Sept. 3, 2009, was a date that was 14 years in the making for Air Force veteran Kevin Cook. He first entered a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center for help treating his depression and ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS McCHORD, Wash. --Thirty two junior officers and junior enlisted Soldiers assigned to the 7th Infantry Division attended a 40- hour peer to peer Sexual Harassment/Assault Response ...

I still remember the charge nurse looking at me when I walked into the hospital four years ago for my first assignment as a peer recovery specialist. She pointed me toward the far corner of the ...

This week Mad in America examines three studies related to peer support work in mental healthcare. The first finds positive ...

FORT BLISS, Texas – 1st Armored Division Sustainment Brigade launched a first-of-its-kind pilot program called the About Face Peer Mentor Program for its Soldiers. The program aims to match Soldiers ...

Lauren Clements has been hospitalized so many times for mental illness — 18 to be exact — she questions whether the care she receives makes any difference. But, she says, what does help her is other ...

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 ...

In the fight against the raging opioid crisis, more peer recovery specialists are needed in hospitals across Volusia and Flagler counties, where drug overdose patients arrive in their most vulnerable ...

Youth mental health needs continue to surge. The answer may not be new tech, but connection. This piece makes the case for ...