The internalized stigma, self-efficacy, occupational competence and employment outcome among persons with severe mental illness under one-to-one peer support services in Taiwan.

Kan-Yuan Cheng¹, Yi-Lin Wang², Wen-Chun Hung³, Chia-Feng Yen⁴

¹Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Yuli Branch, Yuli Township, Hualian City, 98142, Taiwan. limbic.cheng@gmail.com.

²Department of Clinical Psychology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Yuli Branch, Yuli Township, Hualian City, 98142, Taiwan.

³Department of Rehabilitation, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Yuli Branch, Yuli Township, Hualian City, 98142, Taiwan.

⁴Department of Public Health, Tzu-Chi University, Hualian City, 97071, Hualian County, Taiwan.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: In non-Western countries, the provision of services by peer support workers (PSWs) for individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) has increased in recent years. However, the psychological and employment outcomes for both PSWs and service users remain underexplored. METHODS: In 2018 and 2019, a 28-hour PSW training curriculum was conducted at a community rehabilitation center in east…

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