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Mental Health: Consumer peer work in mental health

Guide to library resources for staff of St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne with an interest in mental health, psychiatry and psychology

Consumer peer work in mental health

Welcome to a special issue of Mental Health Update about consumer peer work in mental health. This updates a resource first created in April 2016 with the assistance of Matthew Scott and Melissa Petrakis, and I thank them for the initial inspiration. I would also like to thank Deb Carlon for her help in updating the content, including websites I never knew existed :)

Related guide: Carer and family peer work in mental health

Full text access: Articles marked with an asterisk* require an SVHM login for offsite access. 
Library contact: helen.wilding@svha.org.au to subscribe to updates, request an Endnote library or suggest a new resource. 
Last update: 15 July 2022

SVHM staff publications (most recent at the top)

The voice of Australian peer workers

Roles and impact of peer workers

Advocacy

Avoiding hospitalisation

Community

Covid-19

Decision making and advance statements

Dual diagnosis and substance use

Eating disorders

eHealth

Exercise and physical activity

Healthy lifestyle

Helplines

Hospital to Home transition

Inpatient units

LGBTIQ+

Open Dialogue

Peer support

Physical health 

Psycho-education

Recovery oriented practice

Reducing restraint

Research

Smoking cessation

Suicide prevention

Training clinicians

Books - printed and online

Ebooks

Print books in the Carl de Gruchy library - SVHM Fitzroy campus

Journals with frequent peer work publications

Websites

Australian

International

Arnstein's ladder of participation

Broad overviews and evaluations of effectiveness

Literature reviews and meta-analyses (general)

Studies and trials (general)

Research priorities

Challenges of peer work

General

Allies and attitudes

Communication

Identity

Implementation

Inclusion and integration

Job satisfaction

Misuse

Organisational support

Stigma

Tokenism

Training

Wellbeing 

Co-design and co-production

Helen Wilding

Helen Wilding, Senior Research Librarian

Carl de Gruchy Library, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Helen.Wilding@svha.org.au

Literature Searching, Systematic Reviews, Mental Health liaison 
Thursdays, Fridays & alternate Wednesdays
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