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 ...

For many new parents, the best advice often comes from friends and family with similar experiences. That peer support is key to building parenting skills and is the idea behind peer-to-peer home ...

Over the past few years there has been an amazing shift in the world of mental health. People are beginning to understand that the mental health issues that someone may struggle with does not define ...

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 ...

The purpose of support groups seems self-evident: a meeting of peers who are dealing with similar tough issues. Whether it is addiction, grief, disability or illness, having a peer group to partner ...

The Hawaiʻi Office of Wellness and Resilience has released a new framework report that will be used to guide the development, ...

Life is too difficult to go it alone. But in this vast openness of social media, being alone is even more isolating. But the ...

Promise Resource Network, founded by Cherene Caraco in 2005, has led the state in the expansion of peer-run programs. With ...

Some of the best career guidance doesn’t come from a textbook or manager—it comes from fellow nurses who’ve been there too. Throughout the course of their careers, nurses may have formal or informal ...

Military veteran Lauren Grigsby describes the Central Oregon Veterans Ranch in Bend as a place of sanctuary. For nearly a decade, the 19-acre working ranch has opened its gates to veterans searching ...