A three-year initiative in California to strengthen student well-being by training high school students to support their ...

Peer Support Specialists are those who have suffered from addiction or Behavioral Health Disorders, recovered, and then use their life experience to mentor others. Rob Reiner’s Son Nick Left Hotel ...

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 ...

Peer support training helps employees understand how to create a workplace that is welcoming and supportive. The training covers important topics like: Fostering psychological safety Creating a ...

Life is too difficult to go it alone. But in this vast openness of social media, being alone is even more isolating. But the ...

When he was a counselor, Michael Cunningham fielded a lot of questions about his own experiences with drugs and alcohol. At the time, he didn’t share much of his story with clients. But now, as a peer ...

The tide of suicide in the United States is unrelenting, and the approximately 20 veteran and military suicides each day cannot be ignored. To prevent these tragedies, the veteran community, the ...

A police career is immensely rewarding but for some, the unintended consequences of the roles and tasks embedded in the police mission pose significant challenges to their well-being. Accordingly, ...

You don't have to be lonely at the top; you just need to establish new relationships with peer leaders who truly understand ...

This presentation is designed to teach members and department leaders the components of a working peer support program. Dena Ali explains the development of the North Carolina Peer Support Team, and ...