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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some of the most powerful mental health support comes from ordinary people who truly “get it”, those who have walked a ...

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 ...

After a life-saving liver transplant, Larry Monroy opened the Peer Center at Coshocton to help others. The center offers peer support groups for addiction, anxiety, depression, and other mental health ...

Attorney General Russell Coleman has announced his office is now accepting applications for the first-of-its-kind Law ...

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Most Kentuckians don’t know what a peer support specialist is — and, as HB 505 has made painfully clear, neither did the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Kimberley Moser. That misunderstanding has now pushed ...

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 ...