Jubilee Healing Farm plants a seed within students, patients and in the ground to heal and grow. “I just was struck by this dream of being able to provide behavioral health care in a farm-based ...

Associate Facilitator Jode Freyholtz-London, second from right, conducts trainings for certified peer-support specialists at Wellstone Center in St. Paul. Recent program grads include, left to right, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Kim Moser, R-Taylor Mill, chair of the House Health Services Committee, is sponsoring a bill that would extend a deadline for ...

Public health crises often converge, creating syndemics that exacerbate their collective impact. The intersecting challenges of HIV, hepatitis C (HCV), and opioid overdoses illustrate this phenomenon, ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Central Oregon Community College is now authorized to offer the state of Oregon’s certified Peer Support Specialist training. One of the first such programs in the region, the ...

Minnesota's deaf certified peer support specialists offer free mental health counseling to members of the state's deaf community. Seated, left to right: Dori Richards, Melissa Forkner, Fern Nesvig, ...

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.

THE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM WITH MORE PEOPLE REACHING OUT FOR HELP AND ASKING FOR THERAPY TO NAVIGATE THE PRESSURES OF LIFE. SOME SPECIALLY TRAINED WORKERS ARE THERE FOR THEM. THEY’RE TAKING THE PRESSURE ...

Peer recovery support specialist training offered via New River CTC beaver, w.va. – New River Community and Technical College is holding Peer Recovery Support Specialist training June 5-9 from 9 a.m.