A formal surgery-specific peer support program was developed at MGH with the goal of helping surgeons and surgical trainees deal with not only adverse events that happen during an operation, but also ...

The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office spent years building a peer support program designed to help employees deal with the ...

Implementing the Opioid Overdose Recovery Program (OORP) in emergency departments (EDs) boosts medication for opioid use disorder ( MOUD) initiation and reduces repeat overdoses, with varying outcomes ...

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 ...

Iowa will become the first state to launch a new federally approved peer support program aimed at helping families affected ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 15—OGDENSBURG — Veterans now have a new place to receive support services they need in St. Lawrence County. On Monday, the ...

Peer support can be a critical service to struggling students. The learning assistant program at Western Illinois University creates an active learning environment in introductory STEM courses, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oakland Tech High School, above, in Oakland is one of two California school that adapted their peer support programs to ...

Having cancer can be one of the most physically and emotionally draining experiences of a person's life, but navigating this disease without adequate support or resources makes this journey even more ...

Students in need of an empathetic ear will soon have a new resource available to them. Gowri Chandra '09 and Baird Bream '10, co-organizers of the tentatively titled Peer Counseling Program said they ...

Iowa will pilot two new federally funded drug prevention programs under the Great American Recovery Plan, aimed at keeping ...