For many, the road out of gambling addiction can feel uncertain. But for some people struggling with gambling addiction, seeing that others have found a way out can be the exact kind of lifeline they ...

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 ...

$195K state grant will launch new Carroll addiction recovery peer service program ...

Jubilee Healing Farm plants 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 ...

has been hired as a peer support specialist for the drug diversion program. Brianna Pearson, a Superior native, struggled with addiction to methamphetamine and alcohol, on and off, for 16 years. "I've ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sally Stein is a retired psychiatric nurse who is in long-term recovery from substance use. In September 2021 our nation hit a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most Kentuckians don’t know what a peer support specialist is — and, as HB 505 has made painfully clear, neither did the bill’s ...

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 ...

WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION. AFTER A WHILE, I JUST DUG INTO THE FACT THAT I WAS TIRED AND WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THIS IS DUANE BRADLEY. WHILE HE DESCRIBES HIS BATTLE WITH DRUG ...

A New York City job training program is inspiring people to use their mental health struggles and trauma experiences to help others and get paid for it. It’s an eight-month program and there’s a ...

Kerman is executive director of Blanchet House in Portland. Last August, I wrote an op-ed outlining the need for a team of mental health and peer-support specialists to regularly circulate among the ...