SYKESVILLE – When Celia Anthony was a high school sophomore, her fellow students nominated her to be a peer leader in her school’s student-led mental health support and suicide prevention program.

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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 ...

The National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, is a nationally recognized grassroots organization with chapters across the United States focused on destigmatizing mental illness and creating ...

The Lake County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board has announced the appointment of Jonathan Clemente as the operations manager of BRIDGES Mental Health Consumer Empowerment.

Hosts Dan DeGryse and Chris Muscle interview Michael Glynn, the IAFF District 11 Vice President, who shares his extensive experience in firefighter support and advocacy. Glynn highlights the critical ...

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.

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 ...

There’s a quiet sea change underway in some mental health care settings in Massachusetts and beyond — and it often looks a lot different from therapy. People who’ve struggled with bipolar disorder, ...

BACK INTO THE 20S WITH THOSE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. BILL AND JULIE. CHILLY. OKAY. THANKS, BILL. CHI. HEALTH GETS A HALF MILLION DOLLAR GRANT TO HELP GROW ITS PEER SPECIALIST PROGRAM. THEY’LL ...

Breakthrough, a youth mental health program operated by RISE Community Solutions, is now servicing Osceola County with ...

City leaders are ramping up efforts to address youth mental illness by looking to peer-led efforts and student support groups. City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams previewed four proposals to address ...