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The Use of Peer Support/ Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Groups in the recovery for MilitaryVetreans By Anthony Watson Columbia College, Working with Groups March 1, 2015 Abstract Millions of Veterans are returning home from the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan traumatized by there experiences. Many don’t know how to ask for help nor know where to find it. Many are afraid of stigmatism and separation from friends. My paper will discuss Peer Support groups where veterans can go to find comradeship and understanding. And also I would like to discuss a self-recovery and self help tool for treatment of issues known as Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP). Since the successions in hostilities …show more content…

In a setting like this veterans can talk with other veterans who understand what they're going through and who “get’s it. This is this type of veterans or peers, who like them are directly affected by the issues at hand. The facilitator of the group can be a veteran like them or a highly trained and sensitive profession who understands his veteran very well. “Promising outcomes have been found using peer support for veteran with server mental illness (SMI). The feasibility of obtaining a system ‘buy in” and formally recruiting, training and supervising such “peer support technicians” to supplement traditional mental health treatment for veteran with SMI has been demonstrated” (Jain 2012) Another point is to make the group small so that comfort is established and everyone feel that they have something to say. Furthermore each veteran should understand attendance is voluntary but understand that they are an important part of the group and that others may find kinship in there …show more content…

With theses veterans talking to a professional can be very intimidating seeing that this is a possible lack of understating between clinical and veteran but with Peer to Peer groups this will make those encounter less difficult and time goes on. From these various peer groups there would be different ideas on how to run them and that would be there common theme. Recently a evidence based recovery tool has been created to help people along with veterans to there road to wellness. The Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) is a self -aught and Self manage tools that said that the veteran is his own expert on what is wrong with him. “The concept and value of self-determination is at the very foundation of our country, yet in our behavioral health care system, self-determination is diametrically opposed to the basic assumptions of the medical mode of “care-taking” that has long defined mental health treatment. Self-determination is a concept and value that encompasses “self-management.” However, self-determination goes further than self-management. Self- management implies a focus on managing a situation or specific objectives, whereas self-determination is about the natural process and potential for one to be effective and healthy in the context of their life.” (Federici

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