At Bon Secours Mercy Health, a peer support program is a key component of healthcare worker well-being efforts. A program that features peer support is helping healthcare workers at Bon Secours Mercy ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — It’s been just ...

Rayshell Chambers used to be scared to talk about her mental health challenges. The first time she was hospitalized was at 14. She was a straight-A student and cross-country runner, but she felt ...

According to the Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (BEAM), healing is our birthright. But, Black folks often face challenges when trying to access sustainable healthcare for our emotional ...

A change in Kentucky's licensing standards for substance use recovery peer support specialists is set to take effect at the ...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Sarah Wright stops by her peer support specialist’s hotel room-turned-office in this Denver suburb several times a day. But her visit on a Wednesday morning in mid-October was one ...

MIAMI — 4 Investigates traveled to Florida to see firsthand the Miami program that helped inspire New Mexico’s new behavioral health reform law — and to understand what state policymakers saw before ...

THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM WITH MORE PEOPLE REACHING OUT FOR HELP AND ASKING FOR THERAPY TO NAVIGATE THE PRESSURES OF LIFE. SOME SPECIALLY TRAINED WORKERS ARE THERE FOR THEM. THEY’RE TAKING THE PRESSURE ...

A gender non-conforming young adult from northern California was recognized this week for their work helping other youth in troubled times. Eureka resident Qaiel Peltier was one of found people ...

The state introduced a new curriculum earlier this year that is aligned with national standards. Indiana also started to allow family members of people with substance use disorders to become certified ...

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 ...