The Peer Counseling Program at WIU is designed to provide comprehensive support and resources to students facing various challenges. We take a holistic approach to well-being and recognize the central ...

SOLON, Ohio -- Eight years ago, businessman Brian Bailys, who had been in recovery for substance abuse, had a major relapse and ended up hospitalized. “I crashed and burned” is how he describes it.

Augustana College has started a new way on campus to help students dealing with mental health issues. The college launched ...

Addiction led Rhonda Warren and Paul Moore to years of despair, including doing time in prison. Recovery set them free – and put them on the road to helping others with their hard-won wisdom. Peer ...

Mark Kalina was 23 and studying civil engineering at Ohio State University when he tried to walk around a stopped train while heading home. He slipped, got his shirt caught in the train’s mechanism ...

Becky Hammill believes in the power of trained peers to bolster mental health recovery. She also backs healing in respite care – a sanctuary – if life gets overwhelming. Hammill now can call both ...