What is it about?
This is a study of the effectiveness of peer mentors, namely people who are recovered enough to be mentors to severely mentally ill and hospitalized patients
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Why is it important?
Humanizes our mental health system and provider another road to recover for patients with severe mental illness
Perspectives
We were surprised with the results and if they stand up with replication, it will be a compelling argument to supplement conventional mental health services with this kind of assistance.
William Sledge
Yale School of Medicine
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This page is a summary of: Outcomes of a Peer Mentor Intervention for Persons With Recurrent Psychiatric Hospitalization, Psychiatric Services, July 2018, American Psychiatric Association,
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201600478.
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