Peer supporters in peer support RCTs were primarily recruited from community organizations and required lived experience and a similar diagnosis to service recipients¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · quant-synthesis r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2026 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Twenty (49%) of the 41 included studies reported on recruitment and selection; most used collaboration with existing mental health agencies or community partners. → Lara Ernesto Isaac MA 2026 q3 i? Recruited peer supporters always included lived or living experience of recovery and were required to have a similar diagnosis to those receiving services. → Lara Ernesto Isaac MA 2026 (2)

Evidence¶

Lara Ernesto Isaac MA 2026¶

Lara Ernesto Isaac MA, Bond Laura PhD, MA, Ratnakaran Adarsh MSc, Zheng Muxi MS, Song Emily MPH, Fang Kacey MSc, Suneja Priyanka MBPsS, MABP, Ballikar Saniya MSc, Mendes Malvina Carmel MSW, O'Neill Kathryn MPH, Carmio Natali PsyD, MPH, Agrawal Ravindra Narayan MBBS, DPM, MPM, MRCPsych, MBA, Patel Vikram PhD, MBBS. (2026). The Competencies and Implementation of Peer Support Interventions for People with Serious Mental Health Challenges: A Systematic Review. Harvard Review of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1097/HRP.0000000000000460

q3 · i? · review · r3

Systematic review of implementation elements across 41 RCTs; the review reports that 20 of 41 studies reported on recruitment and selection, with methods including ads, word of mouth, formal job postings, and agency partnerships.

"Twenty (49%) of the 41 included studies reported on recruitment and selection of peer supporters."

Lara Ernesto Isaac MA 2026 (2)¶

Lara Ernesto Isaac MA, Bond Laura PhD, MA, Ratnakaran Adarsh MSc, Zheng Muxi MS, Song Emily MPH, Fang Kacey MSc, Suneja Priyanka MBPsS, MABP, Ballikar Saniya MSc, Mendes Malvina Carmel MSW, O'Neill Kathryn MPH, Carmio Natali PsyD, MPH, Agrawal Ravindra Narayan MBBS, DPM, MPM, MRCPsych, MBA, Patel Vikram PhD, MBBS. (2026). The Competencies and Implementation of Peer Support Interventions for People with Serious Mental Health Challenges: A Systematic Review. Harvard Review of Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1097/HRP.0000000000000460

q3 · i? · quant-synthesis · r2

Synthesis of peer characteristics across the included trials; the review states demographic characteristics varied widely but lived experience and similar diagnosis were consistent requirements.

"Demographic characteristics of recruited peer supporters varied widely, but always included lived or living experience of recovery and required that the peer supporter had a similar diagnosis to those receiving services."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Peer supporter training duration ranged from a few hours to 192 hours, was most often in person, and intensive six-week training led all recruited peers to resign in one trial — related
• Peer supporter supervision was most often weekly and consisted of reviewing fidelity ratings and discussing problems, with supervisors including experienced peers, clinicians, and research staff — related
• Implementation reporting in peer support RCTs is substantially incomplete, with 29% to 67% missing data per implementation component — a broader claim this one bears on
• Sharing lived experience of recovery was more frequently included in non-United States-based peer support trials than in United States-based trials — related