Week 4: The Recovery Paradigm Pt. 2 Flashcards
What are examples of recovery-promoting interventions?
Peer Support
Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP)
Illness Management and Recovery
Individual Placement and Support
Emerged from the survivor movement in the 1970s.
Has evolved into a formal intervention within mental health services.
Peer Support
Involves individuals with similar experiences helping each other.
People with lived experience are considered experts on their own recovery.
Peer Support
Is a social movement that emerged in the 1970s to advocate for the rights of people with mental illness.
It was a response to the paternalistic, oppressive, and dehumanizing practices that were common in mental health services at the time.
People with lived experiences of mental illness began to advocate for their rights and support one another in their recovery journeys.
Survivor Movement
People with a lived experience of mental health condition supporting others with a lived experience.
Peer Workers / Peer Providers / Peer Support Providers / Peer Supporters / Peer Support Specialists
Perform a role otherwise performed by a mental health professional.
Peer
Share their own lived experience and their recovery to support others with a similar lived experience. This role cannot be performed by a professional without a lived experience.
Peer
Can be offered to assist in facilitating a therapy OR a standalone intervention.
Peer Support
Peer Workforce (Cronise et al., 2016)
Direct Peer Support (w/ lived experience)
Rehabilitation Role (doesn’t require lived experience)
Challenges of Peer Workers (Cronise et al., 2016)
Dissatisfaction (pay and recognition)
Discrimination (non-peers and leadership)
Stigma from individuals they supportedf
Internalized Stigma
Inequality in compensation, job advancement opportunities, and hiring practices
Peer Support VS Professional Support
Experiential Knowledge: Peer support is based on the lived experience of the provider, while professional support is based on formal education and training.
Reciprocity: Peer support often involves a reciprocal exchange of experiences and support.
Bi-Directionality: Both the provider and receiver share their lived experiences, which is not always the case in traditional clinician-patient relationships.
What do peer support specialists do?
- Share and encourage recovery stories
- Actively listen and provide trauma-informed emotional support
- Identify beliefs and values
- Self-Disclosure
- Self-Care
- Goal setting and motivation
- Shared decision-making
- Advocate rights
A collaborative process between a healthcare provider and a patient where they work together to make decisions about the patient’s treatment or care.
Shared Decision-Making
When offered as an autonomous intervention, can improve empowerment and personal recovery.
Peer Support
Peer Support as an Adjunct Intervention
The studies comparing peer workers with other mental health workers performing a similar role have not contributed data for the analysis showing positive benefits in terms of recovery and empowerment.
Peer Support VS Professional Support
No significant differences between peer support and professional support in terms of quality of life, mental health symptoms, and crisis service use.