THEY'VE BEEN THERE: From left, Philip Cooper, Jenna Woodman, Dillon Moss and Brandon Manson are part of the peer support specialist team in the Investments Supporting Partnerships in Recovery ...

Jubilee Healing Farmplants a seed within students, patients and in the ground to heal and grow. “I just was struck by this dream of being able to provide behavioral health care in a farm-based setting ...

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 ...

Associate Facilitator Jode Freyholtz-London, second from right, conducts trainings for certified peer-support specialists at Wellstone Center in St. Paul. Recent program grads include, left to right, ...

Residents of eastern North Carolina who are improving after an experience with a substance use disorder or mental illness and who want to help others do the same are invited to attend a Certified Peer ...

Last month, Central Oregon Community College in Bend launched a four-week-long training course for students to become certified peer support specialists. A peer support specialist is someone with ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Central Oregon Community College is now authorized to offer the state of Oregon’s certified Peer Support Specialist training. One of the first such programs in the region, the ...

Minnesota's deaf certified peer support specialists offer free mental health counseling to members of the state's deaf community. Seated, left to right: Dori Richards, Melissa Forkner, Fern Nesvig, ...

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.

Peer recovery support specialist training offered via New River CTC beaver, w.va. – New River Community and Technical College is holding Peer Recovery Support Specialist training June 5-9 from 9 a.m.

THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM WITH MORE PEOPLE REACHING OUT FOR HELP AND ASKING FOR THERAPY TO NAVIGATE THE PRESSURES OF LIFE. SOME SPECIALLY TRAINED WORKERS ARE THERE FOR THEM. THEY’RE TAKING THE PRESSURE ...