Us helping us: The evolution of a peer support group for formerly incarcerated people
IntroductionPhysical, psychological, and emotional trauma experienced while incarcerated influences subsequent mental health outcomes. Upon release, there is a fragmented landscape of mental health services and many of the existing services do not account for the root causes of challenges faced by f...
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| author | Will Boles Thad Tatum Jarrod Wall Lauren Nguyen Alexandria Van Dall Claire Mulhollem Anna Sacks Ashley Wennerstrom Bruce Reilly Anjali Niyogi |
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| description | IntroductionPhysical, psychological, and emotional trauma experienced while incarcerated influences subsequent mental health outcomes. Upon release, there is a fragmented landscape of mental health services and many of the existing services do not account for the root causes of challenges faced by formerly incarcerated people (FIP). To address the unmet social, psychological, behavioral, and emotional needs of FIP in Louisiana, the Formerly Incarcerated Peer Support (FIPS) Group developed a twelve-unit curriculum in 2019.MethodsWe detail the evolution, development, and evaluation of the FIPS Group program. Additionally, we describe the community-driven process for developing the curriculum.ResultsThe FIPS Group has grown from informal meetings of a handful of FIP in New Orleans, Louisiana, into a multi-state, interdisciplinary network of more than 150 stakeholders. FIPS Group has developed the only peer support curriculum we are aware of that is designed by FIP, for FIP, and uses the shared experience of incarceration and reentry as its organizing principle. Limitations of the model include the lack of pending evaluation data and challenges with technological proficiency among FIP.ConclusionsThe FIPS Group model may be generalized in a number of settings. Similar approaches may benefit the mental health of the millions of Americans involved in the criminal-legal system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7ef58d61da244e21b5bf8203f634b1e82022-12-22T00:51:56ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402022-08-011310.3389/fpsyt.2022.920640920640Us helping us: The evolution of a peer support group for formerly incarcerated peopleWill Boles0Thad Tatum1Jarrod Wall2Lauren Nguyen3Alexandria Van Dall4Claire Mulhollem5Anna Sacks6Ashley Wennerstrom7Bruce Reilly8Anjali Niyogi9Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Medicine, and Harvard Kennedy School of Government, New Orleans, LA, United StatesFormerly Incarcerated Peer Support (FIPS) Group, New Orleans, LA, United StatesCity, Culture, and Community Program, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United StatesTulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United StatesFormerly Incarcerated Peer Support (FIPS) Group, New Orleans, LA, United StatesDepartment of Sociology, School of Liberal Arts, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United StatesVoice of the Experienced (VOTE), New Orleans, LA, United StatesBehavioral and Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, New Orleans, LA, United StatesVoice of the Experienced (VOTE), New Orleans, LA, United StatesInternal Medicine and Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United StatesIntroductionPhysical, psychological, and emotional trauma experienced while incarcerated influences subsequent mental health outcomes. Upon release, there is a fragmented landscape of mental health services and many of the existing services do not account for the root causes of challenges faced by formerly incarcerated people (FIP). To address the unmet social, psychological, behavioral, and emotional needs of FIP in Louisiana, the Formerly Incarcerated Peer Support (FIPS) Group developed a twelve-unit curriculum in 2019.MethodsWe detail the evolution, development, and evaluation of the FIPS Group program. Additionally, we describe the community-driven process for developing the curriculum.ResultsThe FIPS Group has grown from informal meetings of a handful of FIP in New Orleans, Louisiana, into a multi-state, interdisciplinary network of more than 150 stakeholders. FIPS Group has developed the only peer support curriculum we are aware of that is designed by FIP, for FIP, and uses the shared experience of incarceration and reentry as its organizing principle. Limitations of the model include the lack of pending evaluation data and challenges with technological proficiency among FIP.ConclusionsThe FIPS Group model may be generalized in a number of settings. Similar approaches may benefit the mental health of the millions of Americans involved in the criminal-legal system.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.920640/fullincarcerationreentrypeer supportmental healthprogram developmentlived experience |
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| title | Us helping us: The evolution of a peer support group for formerly incarcerated people |
| title_full | Us helping us: The evolution of a peer support group for formerly incarcerated people |
| title_fullStr | Us helping us: The evolution of a peer support group for formerly incarcerated people |
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| title_short | Us helping us: The evolution of a peer support group for formerly incarcerated people |
| title_sort | us helping us the evolution of a peer support group for formerly incarcerated people |
| topic | incarceration reentry peer support mental health program development lived experience |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.920640/full |
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