Peer support/peer provided services underlying processes, benefits, and critical ingredients.

By P. Solomon. Psychiatric rehabilitation journal, 2004

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Self‐Esteem, Self‐Efficacy, and the Balance of Peer Support Among Persons With Chronic Mental Health Problems (2008, background): “Peer-support groups, furthermore, offer a sense of belonging and positive feedback of a person’s self-worth (Solomon, 2004).”
A review of the literature on peer support in mental health services (2011, methodology): “…be defined as: ‘social emotional support, frequently coupled with instrumental support, that is mutually offered or provided by persons having a mental health condition to others sharing a similar mental health condition to bring about a desired social or personal change’ (Solomon, 2004, p. 393).”
Peer support among persons with severe mental illnesses: a review of evidence and experience (2012, background): “The first is the instillation of hope through positive self-disclosure, demonstrating to the service recipient that it is possible to go from being controlled by the illness to gaining some control over the illness, from being a victim to being the hero of one’s own life journey (23,25).”