Peer support for people with mental illness

Background Peer support is a mutual aid system based on the belief that someone who faced/overcome adversity can provide support, encouragement and guidance to those who experience similar situations. Objective To conduct a systematic review that describes this concept and characterizes peer su...

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Main Authors: Filipa Alexandra Lourenço Campos, Ana Rita Pinto de Sousa, Vânia Patrícia da Costa Rodrigues, António José Pereira da Silva Marques, Artemisa Agostinha Monteiro da Rocha Dores, Cristina Maria Leite Queirós
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-03-01
Series:Archives of Clinical Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-60832014000200049&lng=en&tlng=en