[The integration of peer support in psychiatry, or how to better support patients]. / L'intégration de la pair-aidance en psychiatrie, ou comment mieux accompagner le patient.

ABSTRACT

Peer support plays an essential role in patient recovery by encouraging a supportive approach based on experiential knowledge. It helps to create individualised care centred on life projects and individual strengths. Within the teams, the knowledge of the peer health mediator and the carers is shared. This approach helps to improve care by drawing on the depth of people's experiences and feelings, and their resilience in the face of illness.