Interim Report: Review of Recent Literature on Peer Support Providers
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Overview This report updates a literature review on peer support providers prepared in 2015. Peer support workers fulfill a broad range of tasks and job titles, in a broad range of mental health and substance use disorders recovery settings, and in various service models, although there is a lack of consensus on the core competencies and duties of this role. Despite a growing body of literature on the effectiveness of peer support, there is still little literature on peer support in forensic and inpatient settings.
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