ArticleEarly intervention in psychiatry2021
Roles of peer specialists and use of mental health services among youth with serious mental illness.
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- A systematic review exploring youth peer support for young people with mental health problems.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
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- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Mental Health Service Use Among Adolescents.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Exploring the attitudes of mental health professionals toward recovery and peer support in Taiwan.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Health Service Utilization by Adults Impacted by the Justice System at a Large Federally Qualified Health Care Clinic Network.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2025Article
- Relational Complexity of the Near-Age Peer Support Provider Role in Youth and Young Adult Community Mental Health Settings.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2024Article
- Perspectives on the implementation and collaborative facilitation of an intervention to engage young adults in psychiatric rehabilitation.Psychiatric rehabilitation journal · 2024Article
- Linkage facilitation services for opioid use disorder: Taxonomy of facilitation practitioners, goals, and activities.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Review
- Programmatic Support for Peer Specialists that Serve Transition Age Youth Living with Serious Mental Illness: Perspectives of Program Managers from Two Southern California Counties.Community mental health journal · 2023Article
- "You can kind of just feel the power behind what someone's saying": a participatory-realist evaluation of peer support for young people coping with complex mental health and substance use challenges.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Clients' Perspectives Regarding Peer Support Providers' Roles and Support for Client Access to and Use of Publicly Funded Mental Health Programs Serving Transition-Age Youth in Two Southern California Counties.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2022Article
- Characterization of multilevel influences of mental health care transitions: a comparative case study analysis.BMC health services research · 2022Article
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Abstract
aimTo examine whether roles of peer specialists affect service use among Black, Latinx and White youth ages 16-24 with serious mental illness (SMI) in Los Angeles and San Diego Counties.
methodsAdministrative data from 2015 to 2018 was used to summarize service use among 6329 transition age youth age 16-24 with SMI who received services from 76 outpatient public mental health programs with peer specialists on staff. Roles of peer specialists were assessed via a program survey. Generalized linear models were used to assess the relationship between peer specialist characteristics and service use outcomes (ie, outpatient and inpatient).
resultsHaving a transition age youth peer specialist on staff (vs older peer specialists) and having peer specialists that provide four or more services (vs fewer services) was associated with an increase in annual outpatient visits in both counties (P = <.001 each). In Los Angeles County, having three or more peer specialist trainings (vs fewer trainings) was associated with lower use of inpatient services (P < .001). In San Diego County, having a transition age youth peer specialist and peer specialists that provide four or more services was associated with lower use of inpatient services (P < .001 each).
conclusionsTypes of peer support and number of types of peer services were associated with mental health service utilization. Detailed examination of the roles of peer specialists is merited to identify the specific pathways that improve outcomes.
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