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Interesting qualitative study highlighting both the value of peer support (PS) but some of the key challenges of implementing PS in clinical settings.
Particularly interesting reflection from participants on
the importance of shared diagnosis... 1/3 https://bpded.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40479-020-00135-5
Particularly interesting reflection from participants on
the importance of shared diagnosis... 1/3 https://bpded.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40479-020-00135-5
“I, personally, would prefer someone (a consumer peer worker) with BPD. Um [pause], not another diagnosis … a lot of my own experience with BPD could only really be understood by somebody else with BPD” (Consumer).
In contrast, the view of a PSW:
“If you’ve experienced... 2/3
In contrast, the view of a PSW:
“If you’ve experienced... 2/3
...extreme distress, you’ve experienced mistreatment in the public mental health system … those things are still quite important for the client to know that you’ve experienced but it doesn’t necessarily need to come with a diagnosis of BPD” (PSW).
For me this highlights... 3/
For me this highlights... 3/
...the difference between lived experience, as a defined by a clinical perspective, and lived experience, as defined by those with lived experience expertise, who have reflected on the central role of stigma, oppression and marginalisation in their experiences of distress.
