TY - JOUR T1 - Peer mentorship of hospital inpatients with substance use disorders is associated with beneficial outcomes JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs DO - 10.1136/ebnurs-2019-103218 SP - ebnurs-2019-103218 AU - Terence V. McCann AU - Dan I. Lubman Y1 - 2020/01/24 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2020/01/24/ebnurs-2019-103218.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Collins, D, Alla, J, Nicolaidis, C, et al. “If It Wasn’t for Him, I Wouldn’t Have Talked to Them”: Qualitative Study of Addiction Peer Mentorship in the Hospital. J Gen Intern Med. 2019. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05311-0. [Epub ahead of print 12 Dec 2019].Peer mentors can make a valuable contribution to the care and experience of patients with substance use disorders requiring hospital treatment, but peers and clinicians need adequate preparation and support.Research is needed into the experience of patients with substance use disorders being mentored by their peers in hospital settings.Alcohol and other drug use is a significant driver of acute medical service utilisation, with hospitalisations related to substance use disorders and its sequelae increasing markedly in recent years. However, hospital clinicians are often unprepared to care for patients with these disorders, while patients frequently report experiencing discrimination by healthcare staff. Peer … ER -