Peer Recovery Support Services Across the Continuum: In Community, Hospital, Corrections, and Treatment and Recovery Agency Settings – A Narrative Review. Issue 1 (5th January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stack, Erin; Hildebran, Christi; Leichtling, Gillian; Waddell, Elizabeth Needham; Leahy, Judith M.; Martin, Eric; Korthuis, Phillip Todd
• Is Part Of: Journal of addiction medicine. Volume 16:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 93
• Page End: 100
• Publication Date: 2022-01-05
• Subjects: mentors -- peer recovery support specialists -- peers -- recovery -- substance use; Substance abuse -- Periodicals; Substance abuse -- Treatment -- Periodicals; Substance-Related Disorders -- Periodicals; 616.86005
• DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000810
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1932-0620

Abstract

Abstract : In this narrative review, we outline the literature describing the history, training, certification, and role of peer recovery support specialists working with people with substance use disorders at different stages of active use and recovery. We explore the impact of peer recovery support specialists serving people in various settings, including the community, hospitals and emergency departments, jails and prisons, and treatment and recovery agencies; and describes considerations for future expansion of peer recovery support services, including supervision needs, compassion fatigue and burnout, and scope of practice. Finally, we make recommendations to support the broad implementation of peer recovery support services as a sustainable, cohesive, and replicable component of harm reduction and addiction services. We also make recommendations for research to continue to evaluate peer recovery support specialist interventions across settings and outcomes.