We are glad to publish this issue on Peer Support Work where we invited Guadalupe Morales Cano as a guest editor. Gabriele Rocca writes an important message reflecting on the past years of his presidency in WAPR. We are presenting PSW from various perspectives, emphasizing lived experience. The themes that you will be able to find, relate to meaningful involvement, social inclusion, co-production and how PSW relates to power, evolution and cultural changes. We have invited people with lived experience and mental health professionals to contribute, and you will be able to find updated reviews, narratives of lived experience, approaches from multiple perspectives and reflections on the PSW role. We have further initiated our collaboration with FEARP and include an article translated from Spanish, while we further integrate a section relating to WAPR in the future.
From the editorial team.
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Editorial
From sick-person to citizen: Peer2Peer Knowledge. Guadalupe Morales Cano
President’s Message
Message from the President of WAPR. Gabriele Rocca
Section: Articles
- From a Student Project to a Statewide Program: A Case Study in College Mental Health Advocacy. Taylor Locke
- Professional Service based on Living Experience: Taiwan’s Peer Support (Supporter) and its Developing Trend. Hsi-hua (Eva) Teng
- From Margins to Models: The Evolution of Peer Support Work in Norway. Torbjørn Mohn-Haugen, and Kristina Bakke Åkerblom
- “Beyond Tokenism: Empowering Voices in Mental Health Research – Report from the 2024 Lived Experience Symposium”. Action Amos, Jess Campbell, Lucinda Manda Taylor, Charlotte Hanlon, Eleni Misganaw, Angelica Mkorongo, Kate Martin, and Robert Stewart
- Exploring the Impact of Formal Peer Work on Existential Well-Being: A Scoping Review. Amalie Crozier Solvang, Ingrid Aleksandra Mellingsæter-Jokic, Joakim Winther, Sara Barrio Cardona, and Michalis Lavdas
- Good Practices in Psychosocial Rehabilitation: the Figure of the Expert by Experience in the SASM Foundation. Jesús Rienda, Salvador Expósito, Laura Benito, and Tania Pariente
Section: Human Rights and Mental Health
Section: Recent Research
Section: Sharing Experiences
- A Mentally Unhealthy Experience. Mar Guerrero Rios
- From Survival to Global Advocacy: A Lived Experience Perspective on Mental Health and the UN High-Level Meeting. Matthew Jackman
- Education for Peer Support Workers at KBT* Vocational College: Advancing Recovery-Oriented Practice. Karl Johan Johansen, and Per Hegland
- Integration of Peer support in Georgian mental health services, with the help of experienced colleagues from the Czech Republic. Olga Kalina
- My Recovery? Recovery is a Path We Create Together? Tone Rose
- Ceciliea. A song by Tone Rose