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Peer support occurs when people provide knowledge, experience, emotional, social or practical help to each other. [1] It commonly refers to an initiative consisting of trained supporters (although it can be provided by peers without training), and can take a number of forms such as peer mentoring, reflective listening (reflecting content and/or feelings), or counseling.
Since 1995, UK CAMHS have largely been organised around the four-tier framework: [9] [10] Tier 1 mental health promotion, ill-health prevention work, and general advice and treatment for less severe problems by non-mental health specialists working in universal children’s services, such as GPs, school nurses, social workers, and voluntary agencies.
Beacon UK benchmarked IAPT performance across England for 2011–12 and reported that 533,550 people accessed (were referred to) IAPT services – 8.7% of people suffering from anxiety and depression disorders – with around 60% entering treatment sessions. Most local IAPT services did not reach the target of a 50% 'recovery' rate. [7]
As Dr. William Anthony, father of psychiatric rehabilitation, described, psychiatric nurses (RNMH, RMN, CPN), clinical psychologists (PsyD or PhD), clinical social workers (MSW or MSSW), mental health counselors (MA or MS), professional counselors, pharmacists, as well as many other professionals are often educated in "psychiatric fields" or conversely, educated in a generic community approach ...
Peer education is an approach to health promotion, in which community members are supported to promote health-enhancing change among their peers.Peer education is the teaching or sharing of health information, values and behavior in educating others who may share similar social backgrounds or life experiences.
Mental health services were not integrated with physical health services when the NHS was established in 1948. Shortages of money, staff and buildings continued. Confederation of Health Service Employees organised an overtime ban in 1956, the first national industrial action in the NHS.
In an effort to reform the 60-year-old legislation regarding social care in England, the Care Act 2014 received royal assent after being introduced on 9 May 2013. [11] The act details the local authorities' duties in relation to assessing the needs and eligibility of people for publicly funded care.
A report on the state of the NHS following the election of a Labour government in 2024, commissioned by Health Secretary Wes Streeting, led by the surgeon and former member of a Labour government Lord Ara Darzi (currently an independent peer) concluded that "The Health and Social Care Act of 2012 was a calamity without international precedent ...