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 ...

Objectives Providing peer support can benefit youth peer support workers (peers)et by supporting self-determination, recovery and resilience to self-stigma. There is a need to clarify the role of the ...

Somethings is a near-peer mentorship app that connects youth ages 13 to 26 with trained mentors ages 20 to 29 through ...

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, ...

The AHA has released an issue brief on the role of peer support specialists in behavioral health. PSS are people living in recovery from psychiatric and/or substance use disorders who provide ...

Feeling overwhelmed? You're not alone. Whether it’s academic stress, social pressures, or just trying to figure it all out, college can feel like you’re carrying a lot on your own. But you don’t have ...

When Wisconsin's peer-run respite centers opened up support lines to callers in 2016, it was assumed people would be calling to arrange future overnight stays. It turned out, talking to peers about ...

Some unhoused Portlanders dealing with substance use or mental health challenges may soon have a new form of support: a local resident who has experienced at least some of what they’re going through.