For people experiencing addiction or mental illness, taking the first steps toward care can seem impossible. So, it can help ...

Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Would you spend $40 on a meal? A workout class? A new T-shirt? To chat with a stranger about their life experience for half an ...

Peer support apps are supposed to help people with their mental health, but there are undisclosed risks. Credit: Bob Al-Greene / Mashable An investigation into the risks and dangers of seeking comfort ...

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 ...

For people who are trying to recover from addiction, it can be hard to do it alone. That’s why two nonprofits are joining ...

When Wisconsin's peer-run respite centers opened up support lines to callers in 2016, it was assumed people would be calling to arrange future overnight stays. It turned out, talking to peers about ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...