Advocates said peers can play a vital role in clinical settings like hospitals, mental health clinics and emergency rooms because they are able to offer a unique type of support. Health care ...

Whether they're ready for inpatient treatment or just need someone to talk to, patients in Mayo Clinic Hospital's emergency ...

I still remember the charge nurse looking at me when I walked into the hospital four years ago for my first assignment as a peer recovery specialist. She pointed me toward the far corner of the ...

A change in Kentucky's licensing standards for substance use recovery peer support specialists is set to take effect at the ...

The national recovery movement is growing, and Mike Tyson says that growth depends on stronger collaboration. Tyson, executive director of the National Peer Recovery Alliance, stated that peers and ...

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 ...

HOLYOKE — For almost 10 years, the Hope for Holyoke Peer Recovery Center has worked to reduce the stigma surrounding addiction by meeting people where they are. Located in the heart of Holyoke, the ...

The Restored Connections Peer Center in Eugene is inviting the community to explore its new Recovery Community Center with a ...