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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Adolescent me. At the library. Looking at a bulletin board. It had been a rough year for me and my mental health with hospitalizations, intensive outpatient, medications, and therapy. I often wondered ...

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

Peer-to-peer support provided by ‘veteran’ neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) parents to those with current NICU babies is a legitimate and unique form of support that can complement or supplement, ...

Peer Recovery Support Specialists offer mentoring, education and support in group settings as well as individualized one-on-one coaching sessions. Peer-to-peer services offer participants the support, ...

This article is part of a series on transforming health systems published with support from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms ...

THEY'VE BEEN THERE: From left, Philip Cooper, Jenna Woodman, Dillon Moss and Brandon Manson are part of the peer support specialist team in the Investments Supporting Partnerships in Recovery ...

The Harbor in Shippensburg has announced that it has been chosen by the Capital Area Behavioral Health Collaborative to set up and administrate a recovery support services program. Anchored Peer ...

TONIGHT IN ORLANDO, NONPROFIT IS BRINGING A NEW APPROACH TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES HERE CENTRAL FLORIDA. THAT’S RIGHT. PEER SUPPORT SPACE IS BUILDING A RESPITE HOME FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING MENTAL ...