Trial reportThe journal of behavioral health services & research2015
A cluster randomized trial of adding peer specialists to intensive case management teams in the Veterans Health Administration.
Trial report in The journal of behavioral health services & research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT00781079 (Promoting Recovery Using Mental Health Consumer Providers), which is not on this map. Cited by 47 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Promoting Recovery Using Mental Health Consumer Providers
Who cites it
47 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 124 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of one-to-one peer support in mental health services: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2020Pooled it
- Peer support for people with schizophrenia or other serious mental illness.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of peer support for people with severe mental illness.BMC psychiatry · 2014Pooled it
- The Competencies and Implementation of Peer Support Interventions for People with Serious Mental Health Challenges: A Systematic Review.Harvard review of psychiatryPooled it
- Implementing peer support into practice in mental health services: a qualitative comparative case study.BMC health services research · 2024Trial
- Telephone veteran peer coaching for mental health treatment engagement among rural veterans: The importance of secondary outcomes and qualitative data in a randomized controlled trial.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2021Trial
- Implementation of peer specialist services in VA primary care: a cluster randomized trial on the impact of external facilitation.Implementation science : IS · 2021Trial
- Change in Patient Activation and Mental Illness Symptoms After Communication Training: A Multisite Study With a Diverse Patient Sample.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2019Trial
- Provision of peer specialist services in VA patient aligned care teams: protocol for testing a cluster randomized implementation trial.Implementation science : IS · 2017Trial
- Peer-led healthy lifestyle program in supportive housing: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Trials · 2015Trial
- A brief peer support intervention for veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain: a pilot study of feasibility and effectiveness.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2015Trial
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Peer Support Services in the Veterans Health Administration: Lessons for Healthcare Organizations.Administration and policy in mental health · 2026Article
- Volunteer Peer Support for Chronic Pain Self-Management: A Qualitative Study of Benefits and Barriers.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
- Protocol for VetASSIST: A randomized controlled trial to evaluate virtual peer health coaching for veterans with multimorbidity.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Facing the paradox of professionalizing peer roles in MH services: how addressing self-disclosure with self-determination theory might help.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2025Article
- Changes in attitudes of mental health care staff surrounding the implementation of peer support work: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Assessing the Psychometric Properties of the Illness Management and Recovery Scale: A Systematic Review Using the Consensus-Based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN).Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The peer to career pipeline: An observational study of peer worker trainee characteristics and training completion likelihood.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Observational
- Assessment of the feasibility of a community-based mental health training programme for persons with disabilities by non-specialists from different stakeholders' perspectives in Bangladesh.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Variability in the Integration of Peers in a Multi-site Digital Mental Health Innovation Project.Administration and policy in mental health · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Use of peer specialists (PSs)--individuals with serious mental illness who use their experiences to help others with serious mental illness--is increasing. However, their impact on patient outcomes has not been demonstrated definitively. This cluster randomized, controlled trial within the Veterans Health Administration compared patients served by three intensive case management teams that each deployed two PSs for 1 year, to the patients of three similar teams without PSs (Usual Care). All patients (PS group = 149, Usual Care = 133) had substantial psychiatric inpatient histories and a primary Axis 1 psychiatric disorder. Before and after the year PSs worked, patients were surveyed on their recovery, quality of life, activation (health self-management efficacy), interpersonal relations, and symptoms. Patients in the PS group improved significantly more (z = 2.00, df = 1, p = 0.05) than those receiving Usual Care on activation. There were no other significant differences. PSs helped patients become more active in treatment, which can promote recovery.
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