The effectiveness of services led or run by consumers in mental health: Rapid review of evidence for recovery-orientated outcomes

Publication information

Title

The effectiveness of services led or run by consumers in mental health: Rapid review of evidence for recovery-orientated outcomes

Agencies

Mental Health Commission of NSW

Type

Report

Date published

2016-08-02

Keywords

lived experience, peer workers, mental health, consumers

Description

Recommendations of this report include the commissioning of a survey of consumer-operated services in Australia (similar to two conducted in the United States – Goldstrom et al 2006 and Ostrow et al 2014), to find out what is currently happening. Evaluation of existing services is also encouraged, with an emphasis on the kinds of outcomes that are meaningful to consumers. This will mean that consumers need to be involved in the research processes. Finally, it is also important that consumer-operated services that are particularly successful be encouraged to document what it is that they are doing well, to share their success stories and inspire others.

Language

English

Coverage

New South Wales

Copyright

© State of New South Wales

This publication is released under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 AU