The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice: Volume 7 Issue 2

A long and honourable history

Alison Faulkner, Thurstine Basset

This paper aims to explore the extensive roots of peer support in mental health, and to identify the values and principles that the authors wish to hold onto as choices are made…

Pillars of peer support: advancing the role of peer support specialists in promoting recovery

Allen S. Daniels, Susan Bergeson, Larry Fricks, Peter Ashenden, Ike Powell

This paper aims to focus on The Pillars of Peer Support initiative, an ongoing project to examine and develop the principles of peer support services. These services are…

A year of peer support in Nottingham: lessons learned

Julie Repper, Emma Watson

In April 2010, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS trust won Regional Innovation Funding to recruit, train and employ six peer support workers in community mental health teams. At the…

A year of peer support in Nottingham: the peer support workers and their work with individuals

Julie Repper, Emma Watson

In April 2010, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS trust won Regional Innovation Funding to recruit, train and employ six peer support workers in community mental health teams. At the…

One year in peer support – personal reflections

Emma Watson

In April 2010, Nottinghamshire NHS trust recruited ten peer support workers (PSWs) to pilot the idea of PSWs within the organisation. As the first initiative of its kind the first…

A new self‐management intervention for people with severe psychiatric diagnoses

David Crepaz‐Keay, Eva Cyhlarova

The purpose of this paper is to describe the development and delivery of a self‐management and peer support intervention for people with severe mental health diagnoses.

Challenges and triumphs: developing an inpatient peer support project

Claire Ockwell

This paper aims to explain how the CAPITAL Project Trust established an inpatient peer support project in West Sussex.

Editorial

Thurstine Basset, Peter Ryan