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Peer Support

Peer Support is a structured psychosocial intervention within the broader category of supportive relationships, distinguished by the provision of emotional, informational, and instrumental assistance through formally or informally organized interactions between individuals with shared experiences of community reintegration, inclusive education, or mental health promotion challenges.

7.7K

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468.8K

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23.9K

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4.7K

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2017–2026

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Children

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Social Support and Health.

Catherine E. Ross, Sheldon Cohen, S. Leonard Syme · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1986 · 4K citations

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Young people’s help-seeking for mental health problems

Debra Rickwood, Frank P. Deane, Coralie J Wilson et al. · Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health · 2005 · 1.6K citations

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Stigma, Mental Health, and Resilience in an Online Sample of the US Transgender Population

Walter Bockting, Michael H. Miner, Rebecca E. Swinburne Romine et al. · American Journal of Public Health · 2013 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Toward a Theory of Social Support: Closing Conceptual Gaps

Sally A. Shumaker, Arlene Brownell · Journal of Social Issues · 1984 · 1.4K citations

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Risk and Protective Factors for Prospective Changes in Adolescent Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Natasha R. Magson, Justin Y. A. Freeman, Ronald M. Rapee et al. · Journal of Youth and Adolescence · 2020 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Authors

23.9K

  1. LD
    Larry Davidson

    Yale University, United States

    32 publications · 2.8K citations

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  2. EB
    Edwin B. Fisher

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    24 publications · 2K citations

    20

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  3. EW
    Erik W. Carter

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    23 publications · 1.6K citations

    20

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  4. MH
    Michele Heisler

    University of Michigan, United States

    25 publications · 2.1K citations

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  5. CK
    Christine K. Malecki

    Northern Illinois University, United States

    18 publications · 2.6K citations

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Institutions

4.7K

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    62 h-index

    347 publications

    37.8K citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    47 h-index

    258 publications

    13.2K citations

  3. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    46 h-index

    275 publications

    21.9K citations

  4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    46 h-index

    305 publications

    20.4K citations

  5. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    42 h-index

    173 publications

    10.7K citations

  6. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    41 h-index

    251 publications

    16.8K citations

  7. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    40 h-index

    111 publications

    8K citations

  8. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    38 h-index

    320 publications

    18.3K citations

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  1. Social Science & Medicine

    78 publications · 9.7K citations

    50

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 160 publications · 9.2K citations

    44

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  3. American Journal of Community Psychology

    AJCP · 60 publications · 7.8K citations

    42

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  4. Journal of Youth and Adolescence

    52 publications · 9.4K citations

    42

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  5. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal

    66 publications · 4.1K citations

    33

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