Peer Work Network Resource List

This is a list of resources intended to support peer workers (anyone using lived/living experience of mental health/substance use challenges in their work) and their clients.

We welcome additional resource submissions here peerworknetwork@vch.ca

Links for the Peer Work Network presentation on Self-Stigma – Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Please note that Debbie Sesula has contributed some of her resources for you to review prior to her presentation on March 20th to our resource list. Pre-reading is not required but encouraged!

Self-Stigma Student Handout from the Victoria University of Wellington
https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1337432/SG4-Self-Stigma.pdf

De-stigmatizing the Self from the Colorado Mental Wellness Network

https://cmwn.org/colorado-mental-wellness-network-blog/de-stigmatizing-the-self/

Self-Stigma

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3610943/

The Many Impacts of Self-Stigma by NAMI

https://www.nami.org/recovery/the-many-impacts-of-self-stigma/

Links for the February 20, 2025 Peer Work Network Meeting on Finding Your Ikigai.

Some links from the Nov. 18, 2024 Peer Work Network Meeting on Christmas depression

1:1 Peer Support

https://www.selfmanagementbc.ca

Family Peer Support 

Our Services (bcmhsus.ca)

Home | Care For Caregivers

Our Services (phsa.ca)

Substance Use 

Provincial Overdose Mobile Response Team (phsa.ca)

Mindfulness

https://courses.tarabrach.com/courses/mindfulness-daily

See Links to AI and Mental Health below:

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2021/11/cover-artificial-intelligence

https://www.apaservices.org/advocacy/news/psychological-impact-artificial-intelligence

https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/07/psychology-embracing-ai

https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/improving-psychotherapy-with-ai-from-the-couch-to-the-keyboard/

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rise-ai-mental-health-pros-cons-ethical-adeel-sarwar/

https://orchid.exchange/blogs/pros-cons-ai-healthcare

https://www.activeminds.org/blog/exploring-the-pros-and-cons-of-ai-in-mental-health-care/#:~:text=If%20these%20algorithms%20are%20not,patient%20privacy%20and%20confidentiality%20concerns.

Some links from our May 15, 2024 Meeting on Peer Navigation

BCcampus (peerconnectbc.ca)

Vancouver Coastal Health – Community Services (nscr.ca)

Get Set & Connect – CMHA Vancouver-Fraser (cmhavf.ca)

Peer Navigator Program – CMHA Vancouver-Fraser (cmhavf.ca)

Some links from our July 18, 2024 Meeting on Peer Drift

ethics and boundaries in Peer Support – 2023 November session – Yahoo Video Search Results