When federal district court Judge Carlton Reeves penned his opinion in U.S. v. Mississippi,1 the case that seemed poised to overhaul Mississippi’s suffering mental health system, he began with the story of Ms. Melanie Worsham, a mental health patient, also a certified peer support specialist. Ms. Worsham works to help those like herself who suffer with lifelong serious mental illness (SMI) to “overcome the obstacles that might be getting in their way of living the life they want to live.” She also assists those with SMI by aiding in “navigating the system, to find resources, and then just being moral support.”2

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“前进，而不是倒退”：美国最高法院如何拯救精神障碍人士的困境

当联邦地方法院法官卡尔顿·里夫斯 (Carlton Reeves) 在美国诉密西西比州,1在这个似乎有望彻底改变密西西比州痛苦的心理健康系统的案例中，他以梅兰妮·沃沙姆女士的故事开始，她是一名心理健康患者，也是一名经过认证的同伴支持专家。沃舍姆女士致力于帮助那些像她一样终生患有严重精神疾病 (SMI) 的人“克服可能妨碍他们过上自己想要的生活的障碍”。她还通过帮助“导航系统、寻找资源，然后提供道义支持”来帮助患有 SMI 的人。2