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.

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 ...

Rayshell Chambers used to be scared to talk about her mental health challenges. The first time she was hospitalized was at 14. She was a straight-A student and cross-country runner, but she felt ...

In Georgia, peer providers bring lived experience and a focus on recovery to the behavioral health workforce. Change: On the campus of the old Central State Hospital, in Milledgeville, Georgia, peer ...

Capital Blue Cross introduces Danielle Knapp as its first in-house peer specialist to enhance behavioral health support for members in Pennsylvania.

With Gift Aid, your generous donation of £10 would be worth £12.50 at no extra cost to you. Yes, I want to Gift Aid any donations made to NAM now, in the future and in the past four years I am a UK ...

In her 2021 book Recovery Allies, author Alison Jones Webb describes the crucial role recovery allies play in addressing addiction in our communities. Jones Webb states that a “recovery ally is a ...

SOLON, Ohio -- Eight years ago, businessman Brian Bailys, who had been in recovery for substance abuse, had a major relapse and ended up hospitalized. “I crashed and burned” is how he describes it.

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 ...