2023
Housing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative study
Chayama K, Ng C, Fleming T, Small W, Sue K, McNeil R. Housing-based syringe services programs to improve access to safer injecting equipment for people who inject drugs in Vancouver, Canada: a spatially oriented qualitative study. Harm Reduction Journal 2023, 20: 126. PMID: 37679789, PMCID: PMC10483728, DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00862-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSyringe services programSyringe distribution programsInjecting equipmentSingle room occupancy hotelsDrug-related risksDistribution programHarm reduction measuresHarm reduction supportsLow-threshold accessMethodsBetween JanuaryPWIDDrug useSyringe possessionPeer staffMost participantsIllicit drugsDrugsService programsSyringesSupportive housingParticipantsDifferences and Similarities Between Consumer- and Caregiver- or Family-Informed Peer Roles in Mental Health
Roennfeldt H, Chapman M, Runneboom C, Wang Y, Byrne L. Differences and Similarities Between Consumer- and Caregiver- or Family-Informed Peer Roles in Mental Health. Psychiatric Services 2023, 74: 1037-1044. PMID: 36987707, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.20220386.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeer workersCaregiver perspectivesMental health staffMental health sectorMixed-methods designPeer workforceCaregiving experienceHealth staffPeer staffMental healthService usersCaregiversPeer roleHealth sectorQualitative findingsWork practiceQualitative dataFamily membersStaffAustralian surveyWorkforceAnalyzed dataQuantitative dataParticipantsWorkers
2014
Pushing, Patience, and Persistence: Peer Providers' Perspectives on Supportive Relationships
Mourra S, Sledge W, Sells D, Lawless M, Davidson L. Pushing, Patience, and Persistence: Peer Providers' Perspectives on Supportive Relationships. American Journal Of Psychiatric Rehabilitation 2014, 17: 307-328. DOI: 10.1080/15487768.2014.967601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPeer staffSupport providersPeer support providersSupportive relationshipsPeer supportClients' strugglesInevitable setbacksMultiple inpatient admissionsVicarious traumaQualitative studyStaff relationshipsMutual identificationSuch experiencesStruggleProvider perspectivesInterviewsData analytic strategiesPersonal natureParticipants' interestAnalytic strategiesPerspectivePeer supportersStaffOwn feelingsExperience
2012
Peer support among persons with severe mental illnesses: a review of evidence and experience
DAVIDSON L, BELLAMY C, GUY K, MILLER R. Peer support among persons with severe mental illnesses: a review of evidence and experience. World Psychiatry 2012, 11: 123-128. PMID: 22654945, PMCID: PMC3363389, DOI: 10.1016/j.wpsyc.2012.05.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCo-occurring substance use disordersPeer supportSevere mental illnessPeer staffMental health servicesSubstance use disordersCommunity mental healthTreatment eraConventional mental health servicesEmergency roomUse disordersReview of evidenceHealth servicesMental illnessMental healthSubstance useParticipants' levelLife domainsParticipants' senseService user movementHospitalIllnessPsychosisStaffPersons
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