Drexel University

SAMHSA Grant Enables Caring Together to Expand Efforts to Help Women with Substance Use Disorder

Thanks to a $2.6 million, five-year grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Caring Together program will be better able to treat substance use disorders ...
ABC News

As 988 centers struggle with staffing, some peer supporters feel shut out

Care given by peer supporters can lead to better mental health, advocates say. When Angelica Garcia's high school crush, first love, and father of her two children died unexpectedly, she said, her ...
Business Wire

Lionrock Launches Lionrock Life Subscription Service to Encourage Online Connection and Peer Support Amid the Global Mental Health Crisis

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lionrock, the leader in telehealth services for substance use disorders (SUDs) treatment and recovery services in the United States, today announced a monthly ...
YourTango

A Woman's Therapist Recommends A Peer Support Person — 'It's Like Having A Friend That Gets Paid To Be Your Friend'

For those struggling with their mental health, friendship is crucial. But not everyone has a support system that they can rely on, especially when depression and anxiety make it exceedingly difficult ...
CBC.ca

With peer support, Hamilton hospital helps build trust, provide comfort for those in substance use program

Marcie McIlveen never thought she'd work in a hospital. Due to her negative experiences in treatment for substance use disorder on about 14 occasions, "I hated health care, did not like it, wanted ...