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Understanding the roles and experiences of mental health peer support workers in England: a qualitative study

2025-01-17

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<h4>Background</h4> Peer support roles in mental health services are rapidly increasing in the UK and internationally. However, there is wide variation in these roles and limited research exploring the ways in which Peer Support Workers (PSWs) are currently working. We aimed to explore: 1) the distinctive features of PSWs approaches in mental healthcare; 2) the values underpinning the role and 3) the perceived imp...

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Literature Corpus work: 986a2622-6da6-5f3e-82c1-2376485ac7e9
DOI: 10.1101/2025.01.16.25320547

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