Tri-State Peer Support Team has educated and provided mental health resources to first responders in need for four years. Founding group member Jim Petry is the Miami Township Fire Department ...

Effective cross-departmental collaboration can boost innovation, improve efficiency and achieve organizational goals. However, uniting teams with different priorities and workflows is easier said than ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. – 911 dispatchers in Jefferson County have a new tool to deal with the unique challenges of the job. A peer support team is now in place to help when a telecommunicator handles a ...

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 ...

Dena Ali sits down with Jim Burneka and Nick Magoteaux to discuss her groundbreaking work in first responder mental health. Ali shares her journey from struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts ...

Fairfax County Master Police Officer (MPO) Dustin Granofsky and his K9 peer services partner, Lennie, spearheaded a pilot program to assist officers suffering from post-traumatic stress, anxiety, and ...

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 ...

Adolescent me. At the library. Looking at a bulletin board. It had been a rough year for me and my mental health with hospitalizations, intensive outpatient, medications, and therapy. I often wondered ...

Life is too difficult to go it alone. But in this vast openness of social media, being alone is even more isolating. But the ...