Dr. Erika James challenged entering freshmen of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with these words, ...

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Mila Felder, MD, FACEP, emergency physician and vice president for Well-Being for All Teammates, Advocate Health, discusses the impact of peer support groups within a health care organization and its ...

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 ...

A police career is immensely rewarding but for some, the unintended consequences of the roles and tasks embedded in the police mission pose significant challenges to their well-being. Accordingly, ...

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 ...

When Wisconsin's peer-run respite centers opened up support lines to callers in 2016, it was assumed people would be calling to arrange future overnight stays. It turned out, talking to peers about ...

Teen Link volunteers work to provide a safe place for youth in need of mental health support by phone, text or online chat messaging. Credit: Dean Rutz/The Seattle Times The Hechinger Report covers ...

When he was a counselor, Michael Cunningham fielded a lot of questions about his own experiences with drugs and alcohol. At the time, he didn’t share much of his story with clients. But now, as a peer ...