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 ...

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 ...

Promise Resource Network, founded by Cherene Caraco in 2005, has led the state in the expansion of peer-run programs. With the support of state dollars, the organization opened two peer-run respite ...

After a life-saving liver transplant, Larry Monroy opened the Peer Center at Coshocton to help others. The center offers peer support groups for addiction, anxiety, depression, and other mental health ...

Mila Felder, MD, FACEP, emergency physician and vice president for Well-Being for All Teammates, Advocate Health, discusses the impact of peer support groups within a health care organization and its ...

Having an intellect to fit together during hard-hitting times can be challenging, most notably when handling authoritarian sentiments or life situations. Thus, this is one vital reason why it is ...

A new peer respite center, Eva’s Casita, opens in Orlando in July 2024. Credit: Photo by McKenna Schueler Eva’s Casita, a peer respite center run by the local nonprofit Peer Support Space, officially ...

This interview accompanies the third podcast in our National Recovery Month series with Kim MacDonald-Wilson, ScD, CPRP, senior program director, Recovery and Wellness Transformation, and Tracy Carney ...

When Desiree Malouin returned to New Hampshire after living out West, the experienced dog trainer and commercial truck driver ...

The National Fraternal Order of Police conducted peer support training this week at the Resiliency Center in downtown ...

Most Kentuckians don’t know what a peer support specialist is — and, as HB 505 has made painfully clear, neither did the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Kimberley Moser. That misunderstanding has now pushed ...