Peer Support for Mental Health #
Cooper, R. E., Saunders, K. R. K., Greenburgh, A., Shah, P., Appleton, R., Machin, K., Jeynes, T., Barnett, P., Allan, S. M., Griffiths, J., Stuart, R., Mitchell, L., Chipp, B., Jeffreys, S., Lloyd-Evans, B., Simpson, A., & Johnson, S. (2024). The effectiveness, implementation, and experiences of peer support approaches for mental health: a systematic umbrella review. BMC medicine, 22(1), 72. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-024-03260-y [Full Text]
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Peer Support for a Multitude of Health Conditions #
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Berg, R. C., Page, S., & Øgård-Repål, A. (2021). The effectiveness of peer-support for people living with HIV: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PloS one, 16(6), e0252623. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252623 [Full Text]
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