THE EFFECT OF PEER COUNSELING ON MENTAL HEALTH

Abstract

Mental health is an issue and concern for many people today. Many people experience emotional distress such as depression, anxiety, and other mental health problems. Mental health is an important part of a person's or individual's life that influences the way they think, feel and behave. Counselors have used different methods when dealing with mental health. One effort to improve a person's or individual's mental health is through peer counseling. The method used in this research is the Prisma method. The PRISMA method has several steps, the steps of this method are: 1) identification; 2) filtering; 3) Eligibility: 4) Incudedl. Based on the Prisma article, peer counseling can be an alternative option to improve mental health for counselors, with various benefits and advantages, as well as the positive impact of peer counseling on mental health.