Raising awareness and promoting positive mental health and wellbeing among young people: the role of peer support

Authors: Vincent, Sharon; Warden, Susie; Duffy, Mary 
Publisher: Barnardos / National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-being

Summary: Looks at the role of peer support in schools in relation to promoting positive mental health among young people. It aims to find out their views on peer support and whether this would be a good way of promoting positive mental health, and also how to make it more effective. It concludes that young people prefer to use infomal peer networks as a method of support and were less positive about formal peer support.

Link to document: www.barnardos.org.uk/the_role_of_peer_support_summary_report.pdf

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