在法国过去的十五年左右，同龄人在精神卫生方面的部署似乎已经加速。同行支持的好处已得到广泛证明。它基于某些在治疗过程中康复的患者获得的经验知识，可以通过积极的认同来传递，激发希望和动力。然后，这些独特的技能得到更多理论知识的补充，这些理论知识由文凭认可，使未来的专业人士合法化，并使他们获得无可争议的认可，可以与现有的系统一起工作。然而,将他们融入健康和社会团队并不总是那么容易。
Over the last fifteen years or so in France, the deployment of peer professionals in mental health seems to have accelerated. The benefits of peer support have been widely demonstrated. It is based on the experiential knowledge acquired by certain patients who have recovered during their course of treatment, which can be passed on by positive identification, stimulating hope and motivation. These unique skills are then complemented by more theoretical knowledge sanctioned by a diploma that legitimises the future professionals and gives them access to undisputed recognition to work alongside pre-existing systems. However, it is not always easy to integrate them into health and social teams.
