Together: Using personal experience to support others with similar difficulties
Together commission research to provide evidence for practitioners and policymaker to help them improve care for people experiencing mental distress.
Using personal experience to support others with similar difficulties: A review of the literature on peer support in mental health services
DownloadRelated articles
Report • Hestia: From Victim to Survivor: Domestic abuse in 21st Century London
AMHP
Published: August 17, 2017
Hestia’s policy work aims to give a voice to those who use our services in order to inform the work of policy makers and commissioners. In 2012 Hestia published a research report entitled ‘From Victim to Survivor’, which explored the experience of domestic abuse survivors in London. This report updates that research it focuses on…
Read moreReport • PSS: Social Impact Report Shared Lives and TRIO
AMHP
Published: August 17, 2017
This report for Shared Lives at PSS looks at the outcomes for people who are unable to live in their own homes for a variety of reasons, as well as for the Shared Lives Carers they recruit and support to provide the care. The report looks at people PSS have supported in 2016-2017 through Shared…
Read moreReport • Together: A common sense approach to working with defendants with mental health and well-being needs
AMHP
Published: August 17, 2017
Together’s guides aim to help those who come in contact professionally with people with mental health problems understand the issues and follow best practice. Together produce guides for everyone that demystify some of the issues around mental health.
Read moreReport • Turning Point: Dual Dilemma
AMHP
Published: August 17, 2017
This short report provides an update on challenges facing those with co-existing needs and calls on the government, commissioners and others to work together to improve service provision.
Read more