Description:
In recent years, the concepts of peer support, self-help and self-management have moved from the periphery of mental health care toward the centre, and have fast become mainstream approaches to supporting well-being. Peer Support in Mental Health provides an overview of the core concepts and an appreciation of the complexities, controversies and applications of each concept. This innovative textbook will support not only mental health professionals and trainees, but also peers, people who use services and their carers.
The authors...- Track the development of peer support approaches and provide an overview of their current uses and applications.
- Use case examples to support the application of theory to practice.
- Draw on lived experience to demonstrate the diff erent approaches to peer support.
Review Quotes:
"The first UK text that focuses on peer support, this book manages to combine an intellectual, research based approach with sensitive values, leading to a text that is accessible and practical. It does not shy away from the complexities of the role, function and nature of peer support, nor does it offer easy answers, yet the compassion, personal lived experience and humility of the editors shines through every chapter!" --Dr Julie Repper, Director of ImROC, UK
"Peer support is an area of mental health that is developing and expanding very quickly. The editors have created an interesting and informative work that will help people understand the current debates in the field. Anyone interested in peer support will find this engaging and thought provoking." --Dr David Crepaz-Keay, Head of Empowerment and Social Inclusion, Mental Health Foundation, UK