Clients’ Perspectives Regarding Peer Support Providers’ Roles and Support for Client Access to and Use of Publicly Funded Mental Health Programs Serving Transition-Age Youth in Two Southern California Counties

Peer providers are increasingly used by mental health programs to engage transition age youth (TAY, age 16-24) living with serious mental illness. This study elicited TAY clients’ perspectives on peer providers’ roles, responsibilities, and contribution to TAYs’ use of mental health services. In 201...

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Published inThe journal of behavioral health services & research Vol. 49; no. 3; pp. 364 - 384
Main Authors Hiller-Venegas, Sarah, Gilmer, Todd P., Jones, Nev, Munson, Michelle R., Ojeda, Victoria D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Springer US 01.07.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Adolescents
Age
Clients
Community and Environmental Psychology
Empowerment
Health Informatics
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Health Psychology
Health services
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Mental health services
Peers
Psychiatry
Public Health
Recovery (Medical)
Social support
Young adults
Youth
Southern California
United States > US
social support
mental health services
role modelling
peer providers
mentoring
recovery
transition age youth
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Summary:Peer providers are increasingly used by mental health programs to engage transition age youth (TAY, age 16-24) living with serious mental illness. This study elicited TAY clients’ perspectives on peer providers’ roles, responsibilities, and contribution to TAYs’ use of mental health services. In 2019, six focus groups were conducted with TAY clients (n=24) receiving publicly funded mental health services in Southern California. Results from this analysis included four themes that illustrated the role of peers as perceived by TAY clients, including: 1) building client–peer provider relationships, 2) engaging with mental health services, 3) role-modelling recovery and supporting skill acquisition to instill hope and empowerment, and 4) peer roles and experiences specific to racial/ethnic concordance. These findings provide needed perspectives on the evolving role of peer providers in mental health services programming for TAY clients.
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ISSN:1094-3412
1556-3308
DOI:10.1007/s11414-022-09792-6