Using peer support to strengthen mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: a review

R Suresh, A Alam, Z Karkossa - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact on
society's overall mental health. Measures such as mandated lockdowns and physical …

Mobilising social support to improve mental health for children and adolescents: A systematic review using principles of realist synthesis

A Bauer, M Stevens, D Purtscheller, M Knapp… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Social support is a well-recognised protective factor for children's mental health. Whilst many
interventions exist that seek to mobilise social support to improve children's mental health …

“I'm not alone”: a qualitative report of experiences among parents of children with eating disorders attending virtual parent-led peer support groups

L Grennan, M Nicula, D Pellegrini, K Giuliani… - Journal of Eating …, 2022 - Springer
Background The treatment for children with eating disorders (EDs) requires extensive
involvement of parents. The parents of children with EDs have voiced a need for greater …

Barriers to mental health services for parents and siblings of children with special health care needs

G Graaf, P Baiden, L Keyes, G Boyd - Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2022 - Springer
Caregivers of children with special health care needs (CSHCNs), especially those whose
children have emotional, behavioral, or developmental problems (EBDPs), experience …

Mental health service navigation: a scoping review of programmatic features and research evidence

J Waid, K Halpin, R Donaldson - Social Work in Mental Health, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Service navigation is a care coordination approach that is designed to resolve barriers and
facilitate access to needed services. Originating within primary and specialty health care …

Building on shared experiences: The evaluation of a phone-based parent-to-parent support program for helping parents with their child's substance misuse

KM Carpenter, J Foote, T Hedrick, K Collins… - Addictive Behaviors, 2020 - Elsevier
Aims To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a phone-based parent-to-parent support
program, in which parents who have had children with substance use problems provided …

Parent-to-parent peer support for children and youth with special health care needs: Preliminary evaluation of a family partner program in a healthcare system

MLD Pollock, D Ming, RJ Chung, G Maslow - Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) have complex care
and coordination needs that are often managed by parents or primary caregivers. This study …

Supporting the support network: The value of family peer work in youth mental health care

L Hopkins, J Kuklych, G Pedwell, A Woods - Community Mental Health …, 2021 - Springer
Reported rates of mental illness continue to climb amongst young Australians. In a family
environment the carers of these young people play a highly influential role in their recovery …

State approaches to funding home and community-based mental health care for non-Medicaid youth: Alternatives to Medicaid waivers

G Graaf, L Snowden - Administration and Policy in Mental Health and …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid waivers for children
increase the availability of public funding for HCBS by waiving or expanding the means tests …

The role of Medicaid home and community-based service policies in organizing and financing care for children with severe emotional disturbance

G Graaf, L Snowden - Children and Youth Services Review, 2017 - Elsevier
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