Guidebook for Peer Respite Self-Evaluation: Practical Steps and Tools
This Guidebook for Peer Respite Self-Evaluation: Practical Steps and Tools can be used to document program operations and outcomes and
WHO Quality of Life Scale
Click here for a downloadable PDF of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale.
Self-Reliance and Belonging: Guest Experiences of a Peer Respite
Below is the abstract for this study on peer respites: Objective: A peer respite is a voluntary, short-term, overnight program
A Case Study of the Peer-Run Crisis Respite Organizing Process in Massachusetts
In Massachusetts, a group of consumers, called Groundhogs, organized themselves in early 2009 to design, lobby for, and implement PRCRs
Pathways to Enhance Well-Being
By Linda Lentini, Lauren Spiro, & Peggy Swarbrick This booklet was created to share some specific wellness practices that
Measuring the Promise: A Compendium of Recovery Measures
One of a series of materials produced by the Evaluation Center@HSRI. This compendium provides a resource of current recovery and
Mad in America
Mad in America is a web magazine that publishes news of psychiatric research, original journalism articles, blogs, and personal stories
Empowerment from Participation in Consumer-Run Organizations
Effects of participation in consumer-operated service programs on both personal and organizationally mediated empowerment: Results of multisite study by E.
From Relief to Recovery
Peer Support by Consumers Relieves the Traumas of Disasters and Facilitates Recovery from Mental Illness. By Daniel Fisher, National Empowerment
An Evaluation of Peer-Delivered Mental Health Disaster Relief Services in New York City – by Hardiman, et al. May 2005.
This is an evaluation of the impact of peer delivered mental health services as part of Project Liberty following 9/11.