Peer Support in Mental Health

Name: Peer Support in Mental Health
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781352005066
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Series: Foundations of Mental Health Practice

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Peer Support in Mental Health explores the emergence of peer support, self-help, and self-management as central approaches in mental health care. It offers a comprehensive overview of these concepts, addressing their complexities, controversies, and applications. The book uses case examples and lived experiences to link theory with practice, aiming to inform mental health professionals, trainees, service users, peers, and carers.
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This book is suitable for mental health professionals, trainees, peers, people who use mental health services, and their carers, as well as anyone interested in the development and practice of peer support in mental health.

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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 different approaches to peer support.

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Praised as the first UK text on peer support, this book balances rigorous research with compassionate insight. Reviewers highlight its accessible and practical nature, acknowledging its candid discussion of the complexities involved. It is described as engaging, thought-provoking, and an important resource for understanding current debates in mental health peer support.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781352005066

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 February 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Contributors:

Edited by Emma Watson
Edited by Sara Meddings

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 155.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 263g

Pages: 166

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: Foundations of Mental Health Practice

About the Author

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

Peer Support in Mental Health