Peer Support in Mental Health

Emma Watson, Sara Meddings

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
27 May 2019

Social work; Clinical psychology

Series: Foundations of Mental Health Practice

In recent years, the concepts of peer support, self-help and self-management have moved from the periphery of mental health care toward the centre, and have fast become mainstream approaches to supporting well-being. Peer Support in Mental Health provides an overview of the core concepts and an appreciation of the complexities, controversies and applications of each concept. This innovative textbook will support not only mental health professionals and trainees, but also peers, people who use services and their carers.

The authors... - Track the development of peer support approaches and provide an overview of their current uses and applications. - Use case examples to support the application of theory to practice. - Draw on lived experience to demonstrate the diff erent approaches to peer support.

Edited by: Emma Watson, Sara Meddings
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1st ed. 2019
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm,
Weight: 263g
ISBN: 9781352005066
ISBN 10: 1352005069
Series: Foundations of Mental Health Practice
Pages: 166
Publication Date: 27 May 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

What is peer support? History, evidence and values (Emma Watson) The politics of peer support (Emma Watson) The many faces of peer support – what can it look like in practice? (Emma Watson) Recovery Colleges and Peer support (Sara Meddings,Waldo Roeg and Sandra Jayacodi) Peer Support, Intersectionality and Socially Excluded Communities (Eleanor Hope and Shazia Ali) Peer support for family and friends: carers supporting each other (Karen Machin, Sara Meddings and Jacqueline Clarke-Mapp) Peer support training (Karen Machin) All mental health professionals using lived experience (Sara Meddings, Phil Morgan and Glenn Roberts) Employing and Supporting People with Lived Experience in Peer Support and Other Roles (Clare Ockwell and Howard Pearce) Peer-led Services: Doing it ourselves (Mirika Flegg and Anna Stratford)

Emma Watson is the Peer Support Development Lead and Peer Trainer at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Sara Meddings is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Reviews for Peer Support in Mental Health

The first UK text that focuses on peer support, this book manages to combine an intellectual, research based approach with sensitive values, leading to a text that is accessible and practical. It does not shy away from the complexities of the role, function and nature of peer support, nor does it offer easy answers, yet the compassion, personal lived experience and humility of the editors shines through every chapter! * Dr Julie Repper, Director of ImROC, UK * Peer support is an area of mental health that is developing and expanding very quickly. The editors have created an interesting and informative work that will help people understand the current debates in the field. Anyone interested in peer support will find this engaging and thought provoking. * Dr David Crepaz-Keay, Head of Empowerment and Social Inclusion, Mental Health Foundation, UK *