How Peer Workers Can Hurt People With Mental Illnesses
Susan Inman
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Posted 07.02.2012
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Canada Living
Read More:
Mental Illness,
Mental Health Commission of Canada,
Schizoaffective Disorder,
Psychiatric Survivors,
Peer Support Workers,
Psychosis,
Cognitive Remediation,
Schizophrenia,
Canada Living News
Unfortunately, the beliefs of the "psychiatric survivor" movement are having increasing influence on peer support workers. Last month my daughter participated in a program offered and was told by the peer leader that they were all there because of the trauma and abuse they had experienced as children.
