Peer Support in Coordination of Physical Health and Mental Health Services for People With Lived Experience of a Serious Mental Illness.

IF 4.3 3区材料科学 Q1 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

ACS Applied Electronic Materials Pub Date : 2020-05-08 eCollection Date: 2020-01-01 DOI:10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00365

Marianne Storm, Karen L Fortuna, Jessica M Brooks, Stephen J Bartels

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Abstract

Background: Engaging peer support to augment and enhance traditional mental health services presents novel opportunities to improve service engagement and delivery. However, there has not been an in-depth analysis of the processes and methods behind the coordination of physical health and mental health care by peer support specialists.

Study aim: To explore the potential of peer support specialists in community mental health centers and as a means to improve coordination of physical health and mental health services for people with a serious mental illness.

Methods: We conducted 28 semi-structured qualitative interviews with peer support specialists and mental healthcare professionals in community mental health centers in two states (blinded for review) in the United States. Data were triangulated to explore peer support specialists and mental health professionals' perspectives.

Results: We found five themes characterizing the role of peer support services in the coordination of physical health and mental health services for individuals with serious mental illness: (1) Advocacy in interprofessional meetings, clinical teams, and advisory councils; (2) Sharing lived experiences and connecting with available resources and services; (3) Preparing for mental health and physical health care visits; (4) Mutuality; and (5) Affiliations, funding, and sustainability of peer support services.

Conclusion: This study suggests that peer support specialists can uniquely contribute to the coordination of physical health and mental health services for individuals with serious mental illness.

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为有严重精神疾病生活经历人士提供身体健康及精神健康服务的同侪支援。

背景:利用同伴支持来扩大和加强传统的精神卫生服务，为改善服务的参与和提供提供了新的机会。然而，同伴支持专家对协调身体健康和精神健康护理背后的过程和方法尚未进行深入分析。研究目的:探讨同伴支持专家在社区精神卫生中心的潜力，以及作为一种改善严重精神疾病患者身体健康和精神健康服务协调的手段。方法:我们对美国两个州社区精神卫生中心的同伴支持专家和精神卫生保健专业人员进行了28次半结构化定性访谈(盲法评价)。数据被三角化，以探索同伴支持专家和心理健康专家的观点。结果:我们发现同伴支持服务在协调严重精神疾病患者身体健康和精神健康服务方面的作用有五个主题:(1)在跨专业会议、临床团队和咨询委员会中的宣传;(2)分享生活经验，并与现有资源和服务联系;(3)为心理健康和身体健康就诊做准备;(4)相互关系;(5)同伴支持服务的隶属关系、资助和可持续性。结论:本研究提示同伴支持专家在协调严重精神疾病患者的生理健康和心理健康服务方面具有独特的作用。

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ACS Applied Electronic Materials Multiple-

CiteScore

7.20

自引率

4.30%

发文量

567

期刊介绍： ACS Applied Electronic Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of electronic materials. The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrate knowledge in the areas of materials science, engineering, optics, physics, and chemistry into important applications of electronic materials. Sample research topics that span the journal's scope are inorganic, organic, ionic and polymeric materials with properties that include conducting, semiconducting, superconducting, insulating, dielectric, magnetic, optoelectronic, piezoelectric, ferroelectric and thermoelectric. Indexed/Abstracted： Web of Science SCIE Scopus CAS INSPEC Portico