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Scoping Review Examines Vocational Peer Support in Serious Mental Illness

Scoping Review Examines Vocational Peer Support in Serious Mental Illness

A Nature-published scoping review synthesizes 11 studies on vocational peer support for people with serious mental illness. Findings indicate gains in agency, stigma reduction, and vocational orientation, while sustained employment outcomes remain mixed and dependent on context and implementation.

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Vocational peer support for people with serious mental illness: a scoping review on mechanisms, structures, lived experience and perceived impacts