Digital Peer Support Mental Health Interventions for People With a Lived Experience of a Serious Mental Illness: Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peer support is recognized globally as an essential recovery service for people with mental health conditions. With the influx of digital mental health services changing the way mental health care is delivered, peer supporters are increasingly using technology to deliver peer support. In light of these technological advances, there is a need to review and synthesize the emergent evidence for peer-supported digital health interventions for adults with mental health conditions.

Objective

The aim of this study was to identify and review the evidence of digital peer support interventions for people with a lived experience of a serious mental illness.

Methods

This systematic review was conducted using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Ana

SUBMITTER: Fortuna KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7165313 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature