Associate Professor Bridget Hamilton

Director, Centre for Psychiatric Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

Health & Medicine

How could mental health peer support workers improve Emergency Departments?

New research suggests that people in mental distress seeking help at an Emergency Department would benefit from peer-support workers who understand their experience

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