Published on in Vol 9, No 12 (2020): December

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/22500, first published .
Online and Recovery-Oriented Support Groups Facilitated by Peer Support Workers in Times of COVID-19: Protocol for a Feasibility Pre-Post Study

Online and Recovery-Oriented Support Groups Facilitated by Peer Support Workers in Times of COVID-19: Protocol for a Feasibility Pre-Post Study

Online and Recovery-Oriented Support Groups Facilitated by Peer Support Workers in Times of COVID-19: Protocol for a Feasibility Pre-Post Study

Jean-Francois Pelletier   1, 2 , PhD ;   Janie Houle   3 , PhD ;   Marie-Hélène Goulet   4 , PhD ;   Robert-Paul Juster   1 , PhD ;   Charles-Édouard Giguère   5 , MSc ;   Jonathan Bordet   5 , MA ;   Isabelle Hénault   6 , PSW ;   Alain Lesage   1 , MD, Mphil ;   Luigi De Benedictis   5 , MD, MSc, FRCP ;   Frédéric Denis   7 , PhD, DMD ;   Roger Ng   8 , MBChB

1 Department of Psychiatry and Addictology, Montreal Mental Health University Institute – Research Centre, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

2 Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

3 Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

4 School of Nursing, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

5 Montreal Mental Health University Institute – Research Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

6 Quebec Association of Peer Support Workers, Montreal, QC, Canada

7 Université de Tours, Tours, France

8 Kowloon Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Corresponding Author:

  • Jean-Francois Pelletier, PhD
  • Department of Psychiatry and Addictology
  • Montreal Mental Health University Institute – Research Centre
  • University of Montreal
  • 7401 Hochelaga Street
  • Montreal, QC, H1N 3M5
  • Canada
  • Phone: 1 1 514 574 5879
  • Email: jean-francois.pelletier@yale.edu