o Similar to our experience (example: same diagnosis received).
• If a peer brings up the topic and seems upset about having been given a diagnosis, how can we help the peer make meaning of it? What might be some useful open questions to explore? • If a peer brings up the topic and seems relieved about having been given a diagnosis, how can we help the peer make meaning of it? What might be some useful open questions to explore? Supporting • How can we better support someone who has never been involved with mental health or substance use services system, or the medical model, and is not interested in those supports? What assumptions might get in our way? • Professional boundaries issue: It is not the certified peer specialist role to assess symptoms or diagnose. It is also not the certified peer specialist role to refer peers to treatment unless asked by the peer. Why do you think this is so?
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