Associate Facilitator Jode Freyholtz-London, second from right, conducts trainings for certified peer-support specialists at Wellstone Center in St. Paul. Recent program grads include, left to right, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Peer-to-peer support is recognized as one of the most effective strategies in helping people with mental health conditions, substance use disorders ...

Jubilee Healing Farmplants a seed within students, patients and in the ground to heal and grow. “I just was struck by this dream of being able to provide behavioral health care in a farm-based setting ...

Wisconsin Secure Program Facility in Boscobel, a maximum security prison where the peer specialist program started. | Photo courtesy Wisconsin Department of Corrections William Bowers is incarcerated ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Odalis Delgado said that for many immigrants like herself who speak Spanish and other ...

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 ...

The Advocacy Committee of the Healthiest Manitowoc County Mental Wellness Coalition has identified the need for more certified peer specialists for Manitowoc County. Certified peer specialists are ...

Annie Ross has a job that many residents likely don’t know exists. While she’s not a therapist or an otherwise traditionally licensed social worker, her job is to help people with mental health or ...

By fulfilling the extensive training requirements and passing the national certification examination, the Milford resident joins a growing team of family support professionals at Autism Delaware who ...

Nine inmates at Buckingham Correctional Center recently became the first individuals incarcerated in a Virginia Department of Corrections facility to receive certification as Peer Recovery Specialists ...