The Mental Health, Addiction and Recovery (MHARS) Board of Lorain County will host a 40-hour, in-person Peer Recovery Supporter training from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 9-13 at the Amy H. Levin ...

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 ...

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 ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - There is virtually no corner of our state unaffected by the addiction crisis. This week, we’re examining the counter-attack: the responses mounted by local, regional and state ...

Adolescent me. At the library. Looking at a bulletin board. It had been a rough year for me and my mental health with hospitalizations, intensive outpatient, medications, and therapy. I often wondered ...

Healthcare workforce shortages need not impede your access to behavioral healthcare, thanks partly to volunteers and peer support. The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental ...

Once sustained on shoestring budgets, peer-run mental health spaces are expanding across North Carolina as state and local leaders invest in programs led by people with lived experience.

When he was a counselor, Michael Cunningham fielded a lot of questions about his own experiences with drugs and alcohol. At the time, he didn’t share much of his story with clients. But now, as a peer ...