This week Mad in America examines three studies related to peer support work in mental healthcare. The first finds positive ...

Christina Lee in St. Louis. She works at the St. Louis Empowerment Center as a peer case manager supervisor. She spoke about peer support workers – people who have their own experiences with either ...

A new peer-led support program aims to reduce suicide risk and promote mental wellness among unionized construction workers in New York City. The Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — It’s been just over four months since the High Point Public Library welcomed a social worker and a certified peer support specialist to their team. In this short period of ...

For generations, women have relied on informal networks of friends, family and neighbors to navigate the complexities of birth and motherhood. Today, research is finally catching up to what ...

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, ...

GRANTS — Nabor Santiesteban grew up on the streets of New Mexico, spending years with a drug addiction that left him in a wheelchair with a spinal infection while in and out of prison. In 2011, he was ...

Elliot Brooks, manager of the new peer cafe in Raleigh, embraces Thanos, a participant who has found community and support through the new space designed to help those on their journeys of recovery.