Putting the ‘lunatics’ in charge of the ‘asylum’? Handing over the keys of power to peer support volunteers
Alex Duffield
(Peer‐Run Birkbeck Counselling Association)
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Abstract
Alex Duffield describes a fascinating project at Bromley Mind to train and support people with lived experience of mental health difficulties ‐ peer support volunteers ‐ to run ‘drop‐in’ sessions at their centres.
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Citation
Duffield, A. (2009), "Putting the ‘lunatics’ in charge of the ‘asylum’? Handing over the keys of power to peer support volunteers", A Life in the Day, Vol. 13 No. 3, pp. 41-43. https://doi.org/10.1108/13666282200900032
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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