Peer Support Specialists expand the non-clinical workforce to improve patient experience and outcomes and reduce clinical staff burnout.

For many, the road out of gambling addiction can feel uncertain. But for some people struggling with gambling addiction, seeing that others have found a way out can be the exact kind of lifeline they ...

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 ...

BACK INTO THE 20S WITH THOSE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. BILL AND JULIE. CHILLY. OKAY. THANKS, BILL. CHI. HEALTH GETS A HALF MILLION DOLLAR GRANT TO HELP GROW ITS PEER SPECIALIST PROGRAM. THEY’LL ...

Wisconsin Secure Program Facility in Boscobel, a maximum security prison where the peer specialist program started. | Photo courtesy Wisconsin Department of Corrections William Bowers is incarcerated ...

For many veterans, recovery from mental health challenges, substance use, trauma or major life transitions does not begin ...

Kerman is executive director of Blanchet House in Portland. Last August, I wrote an op-ed outlining the need for a team of mental health and peer-support specialists to regularly circulate among the ...

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A few weeks from now, the Community Help Center will begin providing services to homeless people who are dealing with behavioral health issues through a new peer-to-peer program that ...

UNC Health Nash launched a new program over the summer to support patients struggling with substance use disorders in its Emergency Department, thanks to grant funding secured by the UNC Health Nash ...

Members of the community who wish to help others while building a meaningful career can do so with the North Carolina Peer ...