Introducing Peer Support into Your Organization: Expanding Peer Support in Behavioral Health-Lecture Presentation

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In this video, Amy Cohen and Patrick Hendry discuss the importance of integrating peer support into behavioral health organizations. They highlight the benefits of peer support, such as increased patient involvement in treatment decisions, enhanced quality of life, and reduced hospitalization rates. Peer support also has positive impacts on providers, including increased commitment to treatment decisions and improved job satisfaction. <br /><br />The speakers emphasize the need for organizations to undergo a cultural shift towards a recovery-oriented approach, as opposed to the traditional medical model. They discuss the importance of language in promoting inclusivity and treating individuals as more than their diagnoses. They also provide steps for organizations to follow in order to introduce peer support, including soliciting input from stakeholders, providing training for staff, and conducting agency walkthroughs. <br /><br />The video concludes by highlighting the potential for success when peer support is properly integrated into behavioral health organizations, and the positive effects it can have on individuals' lives.

Keywords

peer support

behavioral health organizations

patient involvement

recovery-oriented approach

inclusivity

training for staff

cultural shift

job satisfaction