Karen L Fortuna1, Maria Venegas2, Emre Umucu3, George Mois4, Robert Walker5, Jessica M Brooks6. 1. The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 2 Pillsbury Street, Suite 401, Concord, NH, 03301, USA. 2. CDC Health Promotion Research Center at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, 03766, USA. 3. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W University Ave, El Paso, TX, 79968, USA. 4. School of Social Work, University of Georgia, 279 Williams Street, Athens, GA, 30602, USA. 5. Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, 25 Staniford St, Boston, MA, 02114, USA. 6. Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY, 10468, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: This selective review highlights promising findings and future opportunities relevant to digital peer support services. This review considered literature published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals within the past 36 months. RECENT FINDINGS: Digital peer support spans multiple technology modalities: peer-delivered and smartphone-supported interventions, peer-supported asynchronous technology, artificial peer support, informal peer-to-peer support via social media, video games, and virtual worlds. Digital peer support is an emerging area of research that shows promise in improving mental health symptoms, medical and psychiatric self-management skill development, social functioning, hope, and empowerment. SUMMARY: As the science of peer support in digital psychiatry advances, peer support specialists will likely have an increasingly important role in the mental health workforce-from providing evidence-based, fidelity-adherent interventions to expanding their reach to vulnerable populations and communities.
PURPOSE: This selective review highlights promising findings and future opportunities relevant to digital peer support services. This review considered literature published in peer-reviewed scholarly journals within the past 36 months. RECENT FINDINGS: Digital peer support spans multiple technology modalities: peer-delivered and smartphone-supported interventions, peer-supported asynchronous technology, artificial peer support, informal peer-to-peer support via social media, video games, and virtual worlds. Digital peer support is an emerging area of research that shows promise in improving mental health symptoms, medical and psychiatric self-management skill development, social functioning, hope, and empowerment. SUMMARY: As the science of peer support in digital psychiatry advances, peer support specialists will likely have an increasingly important role in the mental health workforce-from providing evidence-based, fidelity-adherent interventions to expanding their reach to vulnerable populations and communities.
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Digital health technology; Mental health care; Patient-facilitated networks; Peer support
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