Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Kim Moser, R-Taylor Mill, chair of the House Health Services Committee, is sponsoring a bill that would extend a deadline for ...

"Community helping community is a really productive way to meet needs," says Jenny Vollen-Katz, executive director of the John Howard Association, the organization behind a new report on peer support ...

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) - The National Fraternal Order of Police conducted peer support training this week at the Resiliency Center in downtown Parkersburg, teaching law enforcement officers how to ...

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 ...

GRANTS — Nabor Santiesteban grew up on the streets of New Mexico, spending years with a drug addiction that left him in a wheelchair with a spinal infection while in and out of prison. In 2011, he was ...

Peer support is little known outside the world of mental health and drug and alcohol services. For me it has become a big part of my life. Not only have I experienced the power of peer support, I have ...

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 ...