Chang T C S, Liu J S Y
Peer Support Worker, Department of Psychiatry, Kowloon Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China.
East Asian Arch Psychiatry. 2014 Sep;24(3):125-7.
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.
同伴支持工作者或同伴专家是香港精神健康服务领域的一支新力量。作为精神健康服务领域为数不多的同伴支持工作者中的两位，我们分享在一家区域医院工作的经历。我们分享这支新力量给服务使用者和服务提供者带来的惊人益处，以及这项服务进一步发展过程中存在的障碍。我们希望我们的经验有助于审视香港同伴支持服务的实施情况。由于这项服务在香港仍处于初步阶段，我们期待为我们的同行和服务提供者建立一种双赢局面，以加强香港的精神健康服务。
