In a first, a Durango nonprofit is bringing a peer-based recovery support program to La Plata County with a focus on the unhoused and supportive housing communities. Community Compassion Outreach’s ...

Peer support in mental health services is an increasingly integral component of care, valued for its capacity to enhance recovery, self-efficacy and empowerment among service users. By harnessing the ...

Funders searching for ways to improve the integration of health and behavioral health services may want to take a new look at an old idea— peer support. One key to this definition of recovery is that ...

BOISE, Idaho — September is National Recovery Month, which is all about increasing awareness of substance use disorders, and crushing the stigma behind asking for help. One less daunting way of ...

Correspondent photo / Susan Wojnar Alexander Amstutz of Cortland, above, is a peer support specialist at the Carl Nunziato VA Clinic in Youngstown. For many veterans, recovery from mental health ...

The Lake County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board has announced the appointment of Jonathan Clemente as the operations manager of BRIDGES Mental Health Consumer Empowerment.

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 ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Life is too difficult to go it alone; and in this vast openness of social media, being alone is even more isolating. But the good news is, some Hawaiʻi state leaders are doing ...

The Lake County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board has announced the appointment of Jonathan Clemente as the operations manager of BRIDGES Mental Health Consumer Empowerment. The ...