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Leadership and Characteristics of Nonprofit Mental Health Peer-Run Organizations Nationwide

Laysha Ostrow, Ph.D., M.P.P., and Stephania L. Hayes, M.A., O.T.R.Authors Info & Affiliations
Publication: Psychiatric Services
Volume 66, Number 4
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400080
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Abstract

Objective:

Mental health peer-run organizations are nonprofits providing venues for support and advocacy among people diagnosed as having mental disorders. It has been proposed that consumer involvement is essential to their operations. This study reported organizational characteristics of peer-run organizations nationwide and how these organizations differ by degree of consumer control.

Methods:

Data were from the 2012 National Survey of Peer-Run Organizations. The analyses described the characteristics of the organizations (N=380) on five domains of nonprofit research, comparing results for organizations grouped by degree of involvement by consumers in the board of directors.

Results:

Peer-run organizations provided a range of supports and educational and advocacy activities and varied in their capacity and resources. Some variation was explained by the degree of consumer control.

Conclusions:

These organizations seemed to be operating consistently with evidence on peer-run models. The reach of peer-run organizations, and the need for in-depth research, continues to grow.

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Cover: Breakfast in the Garden, by Frederick Carl Frieseke, circa 1911. Oil on canvas, 26 x 325/16 inches. Daniel J. Terra Collection, 1987.21. Terra Foundation for American Art, Chicago/Art Resource, New York City.

Psychiatric Services
Volume 66 • Number 4 • April 01, 2015
Pages: 421 - 425
PubMed: 25639988

History

Received: 25 February 2014
Revision received: 6 August 2014
Revision received: 10 October 2014
Accepted: 24 November 2014
Published online: 2 February 2015
Published in print: April 01, 2015

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Laysha Ostrow, Ph.D., M.P.P.
Dr. Ostrow is with the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore (e-mail: [email protected]). Ms. Hayes is with the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley.
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Stephania L. Hayes, M.A., O.T.R.
Dr. Ostrow is with the Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore (e-mail: [email protected]). Ms. Hayes is with the School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley.
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Competing Interests

The authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests.

Funding Information

U.S. Social Security Administration10.13039/100005225: 1 DRC12000001-01-00
National Institute of Mental Health10.13039/100000025: T32MH019545
This study was funded by National Institute of Mental Health grant T32MH019545 and Social Security Administration grant DRC12000001-01-00.

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