In the course of implementing a recently funded network of hubs for building capacities in mental health service development, training, and research (RedeAmericas), the peer support workers are being introduced into the mental health workforce in three Latin American countries for the very first tim...e. They will be part of a team, along with community mental health workers, that provides a modified Critical Time Intervention to individuals with severe psychiatric disorders living in the community. This article reviewed the background of this increasingly widespread development, and discussed its merits, as well as potential obstacles within local contexts.
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Developmental disorders
Chapter C.4
IACAPAP Textbook of Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Child psychiatry & pediatrics
Chapter I.1
Somatoform disorders
Infant Psychiatry
Chapter B.1
Early Maltreatment and exposure to violence
Moving towards equity and quality
Clinical guideline | Published: 11 January 2012 | nice.org.uk/guidance/cg137
Mood disorders
Chapter E.2
Anxiety disorders
Chapter F.2
Miscellaneous
Chapter J.4
Core Knowledge for Emergency Preparedness and Response
Anxiety disorders
Chapter F.3
Section I
Somatoform disorders
Child Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Chapter I.1