HEALTH THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT. IT IS A NETWORK OF STATEWIDE WELLNESS AND RECOVERY CENTERS THAT PROVIDE PEER SUPPORT. JOINING US IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ON OUR OWN MARYLAND, AN ORGANIZATION ...
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 ...
When it comes to restoring mental health and coming back from substance use, there's no denying the power of lived experience ...
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 ...
BACK INTO THE 20S WITH THOSE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. BILL AND JULIE. CHILLY. OKAY. THANKS, BILL. CHI. HEALTH GETS A HALF MILLION DOLLAR GRANT TO HELP GROW ITS PEER SPECIALIST PROGRAM. THEY’LL ...
Last month, Central Oregon Community College in Bend launched a four-week-long training course for students to become certified peer support specialists. A peer support specialist is someone with ...
WHAT WE’RE SEEING IS RAW AND UNFILTERED. CAPTAIN DAVE COKER, THE SHIFT SAFETY OFFICER FOR THE GREENSBOROUGH FIRE DEPARTMENT, SAID WHAT FIREFIGHTERS SEE IT TAKES A TOLL ON THEM. WE ARE ROUTINELY ...
A $1.5 million state mental health grant allows Mission Hills High School to offer a peer-to-peer support program and a new ...