title: Beyond illness and treatment.
abstract: Peer support workers or peer experts are a new workforce in the mental health services of Hong Kong. As two of the few peer support workers in mental health services, we share our experience in working in a regional hospital. We share the amazing benefit of this new workforce to service users and service providers as well as the obstacles in the further development of this service. We hope our experience can help to examine the implementation of peer support services in Hong Kong. As this service is still in its preliminary stage in Hong Kong, we are looking forward to establish a win-win situation for both our peers and the service providers for the enhancement of mental health services in Hong Kong.
authors.affiliation: Peer Support Worker, Department of Psychiatry, Kowloon Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: T C S
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Peer Support Worker, Department of Psychiatry, Kowloon Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: J S Y
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D006282:Health Personnel; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D010379:Peer Group; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Mental health services; Peer group