Integrating Skill Building and Peer Support in Mental Health Treatment

E, Edmunson; Bedell, Jeffrey R.; Archer, Robert P.; Gordon, Richard E.

doi:10.1007/978-1-4613-3356-2_8

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“…Two studies included only participants with bipolar disorder [ 27 , 37 ] and one study included only participants with schizophrenia spectrum disorders [ 38 ]. Of the remaining 15 studies with mixed populations of secondary mental health service users, seven involved a majority of participants diagnosed with schizophrenia [ 28 , 39 - 44 ], six involved a majority with mood disorders [ 45 - 50 ], and two failed to report data concerning participant diagnosis although all were mental health service users [ 36 , 51 ].…”

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of peer support for people with severe mental illness

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BackgroundLittle is known about whether peer support improves outcomes for people with severe mental illness.MethodA systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted. Cochrane CENTRAL Register, Medline, Embase, PsycINFO, and CINAHL were searched to July 2013 without restriction by publication status. Randomised trials of non-residential peer support interventions were included. Trial interventions were categorised and analysed separately as: mutual peer support, peer support services, or peer delivered mental health services. Meta-analyses were performed where possible, and studies were assessed for bias and the quality of evidence described.ResultsEighteen trials including 5597 participants were included. These comprised four trials of mutual support programmes, eleven trials of peer support services, and three trials of peer-delivered services. There was substantial variation between trials in participants’ characteristics and programme content. Outcomes were incompletely reported; there was high risk of bias. From small numbers of studies in the analyses it was possible to conduct, there was little or no evidence that peer support was associated with positive effects on hospitalisation, overall symptoms or satisfaction with services. There was some evidence that peer support was associated with positive effects on measures of hope, recovery and empowerment at and beyond the end of the intervention, although this was not consistent within or across different types of peer support.ConclusionsDespite the promotion and uptake of peer support internationally, there is little evidence from current trials about the effects of peer support for people with severe mental illness. Although there are few positive findings, this review has important implications for policy and practice: current evidence does not support recommendations or mandatory requirements from policy makers for mental health services to provide peer support programmes. Further peer support programmes should be implemented within the context of high quality research projects wherever possible. Deficiencies in the conduct and reporting of existing trials exemplify difficulties in the evaluation of complex interventions.

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of peer support for people with severe mental illness

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“…The structured treatment models of social skills training and case management readily lend themselves to partnerships between paraprofessionals, who can actively reach the consumer in the community, and psychologists. Psychologists have shown leadership in this area, and evaluations of the effectiveness of peer-assisted treatment have been reported (Edmundson, Bedell, & Gordon, 1983; Felton et al, 1995).…”

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Current approaches to assessment and treatment of persons with serious mental illness.

Bedell¹,

Hunter²,

Corrigan³

1997

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

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Psychologists increasingly have the opportunity to work with persons with serious and chronic mental illnesses. Managed care encourages services that rely less on hospital treatment and more on a combination of brief and intensive outpatient therapy and long-term, low-cost maintenance and support. Diagnostic practices needed to be effective in such an environment include categorical and functional assessment. Psychological treatments that have been demonstrated effective include cognitive-behavioral social skills training, pragmatic supportive therapy, personal therapy, the multimodal functional model, therapeutic contracting, case management, and multiple family therapy. These innovative assessment and treatment techniques are described along with some experimental treatments of cognitive dysfunction.In the past, many psychologists believed that they had little to offer individuals suffering from serious mental disorders, such as schizophrenia and chronic major depression, and considered those cases to be more suitable for psychiatric treatment that was based on pharmacology and hospital care. Psychology training generally includes little exposure to course work and practical training with seriously mentally ill individuals (Millet & Schwebel, 1994), and there are relatively few role models in the profession to encourage students to pursue this area of spe-JEFFREY R. BEDELL received his PhD in clinical psychology from the University of South Florida in 1975. He is currently an associate professor of psychiatry (psychology) at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and is the director of Community Options, .a clinical research program at Elmhurst Hospital Center developing and evaluating clinical and costeffective community treatments for persons with serious mental illness. RICHARD H. HUNTER received his PhD from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1982. He is chief psychologist for the Bureau of Clinical Services, Illinois Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities, and is clinical associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Southern Illinois University's School of Medicine. He is working on programs and intervention strategies for treatment-resistant patients and interventions for people with a dual diagnosis of mental retardation and mental illness. PATRICK W, CORRIGAN, PsyD, is an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Chicago, where he directs the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, a clinical, research, and training program for persons with serious mental illness and their families. He is also the principal investigator and director of the Illinois Staff Training Institute for Psychiatric Rehabilitation, related to the implementation and maintenance of effective rehabilitation programs in real world settings.

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“…They are usually formed by peers who have come together for mutual assistance in satisfying a common need (…)” (Katz , p. 136). Mutual aid has a long history, with literature documenting successful outcomes for participants in a range of peer support networks (e.g., Alemi et al ; Edmunson et al ; Sibthorpe, Fleming, and Gould ). Napoleon Hill's 1937 “Think and Grow Rich” (still remaining in press today, with over 20 million copies reportedly sold), documents the “mastermind” group, a pro‐social version of the mutual aid group first recorded in North America as Benjamin Franklin's Leather Apron Club.…”

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“…Yet peer support groups have been found to be beneficial in many areas outside the entrepreneurship realm. The mutual aid literature documents successful outcomes for participants in a range of peer support networks, including chronic illness, addiction, and abuse (e.g., Alemi et al ; Edmunson et al ; Sibthorpe, Fleming, and Gould ). However, despite its history and popularity, this phenomenon remains understudied in entrepreneurship literature.…”

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Talking Your Way into Entrepreneurial Support: An Analysis of Satisfaction Drivers in Entrepreneur Mutual Aid Groups

Sarkar¹,

Osiyevskyy

Hayes

2019

Journal of Small Business Management

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The role of organized peer networks in entrepreneurial support systems has been surprisingly neglected in the literature, despite their undisputed effectiveness in numerous areas outside the entrepreneurship realm. This study explores the efficacy of mutual aid groups for entrepreneurial support, as theoretically distinct from other group‐based mechanisms (such as peer group mentoring and many to one group mentoring). Drawing from respondent data of small, local mutual aid groups within the global entrepreneurship support organization (2,869 responses from members of 540 groups worldwide), we investigate the factors determining the entrepreneurs' satisfaction with the entrepreneur mutual aid groups. Understanding the antecedents of members' subjective satisfaction with the group serves an essential first step toward developing the models explaining the objective effectiveness of these organizations (e.g., performance, survival, and growth), in that the former is an essential, necessary condition for continuing participation in the voluntary mutual aid groups. Our analysis reveals that group climate and leadership are important drivers of group satisfaction.

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Integrating Skill Building and Peer Support in Mental Health Treatment

Cited by 13 publications

References 7 publications

A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of peer support for people with severe mental illness

A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of peer support for people with severe mental illness

Current approaches to assessment and treatment of persons with serious mental illness.

Talking Your Way into Entrepreneurial Support: An Analysis of Satisfaction Drivers in Entrepreneur Mutual Aid Groups

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