Peer Support

Loneliness was found to both predict and be reinforced by severe common mental disorders.

Researchers explore how culturally responsive services can create greater equity in mental health care.

A new study explores the interplay between social stress and quality of life for individuals self-identified with high-functioning autism.

Individuals who experience psychosis can also experience posttraumatic growth, which can be a central component of the recovery paradigm.

Researchers argue that a structural competency and social determinants of health approach must be made central to psychiatry training.

The authors of the report expand upon the traumatic and sociopolitical factors underlying presentations of psychosis and “schizophrenia.”

Anthropologists study Parachute NYC to identify challenges and opportunities for implementing peer support and Open Dialogue practices.

New research shows that having a strong sense of personal meaning and purpose can reduce the negative effects of social media use.

Researchers evaluate the impact of a school-based prevention program on anxious and depressive symptoms.

In this piece for Wake Up World, Cortland Pfeffer shares 10 life lessons he learned from his experience as a psychiatric patient, a recovering...

A coalition of 35 health organizations expressed serious concerns that the NICE guideline for adult depression may cause clinical harm—they demand “full and proper” revisions.

Scholars call for international mental health nurse curriculum to shift to a rights-based approach and teach the Power Threat Meaning Framework.

It's time to stop blocking progress and give peer-run organizations the same access to the funding streams used by Community Mental Health Centers. There is no reason to give more money to the people who have had all the money all along and can't solve the problems. Open up the competition, and then see what kind of amazing developments occur.

Results from two meta-analyses reveal shortcomings with the growth mindset theory as applied in schools.

Study finds frequency of social interactions predicts long-term remission in first-episode psychosis.

We had built relationships with provider and peer organizations and NAMI. We had learned how to interface with the system and share the peer perspective. Ultimately, our relationships saved us. We had worked to start our own organization with the same providers who now were in position to step forward in our defense.

How people are treated after being hospitalized can either help them to overcome the traumatic effects of coercion or make them worse.

In this piece for MetroUK, Lucy Nichol explains how to best support people in "psychosis," emphasizing the need to believe individuals who hear voices and recognize...

Study questions how international psychiatric treatment of street children in Cairo could be reinforcing their marginality and vulnerability.

Black college women endorse more perceived stress and depressive symptoms than White college women, highlighting the impacts of racism.

A new study to be published in the next issue of Schizophrenia Research examines patients suffering from a first-episode of psychosis who stop taking any antipsychotic drugs. The researchers attempt to identify variables that can serve as predictors of the successful discontinuation of antipsychotics. They find, for example, that those who discontinue the drugs have, on average, the same outcomes as those who stay on them, and that those who have better social integration are more likely to discontinue without relapse.

Nev Jones and a team of researchers examine how sex, sexuality, and gender-related content are underexplored in contemporary research on psychosis.

Social Recovery Therapy shows promising results for individuals who experience first-episode psychosis.

Researchers report that sexual minority adolescents have considered, planned, and attempted suicide substantially more than their heterosexual peers.

A qualitative study explores young adults’ childhood bullying experiences.