Communication Accommodation Theory Kaylyn Benton.pptx
RIWC_PARA_A090 - Peer Support and Mental Health
1. Peer Support Project under the Recovery Model
for Individuals with Mental Health Challenges
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Sung Hor Mui and Lee Mang Ying
Service Manager
Yuet Hang Home
Social Worker I
Sunrise Centre
3. Social Welfare Department and Non-governmental
Organizations
social and rehabilitation services in the community
Hospital Authority
statutory body providing comprehensive in-patients and out-patients,
community outreach services
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Mental Health Services in Hong Kong
HA
NGOSWD
4. Paradigm shift
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Recovery in Mental Health
the development of new meaning and purpose in one’s life as
one grows beyond the catastrophic effects of psychiatric
disability (William Anthony, 1993)
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Mental Health Peer Support
Peer support project in Hong Kong
• 3-year project “Mindset” in 2012
• 2-year pilot project on Peer support service in
community psychiatric service unit in 2016
10 Guiding Principles of Recovery
(SAMHSA, 2012)
• Hope
• Person-driven
• Peer Support
• Strength
• Holistic
• Many Pathways
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6. Reduce Self-stigma through Self-disclosure
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• “I realize I was accepted by others, and
I experienced reducing self-stigma.”
Kammy’s story as a Peer Support Worker
• “I am an ordinary person, that is people
with mental illness are not shameful.”
7. Holistic View of Personal Recovery Journey
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• “I do not only remember symptoms and
treatment, but also people and things
worth to be memorized…my family and
my friends.”
Kammy’s story as a Peer Support Worker
• “the experience of mental illness was
just a part of my life”
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Challenge Social Stigma
Promote Social Inclusion
• “students were surprised that Kammy
was cheerful and friendly, they used to
think mental patients were lack of facial
expression”
Kammy’s story as a Peer Support Worker
• “ it was hard to imagine a mental
patient could complete a University
course.”
9. Mary’s story as a Service User
The only person in this
world
She felt lonely
10. Shared experience makes normalizing and
supported
“Oh yes, I had this!”
Mary’s story as a Service User
Enhanced her sense of conformity. She was not
different and alone
11. Mutuality of relationship
Give something back
Mary’s story as a Service User
She was not only a service
receiver anymore
12. Conclusion
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• Building relationships
• Social connection
• Reciprocal - giving and
receiving
• Personal empowerment
• Reduce self and social
stigma
• Holistic perspective on
Recovery