Originally published in February 2004. This guideline is more than 5 years old and has not
yet been updated to ensure that it reflects current knowledge and practice. In accordance …

This article reviews the history and potential effectiveness of peer support among persons
with severe mental illness. Following a historical overview, we describe the three primary …

The article defines peer support/peer provided services; discusses the underlying
psychosocial processes of these services; and delineates the benefits to peer providers …

Peer support is based on the belief that people who have faced, endured, and overcome
adversity can offer useful support, encouragement, hope, and perhaps mentorship to others …

This comprehensive, authoritative text provides a state-of-the-art review of current
knowledge and best practices for helping adults with psychiatric disabilities move forward in …

Self-help groups have encountered fierce criticism as places where individuals join to share
personal problems and to engage in therapeutic intervention without the aid of skilled …

The first volume to address both self-help and support groups, and to provide a clear
distinction between the two, Self-Help and Support Groups dispels misunderstandings and …

This article discusses a new scale for the measurement of self-efficacy among persons
dealing with mental disorders and examines the relationship between involvement in self …

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the relationship between participation in consumer-run
services and recovery of social functioning among persons diagnosed as having serious …

This qualitative analysis applied the theory of self–efficacy to results from a study that used
grounded theory to identify the factors that influenced the recoveries of 15 psychiatric …