State Roadmap to Peer Support Whole Health and Resiliency

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Article Publication Date: 
6/1/2013
Summary: 
SAMHSA has updated its definition of recovery as it pertains to substance use and mental disorders. This working definition and set of guiding principles reflects the increased role peer supports and Peer Specialists have been playing in mental health programming. This document provides a summary of SAMHSA’s new definitions, as well as a checklist for effectively using peer supports in a variety of mental health programs.
Topics: 
Quality; Resource Center; Medicaid
Types/Tools: 
Promising practices; Checklists; Announcement/Press release; Fact Sheets
Populations: 
Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness; Direct Care Workforce; Psychiatric Disabilities/Mental Illness
Sources: 
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
Programs/Initiatives: 
Information and Referral; Peer Supports
States: 
All States/Territories
Keywords: 
State/Agency Information; Organizational Change
SAMHSA; recovery; peer specialists; integration; behavioral health; primary healthcare; relapse prevention; Peer Support Whole Health and Resiliency (PSWHR); activation; self-management; strengths-based; resiliency; health home model; Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs); workforce; direct care; substance use; dual disorder; staffing

Contact

National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
66 Canal Center Plaza
Suite 302
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 
703-739-9333

Short URL: http://www.advancingstates.org/node/53382