Ernest Owusu is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. He has more than twelve years of experience working as a Mental Health Nurse in the clinical and community areas. He was a Facilitator for Psychiatric Nursing and Therapeutic Communication in several health training institutions and universities. He also worked as an advocate for reducing stigma and discrimination in persons living with HIV and AIDS, as well as for LBGT+ persons. His study area is reducing inpatient readmission rates for patients discharged from acute psychiatric care in Alberta using peer and text message support.