Using peer workers with lived experience to support the treatment of borderline personality disorder: a qualitative study of consumer, carer and clinician perspectives

Abstract Background Peer support is a recovery oriented approach where consumers and carers are introduced to people with lived experience of the disorder who have recovered. Paid roles within health services for such consumer peer workers and carer peer workers (or ‘specialists’) are increasingly c...

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Main Authors: Karlen R. Barr, Michelle L. Townsend, Brin F. S. Grenyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40479-020-00135-5