Características de los programas de formación de pares para personas con problemas de salud mental

  1. Rebeca Zabaleta González
  2. Fernando Lezcano Barbero
  3. María Victoria Perea Bartolomé
Journal:
Educación y Futuro Digital

ISSN: 1695-4297

Year of publication: 2021

Issue: 22

Pages: 35-52

Type: Article

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Abstract

Peer support in mental health is a growing practice and training is the key to expert’s performance. This paper presents an international review of peer training programmes for people with mental disorders. The aim is to describe the characteristics of these programmes. The study is based on an environmental exploration. The total number of programmes analyzed is 75. Significant differences have been found and two figures have been identified, Peer Specialists and Peer Workers. Knowledge of these characteristics can help training centres to design and implement their training in line with their objectives