Open AccessTo Help Others, We Must Care for Ourselves: The Importance of Self-Care for Peer Support Workers in Substance Use Recovery
Author(s) -
Christian Williams,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hsoa journal of addiction and addictive disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2578-7276
DOI - 10.24966/aad-7276/100071
Subject(s) - peer support , substance use , psychology , health care , peer review , nursing , medicine , psychiatry , political science , law
Peer support workers, using their shared lived experience, have been recognized in the medical and behavioral health fields as having positive contributions to the well-being and recovery of individuals who are in early stages of recovery or illness management.