Clarifying the role of the mental health peer specialist in Massachusetts, USA: insights from peer specialists, supervisors and clients.
Mental health peer specialists develop peer-to-peer relationships of trust with clients to improve their health and well-being, functioning in ways similar to community health workers. Although the number of peer specialists in use has been increasing, their role in care teams is less defined than t...
| Publicado en: | Health & Social Care in the Community Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 104 - 113 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jan2014
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