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Defining "peerness" in peer-delivered health and wellness interventions for serious mental illness.

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Comments on the original article by Silver and Nemec (see record 2016-43088-001) regarding the recent special issue on peer-delivered services. Silver and Nemec thoughtfully raised important topics for further explanation.… Click to show full abstract

Comments on the original article by Silver and Nemec (see record 2016-43088-001) regarding the recent special issue on peer-delivered services. Silver and Nemec thoughtfully raised important topics for further explanation. Especially intriguing was their commentary on what constitutes "essential peerness"; that is, what qualities or experiences are necessary/sufficient to make a peer a peer? With this editorial, the authors add to that conversation, specifically with regard to the role of peer specialists in health/wellness interventions. (PsycINFO Database Record

Keywords: health wellness; peer; wellness interventions; peer delivered

Journal Title: Psychiatric rehabilitation journal
Year Published: 2017

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