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 ...

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 ...

“Increasing our skills around talking about the compassion, rigor, and experience needed to cover the toughest stories will make a difference in improving newsroom resilience, wellbeing, and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A California peer-to-peer mental health program shows strong results. Students trained as peer mentors reported ...

The Howard County Library System is offering free opportunities for people experiencing substance or alcohol use to connect with Certified Peer Recovery Specialists in partnership with the Howard ...

Kentucky's House Bill 505 has created a crisis for peer support specialists by adding clinical-style requirements to their nonclinical roles. The new law has made it more expensive for agencies to ...