At Bon Secours Mercy Health, a peer support program is a key component of healthcare worker well-being efforts. A program that features peer support is helping healthcare workers at Bon Secours Mercy ...

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Peer support is little known outside the world of mental health and drug and alcohol services. For me it has become a big part of my life. Not only have I experienced the power of peer support, I have ...

A worker with Nova Scotia's new peer support line, which provides a listening ear for people struggling with mental health and addictions challenges, says it's already making a difference for some.

GRANTS — Nabor Santiesteban grew up on the streets of New Mexico, spending years with a drug addiction that left him in a wheelchair with a spinal infection while in and out of prison. In 2011, he was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Standard mental-health supports are just not resonating with the culture of the construction industry, said Trevor Botkin, who is ...

As a peer support worker helping vulnerable patients in Toronto’s hectic emergency rooms, Patrick Esenerwa has learned the undeniable power of building connection through lived experience. Esenerwa is ...

Peer support is essential to all walks of life, but when it comes to those living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), the need is greater, say advocates. To that end, the Whitehorse-based ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Neena MacKinnon says that discussions around FASD should focus on how to provide support to and how to improve the health and ...