Citation

Palmeira L, Keusen A, Carim E, Barreto S, Leão O, Cavalcanti MT. Community Ment. Health J. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Entrelaços Program, Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Avenida Venceslau Brás, 71 - Campus da Praia Vermelha - Botafogo, Av Lucio Costa 3300 BL 7 AP 706, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22290-140, Brazil.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-019-00505-6

PMID

31732825

Abstract

This case study describes the "Entrelaços" Peer Support Program, a psychoeducational program of a psychiatric institution in the city of Rio de Janeiro that admitted, between 2011 and 2019, 246 people comprising family members and patients to participate in eight educational seminars followed by multifamily problem-solving groups in cycles that were 18 months in duration. Ninety percent of the participants who completed the program decided to create 7 mutual-help groups in the community independent of technicians and the institution. Community groups have already served spontaneously more than 214 families. They have organized scientific, social and anti-stigma events, expanded their social support network and demonstrated empowerment by switching from service users to peer providers to receive new families. This work is based on a pioneering model in Brazil that integrates psychoeducation with problem-solving therapy, spreading the benefits of education and peer-support with lower cost and greater representativeness.

Language: en

Keywords

Mental health; Peer-support; Problem-solving therapy; Psychoeducation; Recovery