Graduate studies continue to grow in higher education across the U.S., along with jobs that call for an advanced degree. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Occupational ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...