />The document concludes with information on upcoming webinars and encourages visitation of SMIadviser.org for further information and resources related to mental health.

Keywords

peer support

behavioral health

clinical practice

peer support specialists

recovery-oriented approach

mental health services

team-based care

supervision

quality of life

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