Some cancers — including breast, prostate, pancreas, and kidney cancers — have also seen an increase in incidence rates, the article reports. With a cancer diagnosis often comes months of treatment, ...

Peer Support Specialists expand the non-clinical workforce to improve patient experience and outcomes and reduce clinical staff burnout.

For many veterans, recovery from mental health challenges, substance use, trauma or major life transitions does not begin ...

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 ...

The Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 598 has launched the Coastal Bend Veteran Resource Guide, a free, mobile-friendly online tool designed to make help easier to find for veterans across ...

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 ...

Rarely can students find a place to share what is weighing on their minds without worrying about the consequences of what they are disclosing. Princeton Peer Nightline, a peer-run, confidential, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sally Stein is a retired psychiatric nurse who is in long-term recovery from substance use. In September 2021 our nation hit a ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – The downtown Spokane Public Library will showcase its peer support resources at the annual Peers Empower Peers Conference June 1. The conference, hosted by the nonprofit Peers Empower ...

Elliot Brooks, manager of the new peer cafe in Raleigh, embraces Thanos, a participant who has found community and support through the new space designed to help those on their journeys of recovery.

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 ...