A community-based peer support service for persons with severe mental illness in China

A community-based peer support service for persons with severe mental illness in China

Abstract Background Peer support services for patients with severe mental illness (SMI) originated from Western countries and have become increasingly popular during the past twenty years. The aim of this paper is to describe a peer service model and its implementation in China, including the model’...

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Main Authors: Yunge Fan, Ning Ma, Liang Ma, Wei Xu, J. Steven Lamberti, Eric D. Caine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Subjects:
Severe mental illness
Peer support
Community
China
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-018-1763-2

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