Peer support is based on the belief that people who have faced, endured, and overcome
adversity can offer useful support, encouragement, hope, and perhaps mentorship to others …

Schizophrenia remains a complex, dynamic, multi-dimensional, and poorly understood
condition. Although the concept of heterogeneity in outcome has conceptually overturned the …

Qualitative research aims to address questions concerned with developing an understanding
of the meaning and experience dimensions of humans’ lives and social worlds. Central to …

Peer support is largely considered to represent a recent advance in community mental health,
introduced in the 1990s as part of the mental health service user movement. Actually, peer …

Background: Recovery in severe mental illness is often seen as an individual process that
occurs in mental health settings. Recent research has begun to explore the nature of recovery …

This report based on research interviews conducted with persons struggling to recover from
prolonged psychiatric disorders suggests that the rediscovery and reconstruction of an …

This article reviews the history and potential effectiveness of peer support among persons
with severe mental illness. Following a historical overview, we describe the three primary …

As part of a growing literature describing processes of recovery in psychotic disorders, this
report presents findings of an intensive, international study. Open-ended qualitivite interviews …

An essential volume for improving understanding of the recovery process for people diagnosed
with schizophrenia Schizophrenia is widely considered the most severe and disabling of …

Individuals who develop schizophrenia often suffer long standing deficits. All too often
available treatments remain palliative and do not improve the long-term course of illness. The …