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Mental Health Peer Support - Articles
ON how peer support works
by
Larry Drain
Posted
Wed 07 Jul 2010 6:44pm
The article below is a great exploration of peer support.
Mental Health Matters: Peer support staple of recovery – MariettaTimes.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Ohio, Community Information – The Marietta Times .
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Is recovery realistic: the future of peer support in Tennessee
by
Larry Drain
Posted
Fri 09 Apr 2010 7:40pm
at least 50%. Efforts are underway to find a way to diversify the funding for peer support by trying to establish it as a Tenncare eligible service throughout the mental health... as the needs of their daily life. Some people simply refuse to accept the stigma attendant with receiving mental health services. Peer support services can fulfill a unique role here
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Peer support in Tennessee
by
Larry Drain
Posted
Fri 25 Feb 2011 4:49pm
support centers will make a difference.
The Tennessee Mental Health Consumers Association (composed of and run by mental health consumers) stands to lose as much as $500 thousand...
On March 1 hundreds of mental health advocates will converge on the Tennessee State Legislature to talk to their representatives about the health of the mental health
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On giving peer support a real future
by
Larry Drain
Posted
Tue 23 Mar 2010 12:51pm
I see two diverging processes evident in the mental health system right now. On the one hand, there is more and more support for the idea that peer support is a viable and even an intergral part of the effective deliverary of mental health services. On the other hand, funds are getting more and more fragile. Budgets are being cut. And in many
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ON peer support specialists
by
Larry Drain
Posted
Sat 09 Jan 2010 11:34am
The role of peer support specialist is one of the most promising in some of the new paradigms of treatment that are beginning to develop. Very slowly the idea... please contact me and let me know about it.
Thanks to all who are trying so hard to make a new reality for those with mental health issues in their lives and make this a better
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AN MS peer in New Jersey seeking patient peer support
by
stuart
Posted
Tue 17 Nov 2009 10:20pm
Marion lives in Bergen County, NJ.
Marion has MS and needs to connect with others that also have MS.
Marion can chat with others via internet but she wants to be able to meet and chat with an MS person near her. She (like many others) is looking for some patient to patient- peer support.
If you Have MS and live near Bergen County
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If you are interested in peer support ……
by
Larry Drain
Posted
Sat 22 May 2010 8:11pm
Some great news. Magellan Health Services in concert with the DBSA have devised a series of online training courses about peer support services. They are free to access. Many of these course give you CEU’s. If you want to become a peer support specialist, if you work with peer support specialists, or if you are just interested these course offer
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Peer Support Confirmed Effective by Medical Researchers
by
Atlanta Mom ..
Posted
Tue 01 Mar 2011 7:15am
way to share health information and resources.
If you haven't yet explored peer support groups in your area, I encourage you to do so. There are two great lists of groups...
A recent study out of Ann Arbor, Michigan confirms what we knew all along...peer support is very effective as a component of care in people who experience depression
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