Peer support services with integrated meaningful and challenging activity can be an effective early intervention for adolescent mental and social health issues

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This commentary outlines a vision for the future intervention in adolescent mental health through the development of peer communities, lead by trained adolescent peers which aims to reduce social isolation and give young people the tools to self manage their own health. Here we recognise that mental distress emerges from real world situations which evoke powerlessness, pressure, stress or fear. The routes to wellbeing will be rooted in real world activities, which return power to young people and promote self-regulation.

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Ward, A. (2020). Peer support services with integrated meaningful and challenging activity can be an effective early intervention for adolescent mental and social health issues. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/yxwc8