General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 29-36 , January 2011

Efficacy of peer support interventions for depression: a meta-analysis

  • Paul N. Pfeiffer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. SMITREC/VA Ann Arbor Center for Excellence P.O. Box 130170 Ann Arbor, MI 48113-0170, USA. Tel.: +1 734 232 0070; fax: +1 734 734 615 8739.
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  • Michele Heisler, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • John D. Piette, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Mary A.M. Rogers, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Marcia Valenstein, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Health Services Research and Development, Department of Veterans Affairs, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Received 4 June 2010 ,Accepted 1 October 2010.

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 This research was supported by the VA Health Services Research & Development Service (IIR 08-325), Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center (NIH DK020572) and the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (NIH UL1RR024986).

PII: S0163-8343(10)00198-2

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2010.10.002

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 29-36 , January 2011