I still remember the charge nurse looking at me when I walked into the hospital four years ago for my first assignment as a peer recovery specialist. She pointed me toward the far corner of the ...

Unsung Heroes: Cpl. Casey Ianigro and Pat. Tyler Carder of the Elkhart Police Department WSBT 22 is saluting our unsung heroes. Tonight, we honor Corporal Casey Ianigro and Patrolman Tyler Carder of ...

PARIS -- A new recovery program at the Logan County jail aims to address drug addiction and, by extension, crime and recidivism in the community. The Logan County Sheriff's Office and the Western ...

A change in Kentucky's licensing standards for substance use recovery peer support specialists is set to take effect at the ...

About 90% of Americans who need treatment for a substance use disorder don't get it. West Virginia University researchers have developed a program that allows people who have already walked the path ...

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 ...

<p><br>The Southern Maryland affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness will offer the region's second nine-week Peer-to-Peer Recovery Education Program starting on May 4 at 7 p.m. in ...

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RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new $500,000 grant from the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation will help the Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (VAFCC) expand substance ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Covenant Health is working to increase access to care for patients in the emergency department as the result of an overdose or other problems caused by substance dependency.

A new $500,000 grant from the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation will help the Virginia Association of Free and Charitable Clinics expand substance use disorder peer-based recovery programs ...