The Role of Self Help, Peer Recovery Professionals, and Communities in Substance Use and Mental Health Recovery
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Using this week’s materials (White video on working with peer recovery professionals, videos on peer specialists and recovery coaches, TIP 41 Chapter 2 on group therapy, Heijdra Suasnabar and Hipple Walters on community based psychosocial interventions, SAMHSA materials on peer support workers, and the American Psychiatric Association blog on community inclusion), reflect on the role of self help, peer recovery professionals, and community based supports in prevention, treatment, and recovery.
Describe at least two ways that mutual aid groups, peer specialists, or community based psychosocial interventions can enhance engagement, hope, and long term recovery for people with substance use and mental health disorders. Discuss one opportunity and one challenge you anticipate in integrating peers and community resources into your own practice (as a PMHNP-BC), including any ethical, role clarity, or supervision considerations.
Here are the video links
What does a Peer Specialist do? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrm9OQ8fA3o
A Day in the Life of a Peer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcMBpGJqwGU
Recovery Coaching: Top 5 Exercises/ Addiction & Mental Health. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsSKzUJ2QO8
Here are the required reading materials.
Beramira, C. (22022) Roles for social work and other professions in support of recovery-oriented addiction policies and services. In A.L Begun and M.M. Murray, (Eds). (2022). The Routledge handbook of social work and addictive behaviors. (pp. 469-481). Routledge
Heijdra Suasnabar, J.M., Hipple Walters, B. Community-based psychosocial substance use disorder interventions in low-and-middle-income countries: a narrative literature review. Int J Ment Health Syst 14, 74 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-020-00405-3
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2023 October). Peer Support Workers for those in Recovery (including Core Competencies for Peer Workers and FAQs o Core Competencies. https://www.samhsa.gov/brss-tacs/recovery-support-tools/peers
American Psychiatric Association. (2023 June 14). Fostering Community Inclusion for Recovery for People with Serious Mental Illness. https://www.psychiatry.org/news-room/apa-blogs/community-inclusion-for-smi-recove