In a first, a Durango nonprofit is bringing a peer-based recovery support program to La Plata County with a focus on the unhoused and supportive housing communities. Community Compassion Outreach’s ...

Peer-to-peer mental health support programs show early signs of improving student mental health, enhancing student engagement, and reducing stigma in California high schools, according to a report by ...

Correspondent photo / Susan Wojnar Alexander Amstutz of Cortland, above, is a peer support specialist at the Carl Nunziato VA Clinic in Youngstown. For many veterans, recovery from mental health ...

Cedar Rapids recovery center launches expanded peer support program as more troops return home ...

Traumatic and stressful events will always be a part of health care. According to the US Department of Veteran Affairs’ Stress First Aid Model for healthcare, stressors can sometimes lead to emotional ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Life is too difficult to go it alone; and in this vast openness of social media, being alone is even more isolating. But the good news is, some Hawaiʻi state leaders are doing ...

Funders searching for ways to improve the integration of health and behavioral health services may want to take a new look at an old idea— peer support. One key to this definition of recovery is that ...

Lamoille County Mental Health Services (LCMHS) has been providing peer support for many years now. This is groundbreaking work in the emerging climate of the mental health landscape. Peer support is ...

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 19: Medical workers, staff, and essential workers are not exempt from the heavy toll the pandemic will take on their mental health. Community and counseling are wear recovery ...

When Wisconsin's peer-run respite centers opened up support lines to callers in 2016, it was assumed people would be calling to arrange future overnight stays. It turned out, talking to peers about ...