Implementing peer support workers in clinically oriented sub-acute mental healthcare teams: New approaches - new challenges

We are social animals that exist in networks of family, friends and acquaintances. The size and quality of these networks and the environments within which they are embedded have profound influences on mental health. Community psychiatry is about shaping the content and delivery of mental healthcare to take account of this reality. It necessarily involves efforts to improve network support including, for example, family interventions, supported employment and peer support. Efforts to tackle stigma and to mitigate toxic environments are also essential. Closing asylums and developing systems to deliver care to people's homes is a job started, not job done.

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Mind Support: A Systematic Review of Online Peer Support Platforms

10.31739/anamh.2021.1.21 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 21-28

Author(s):

Noah Stapper ◽

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Gema Benavides Jimenez ◽

Yasmin Barenco Abbas ◽

Maya Homsy King ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Peer Support ◽

Mental Healthcare ◽

Non Profit ◽

Online Tools ◽

Mental Health Support ◽

Trauma Informed ◽

Health Support ◽

Set Up ◽

Mental Health Foundation

Provision of mental healthcare is currently limited and not accessible to all those who require it. The nature of this gap in mental health support calls for a solution that is more accessible, affordable and personalized to prevent the exacerbation of mild mental health issues and to offer support as an adjunct to state of the art therapeutics. To this effect, the non-profit mental health foundation “Mind Support” has been set up, an online peer support platform. This paper analyses the approach and solutions offered by this platform for the growing gap in mental health support and demonstrates the benefits and limitations of online peer support in general. Online peer support as provided by “Mind Support” has the advantage of being anonymous and is free of charge making it accessible to everybody. At the same time, “Mind Support” reaps the benefits of traditional peer support options, such as having a more trauma-informed approach rather than an illness-focused one, aiding in the reduction of stigma and welcoming dialogue. The aim of this article is to stimulate the use of online tools to bridge the mental health support gap.

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Fifteen-minute consultation: Time Out as an alternative to toxic debrief

Archives of Disease in Childhood - Education and Practice ◽

10.1136/archdischild-2019-317180 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 105 (5) ◽

pp. 270-275

Author(s):

Sian Cooper ◽

Mark Winton ◽

Joanna Farrington-Exley

Keyword(s):

Peer Support ◽

Traumatic Events ◽

Support Networks ◽

Clinical Learning ◽

Clinical Issues ◽

Healthcare Teams ◽

Time Out ◽

Sources Of Support ◽

And Performance ◽

Consultation Time

Debriefing is well established in healthcare teams after acute events, with a focus on clinical learning, improving practice and performance; however, the term is perceived by psychologists as something quite different. This article describes the Time Out model as a standardised method of providing support to staff after events that may cause distress. In addition to exploring clinical issues, the model aims to promote peer support networks, educate staff regarding common reactions to traumatic events and signpost to other sources of support.

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Instrumentation: VLSI chips present new challenges for testing, while personal computers and local networks lead to new approaches

IEEE Spectrum ◽

10.1109/mspec.1984.6370143 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 64-67

Author(s):

Fred Guterl

Keyword(s):

Personal Computers ◽

Local Networks ◽

New Approaches ◽

New Challenges ◽

Vlsi Chips

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Reflections on Government’s Accountability in Complex Socio-Economic Realities (In the Post-Political Era)

Governometrics and Technological Innovation for Public Policy Design and Precision ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-5146-3.ch014 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 302-324

Author(s):

Lech W. Zacher

Keyword(s):

Computer Simulations ◽

Government Performance ◽

Government Accountability ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

Effective Functioning ◽

New Approaches ◽

Present Complex ◽

Quantitative Analyses ◽

New Challenges ◽

Simulations And Modeling

Government accountability is important for more rational and effective functioning of authorities and societies. The actual assessment of government performance in the present complex and diverse socio-economic realities is not possible without qualitative and quantitative analyses. Additionally, new approaches and methods in synchronization with ICTs, computer simulations, and modeling enable the improvement of execution of the governments. This chapter advocates that multicriterial and multilevel assessment of governments should be enriched by recognition and analyses of contexts in which they act. Government characteristics and the present contexts are diverse and their responses to new challenges are limited and differentiated.

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