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ArticleJournal of substance use and addiction treatment2025

Advancing peer support workforce research: Insights and recommendations through the lens of professionalization.

Justin S Bell, Angela Hagaman, Justin Beattey, Gina Fears, William L White, Dennis P Watson

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Article in Journal of substance use and addiction treatment, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Justin S BellLighthouse Institute, Chestnut Health Systems, 221 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610, USA. Electronic address: jsbell@chestnut.org.
Angela HagamanEast Tennessee State University Addiction Science Center, 2109 West Market Street, Johnson City, TN 37604, USA.
Justin BeatteyMental Health America of Indiana, 1431 N Delaware Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Gina FearsMental Health America of Indiana, 1431 N Delaware Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
William L WhiteLighthouse Institute, Chestnut Health Systems, 221 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610, USA.
Dennis P WatsonLighthouse Institute, Chestnut Health Systems, 221 West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610, USA.

Funding

Improving Retention across the OUD Service Cascade upon Re-entry from Jail using Recovery Management CheckupsUG1DA050065 · NIDA · CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC. · PI DENNIS, MICHAEL L., GRELLA, CHRISTINE E · 2019 to 2023
$9.3M
Project POINT: Effectiveness and Scalability of an Overdose Survivor InterventionR33DA045850 · NIDA · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI MCGUIRE, ALAN BENJAMIN, WATSON, DENNIS PAUL · 2018 to 2020
$1.9M
NIDA NIH HHS R33 DA045850NIDA NIH HHS UG1 DA050065
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past two decades, peer support providers have increasingly formalized their roles in the addiction treatment workforce through credentialing and professionalization efforts. Despite these advancements, misconceptions regarding their professional identity persist and contribute to challenges such as burnout and high turnover. This commentary underscores the importance of viewing the peer workforce as an emerging profession using a lens that has previously been applied to other healthcare service roles. We outline key milestones in the peer workforce's professional development and ongoing labor advocacy efforts by state and national organizations. We call for a comprehensive research agenda that addresses workforce outcomes, workplace dynamics, and role competencies. Such efforts are crucial for advancing the recognition and support of peers as an integral component of the behavioral healthcare workforce.

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Peer GroupSocial SupportSubstance-Related DisordersHumansPeerProfessionalizationWorkforce

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PMID39710359
PMCPMC11887533

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