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    Which Homeless Veterans Benefit From a Peer Mentor and How

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    Authors
    Resnik, Linda
    Ekerholm, Sarah
    Johnson, Erin E.
    Ellison, Marsha Langer
    O'Toole, Thomas P.
    UMass Chan Affiliations
    Systems and Psychosocial Advances Research Center
    Department of Psychiatry
    Document Type
    Journal Article
    Publication Date
    2016-10-20
    Keywords
    United States Department of Veterans Affairs
    Veterans
    homeless persons
    peer support services
    Clinical Psychology
    Mental and Social Health
    Psychiatry and Psychology
    
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    https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22407
    Abstract
    OBJECTIVE: Veterans Affairs (VA) is expanding peer support. Research is limited on Veterans' perspective on benefits from peer services. We describe homeless Veteran perceptions of value and examine characteristics associated with benefit. METHOD: From a sample of Veterans in a multisite randomized control trial, we studied addition of peers in VA Primary Care and homeless-oriented primary care clinics. We used qualitative methods to study the perceptions of peer services among a subsample of homeless Veterans. Quantitative methods were used to validate findings in both samples. RESULTS: Sixty-five percent of the subsample and 83% of the full sample benefited from a peer mentor. Participants who benefited had more peer visits and minutes of intervention (p<.05), were more likely to be minority, and were less likely to have posttraumatic stress disorder. CONCLUSION: The majority of Veteran participants in this study benefited from receiving peer mentor intervention. African American Veterans were more likely to benefit and Veterans with PTSD were less likely to benefit. Client endorsement of the peer's role influenced outcomes.
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    J Clin Psychol. 2016 Oct 20. doi: 10.1002/jclp.22407. Link to article on publisher's site
    DOI
    10.1002/jclp.22407
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/29016
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    27764527
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