Social connection and shared accountability are emerging as powerful tools in intensive lifestyle interventions for managing ...

Peer support for diabetes self-management harnesses the lived experience of people with diabetes to assist others in coping with the clinical, behavioural and psychosocial demands of the condition.

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 ...

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 ...

A Wisconsin construction union is launching an organized peer support program for its members who need help with addiction, ...

Lamoille County Mental Health Services (LCMHS) has been providing peer support for many years now. This is groundbreaking work in the emerging climate of the mental health landscape. Peer support is ...

Gracia Deras had just delivered her first child when the dark cloud that had nagged her during pregnancy began to overtake her. She lacked the energy to care for herself—much less her newborn son—and ...