Understanding the Characteristics of a Large Cohort of Youths Accessing In-Person and Virtual Peer Support Services
This large cohort of youth peer support clients had extremely high distress at initial presentation. Youth peer support, provided through an IYS model with multiple modalities to improve service access for diverse youths, should be considered as one option for addressing systemic inequity in health care and the current global youth mental health crisis.
Authors
- Karen Tee
- Emilie Mallia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7501-697X)
- Kelli Wuerth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5260-9166)
- Skye Barbic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7076-2452)
- Matthew Wenger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8586-9327)
- Kaelin D. Fleming (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3063-7865)
- Bronwyn Lawrence
- Kirsten Marchand
- Paige Lougheed
Institutions
- Providence Health Care (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Psychiatric Services
- Published
- 2026-02-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240389
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00