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Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of the Recovery Rocks Community of peers in recovery.
Design/methodology/approach
– Description of history of the community.
Findings
– The community is successful in providing mutual support in members journeys of recovery.
Research limitations/implications
– The community exists in Perth, Western Australia.
Practical implications
– Similar communities might be developed by groups of peers in other places.
Social implications
– Offers an innovative, peer support community approach to facilitating recovery.
Originality/value
– Offers an innovative approach to fostering recovery in a peer support community that could act as a model for the development of other similar communities.
Keywords:
Recovery,
Social inclusion,
Mental health,
Australia,
Peer support,
Peer support community
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2014
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