Embodying Recovery: A Qualitative Study of Peer Work in a Consumer-Run Service Setting

被引：36

作者：

Austin, Elizabeth ^{[1
]}

Ramakrishnan, Aditi ^{[2
]}

Hopper, Kim ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Columbia Univ, Dept Psychiat, New York, NY 10027 USA

[2] Columbia Univ, Dept Anthropol, New York, NY 10027 USA

[3] Nathan S Kline Inst Psychiat Res, Orangeburg, NY 10962 USA

来源：

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH JOURNAL | 2014年 / 50卷 / 08期

关键词：

Peers; Peer support; Recovery; Agency; MENTAL-HEALTH; SUPPORT; IMPACT; ORGANIZATIONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; CRISIS;

D O I：

10.1007/s10597-014-9693-z

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

The use of peer support for persons with mental illness has been gaining force. While research has demonstrated the benefits of peer support, few studies have investigated the qualitative characteristics of how peer support aids persons recovering from mental illness. Therefore, this study sought to clarify the characteristics that constitute peer support and its contribution to recovery. We conducted ethnographic fieldwork and semi-structured interviews with nine peer advocates at a consumer-run organization in New York City, and identified three themes that describe how peer support influences recovery: transforming experience into expertise, understanding the mechanics of peer support, and launching peers towards their own recovery. Peer support plays a critical role in helping clients move beyond their patient role to an empowered sense of personhood. Additionally, the value of peer support highlights current deficiencies within the mental health system and how a bolder shift towards recovery might repair them.

引用

页码：879 / 885

页数：7

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