Past Research
National Alliance on Mental Illness Peer-to-Peer Program
A Randomized Controlled Trial of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Peer-to-Peer Program on the U.S.-Mexico Border
This research, funded by the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, examined the impact
of the NAMI Peer-to-Peer program on recovery-oriented outcomes among individuals with
serious mental illness in a US-Mexico border region. This was the first RCT of the
NAMI Peer-to-Peer program, and one of few studies to date to examine the impact of
peer support with a predominantly Hispanic/Latino sample. Based on a review of the
existing literature, we expected individuals in the intervention group to experience
greater clinical recovery (reduction in symptoms) and personal recovery (increased
sense of empowerment, great sense of social support, greater social functioning, greater
sense of empathy and acceptance, reduction in the perception of stigma as a barrier,
increased sense of hope, and increased knowledge about mental illness) compared to
the control group.
Findings from this small feasibility trial (Intervention N=12, Control N= 9) of the
program with a majority Hispanic population suggest that NAMI P2P participants experienced
significant improvements in recovery and significant reductions in the hurt causes
by self-stigma relative to a waitlist control condition ().
Kosyluk, K.A., Conner, K.O., Lo, C., Ji, M., Beekman, B.M.*, Tran, J.*, Brister, T., O’Brien, S., Andrus, D., * & Kipp, K. (2020). Pilot Study of the National Alliance on Mental Illness Peer-to-Peer Program with a Predominantly Latinx Sample. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 23(3), 227-248.
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