Mental Health: Carer peer work in mental health

• *Differences and similarities between consumer- and caregiver- or family-informed peer roles in mental health. Roennfeldt H, Chapman M, Runneboom C et al. Psychiatric services, 2023, 74(10):1037-1044
• Carer peer workers in borderline personality services: Providing reciprocal understanding and personal strategies to family members. Barr KR, Townsend ML, Grenyer BFS. Health and Social Care in the Community, 2023,
• *Assessment of peer-conceptualised, written and led single-session group interventions for carers supporting a person with borderline personality disorder. Brown R, Heidari P, Taylor K et al. Advances in Mental Health, 2022:1-12
• *Understanding carer experiences in public adult mental health services using carer peer support data. Mercuri A, Burton J, Epifanio A et al. Advances in Mental Health, 2022:1-20
• *Co-designing consumer and carer peer support principles to assess quality. Otto J, Makela E, Alam S et al. Advances in Mental Health, 2022:1-12
• Supporting the support network: The value of family peer work in youth mental health care. Hopkins L, Kuklych J, Pedwell G et al. Community Mental Health Journal, 2021, 57(5):926-936
• Using peer workers with lived experience to support the treatment of borderline personality disorder: A qualitative study of consumer, carer and clinician perspectives. Barr KR, Townsend ML, Grenyer BFS. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 2020, 7 (1)
• Outcomes of the ON FIRE peer support programme for children and adolescents in families with mental health problems. Foster K, McPhee I, Fethney J, et al. Child & Family Social Work, 2016, 21(3), 295-306.
• *Barriers to genuine consumer and carer participation from the perspectives of Australian systemic mental health advocates. Gee A, McGarty C, & Banfield M. Journal of Mental Health, 2016, 25(3), 231-237.
• ​*Family peer support work in an early intervention youth mental health service. Leggatt M, & Woodhead G. Early intervention in psychiatry, 2016, 10(5), 446-451.
• *Occupational therapy influence on a carer peer support model in a clinical mental health service. Bourke C, Sanders B, Allchin B, et al. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 2015, 62(5), 299-305.

Canada

• Changes in perception of caregiving experience following caregiver peer support within a mental health and addictions navigation service. Markoulakis R, Bowles K, Chan S et al. Community Mental Health Journal, 2022, 58(4):740-748
• Implementation of three innovative interventions in a psychiatric emergency department aimed at improving service use: A mixed-method study. Gabet M, Grenier G, Cao Z et al. BMC health services research, 2020, 20(1):854
• Peer-driven family support services in the context of first-episode psychosis: Participant perceptions from a Canadian early intervention programme. Levasseur MA, Ferrari M, McIlwaine S, et al. Early intervention in psychiatry, 2019, 13(2), 335-341.
• *Exploring peer support needs of caregivers for youth with mental illness or addictions concerns in family navigation services. Markoulakis R, Turner M, Wicik K, et al. Community Mental Health Journal, 2018, 54(5), 555-561.

Japan

• Changes in families' caregiving experiences through involvement as participants then facilitators in a family peer-education program for mental disorders in Japan. Kageyama M, Yokoyama K, Nakamura Y, et al. Family Process, 2017, 56(2), 408-422.

United Kingdom

• Perspectives of service users and carers with lived experience of a diagnosis of personality disorder: A qualitative study. Balmer A, Sambrook L, Roks H et al. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, 2024, 31(1):55-65
• Clinical effectiveness of a web-based peer-supported self-management intervention for relatives of people with psychosis or bipolar REACT): Online, observer-blind, randomised controlled superiority trial. Lobban F, Akers N, Appelbe D, et al. BMC Psychiatry, 2020, 20(1), 160.
• What is known from the existing literature about peer support interventions for carers of individuals living with dementia: A scoping review. Carter G, Monaghan C, Santin O. Health & Social Care in the Community, 2020, 28(4):1134-1151

United States

• Leveraging the expertise of the community: A case for expansion of a peer workforce in child, adolescent, and family mental health. Robertson HA, Biel MG, Hayes KR et al. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023, 20(11) 
• Partnering with family advocates to understand the impact on families caring for a child with a serious mental health challenge. Brock-Baca AH, Zundel C, Fox D et al. The journal of behavioral health services & research, 2023, 50(3):315-332
• *Testing the impact of a peer-delivered family support program: A randomized clinical effectiveness trial. Bearman SK, Jamison JM, Lopez MA et al. Psychiatric services, 2022, 73(7):752-759
• Speaking up: How family members advocate for relatives living with a mental illness. Schaffer MA. Community Mental Health Journal, 2021, 57(8):1547-1555
• Peer models in mental health for caregivers and families. Acri M, Hooley CD, Richardson N et al. Community Mental Health Journal, 2017, 53(2):241-249
• Outcomes of a family peer education program for families of youth and adults with mental illness. Schiffman J, Reeves GM, Kline E, et al. International Journal of Mental Health, 2015, 44(4), 303-315.

This video from the Project Air Strategy interviews a carer peer worker who supports families, partners and carers living with personality disorder

Australian

• Tandem: representing Victorian mental health carers - Victorian peak body
• Centre for Mental Health Learning Victoria: Peer Inside - peer workforce development
• National Mental Health Commission - Consumers and carers
• Mental Health Reform Victoria - responding to the Royal Commission into Mental Health

International

• PeerZone - lived expertise with resources by Mary O'Hagan (NZ)
• Intentional Peer Support (International) - a framework for peer work (US)
• National Empowerment Centre - recovery, hope and emotional CPR (US)