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ArticlePatient education and counseling2019

The role of self-disclosure by peer mentors: Using personal narratives in depression care.

C Truong, J Gallo, D Roter, J Joo

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Article in Patient education and counseling, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Increasing the Repertoire for Depression Care: Methods and Challenges of a Randomized Controlled Trial of Peer Support for Vulnerable Older Adults.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C TruongDepartment of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA. Electronic address: ctruong1@jhmi.edu.
J GalloDepartment of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA. Electronic address: jgallo2@jhu.edu.
D RoterDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: droter1@jhu.edu.
J JooDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. Electronic address: jjoo1@jhmi.edu.
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Using peer mentors to extend depression care to minority older adultsK23MH100705 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI JOO, JIN HUI · 2014 to 2017
$749k
NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH100705
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveSelf-disclosure is recognized as an important aspect of peer support, but little is known about its use by peers. This study aimed to qualitatively understand peer self-disclosure in the context of depression care delivery to older adults.

methods69 audio-recordings of peer-client meetings were coded for self-disclosure using the Roter Interaction Analysis System (RIAS). Peer self-disclosure was defined as a statement describing personal life experience with physical and/or emotional relevance for the client. A total of 3421 discrete statements were organized into 770 disclosure episodes. The episodes were qualitatively analyzed to identify themes related to the content and function of self-disclosure within the peer-counseling context.

resultsPeer self-disclosure was used to 1) counsel through reframing perspectives, modeling positive behaviors, offering coping skills, and sharing mental health resources and health information; 2) establish rapport by emphasizing similarities unrelated to depression; and 3) show empathy and understanding of personal struggles. In addition, self-disclosure rarely only focused on the peer experience without relevance for the client. CONCLUSIONS & PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Peer self-disclosure can be purposively used in depression care delivery with older adults. Training and supervision in appropriate self-disclosure should be provided to peers to ensure purposive use.

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MentorsPeer GroupPersonal Narratives as TopicSelf DisclosureAgedCounselingDepressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedAgingCommunicationCounselingPeer supportSelf-disclosure

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PMID30791990
PMCPMC6546521
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