Lived experience peer support programs for suicide prevention: a systematic scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peer-led support models have gained increasing popularity in suicide prevention. While previous reviews show positive effects of peer-led support for people with mental health problems and those bereaved by suicide, little is known about the types of lived experience peer support programs in suicide prevention and whether these are effective in improving the health and wellbeing of people at risk of suicide. The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of peer support programs that aim to reduce suicidality and are led by people with lived experience of suicide.

Method

We conducted a systematic scoping review, involving a search of three academic (Medline, PsycINFO, Embase) and selected grey literature databases (Google Scholar, WHO Clinical Trials Registry) fo

SUBMITTER: Schlichthorst M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7425132 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature