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 ...

The National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, is a nationally recognized grassroots organization with chapters across the United States focused on destigmatizing mental illness and creating ...

SYKESVILLE – When Celia Anthony was a high school sophomore, her fellow students nominated her to be a peer leader in her school’s student-led mental health support and suicide prevention program.

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Across industries, leaders are rethinking how to support ...

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 ...

When Alicia Doty was in a Shakopee prison for drug-related charges stemming from her methamphetamine addiction, volunteers who had once shared her experience visited during her 1 1/2-year sentence.

Online mental health peer support forums are platforms that allow people to receive low level support from people who are not mental health professionals. While they can be helpful, they should not ...

Hosts Dan DeGryse and Chris Muscle interview Michael Glynn, the IAFF District 11 Vice President, who shares his extensive experience in firefighter support and advocacy. Glynn highlights the critical ...

There’s a quiet sea change underway in some mental health care settings in Massachusetts and beyond — and it often looks a lot different from therapy. People who’ve struggled with bipolar disorder, ...

In a small-town hall Saturday morning, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10) heard concerns surrounding available resources to ...

City leaders are ramping up efforts to address youth mental illness by looking to peer-led efforts and student support groups. City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams previewed four proposals to address ...