A bill meant to give peer support specialists a two-year reprieve from new credentialing requirements that threaten to put ...
Public health crises often converge, creating syndemics that exacerbate their collective impact. The intersecting challenges of HIV, hepatitis C (HCV), and opioid overdoses illustrate this phenomenon, ...
River Edge Behavioral Health has opened a new Adult Peer Support and Community Integration Center in Macon, offering peer support, life skills training and wellness services for adults with mental ...
GRANTS — Nabor Santiesteban grew up on the streets of New Mexico, spending years with a drug addiction that left him in a wheelchair with a spinal infection while in and out of prison. In 2011, he was ...
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 ...
“Increasing our skills around talking about the compassion, rigor, and experience needed to cover the toughest stories will make a difference in improving newsroom resilience, wellbeing, and ...
SAN ANTONIO — Teenagers in San Antonio are spending their summer vacation training to become mental health champions through a free one-day retreat hosted by NAMI Greater San Antonio. The program aims ...
Peer-to-peer mental health support programs show early signs of improving student mental health, enhancing student engagement, and reducing stigma in California high schools, according to a report by ...
Peer-To-Peer support has HUGE benefits when it’s utilized appropriately. So, as a modern-day society, why isn’t it utilized in every area of life? Well, it IS being used in some areas of our lives ...
"The group is designed to help girls focus on self-compassion and connection through the use of movement, art, and narrative work. Girls will meet for six weeks on Saturday mornings from 9:30-11:00 am ...