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This guided document summarizes the experiences, insights, suggestions, and concerns shared by participants in Family Peer Support: Broadening the View, a recent virtual event hosted by SAMHSA’s Office of Recovery. The goal of this event was to ensure that those with lived experience as advocates, leaders, peer support providers, and—most important—family members could share their perspectives regarding the possible expansion of family peer support services.
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This event will be led by the Office of Recovery (OR) within SAMHSA. The purpose of this meeting is to bring recovery stakeholder together for an open dialogue. The OR will be sharing exciting upcoming events for Recovery month in September. The office will also be sharing recent activities that the SAMHSA Program to Advance Recovery Knowledge (SPARK) training and technical assistance program has been working on.
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This fact sheet is for beneficiaries, peer supporters, family members, and the general public. This factsheet offer guidance for individuals and families on where to turn for assistance and what to do if you believe your rights are being violated.
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This Department of Labor website provides information and a comprehensive toolkit, plus state and local resources, to expand employment opportunities for people in or seeking recovery.
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This event was hosted by the Office of Recovery (OR) within SAMHSA to bring recovery stakeholders together for an open dialogue. The OR shared the launch of the new training & technical assistance initiative - The SAMHSA Program to Advance Recovery Knowledge (SPARK) - as well as upcoming events for Recovery month.
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This document was developed by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Office of Recovery, while the content and themes outlined within were identified by participants—including technical experts and those with lived experience—during the Peers and Psychiatry in Dialogue meeting. Please note that the views, opinions, and content expressed in this presentation do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, or policies of the Office of Recovery, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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This report provides background history of the development of Peer Recovery (PR), including an overview of the current landscape of PR Programs.
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This web page provides an overview of substance use and strategies that employers can use to develop a recovery ready program at their workplace.
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Office of Tribal Affairs and Policy (OTAP) and Office of Recovery (OR) convened a Tribal Recovery Summit on August 15 - 16, 2023 . Learn more at samhsa.gov/communities/tribal-affairs/news-events.
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This event, led by Laysha Ostrow, Ph.D., discussed some of the results from the Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) Career Outcomes Study, a 3-year effort to document the career outcomes of CPS. Dr. Ostrow presented on some of the findings around wages and financial wellbeing, workplace burnout, and CPS in rural areas. The presentation concluded with lessons learned and suggestions for future research and policy changes to support the peer workforce.
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This meeting was convened to bring recovery stakeholder together for an update on the goals and activities of the discussion of the Office of Recovery and to dialogue with recovery leaders from across the nation.
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This web page offers strategies that employers can use to develop a recovery ready program at their workplace.
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This toolkit provides guidance and resources for private and public sector employers.
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This report explores the use of the Value-Based Payment model and potential to improve delivery of integrated and coordinated substance use disorder treatment services.
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This brief report presents self-reports of recovery among adults aged 18 and older in the United States who thought they ever had a problem with their use of drugs or alcohol and/or mental health. These findings provide a clearer characterization of the factors associated with recovery among adults and how future efforts can foster a whole-health approach to sustain recovery from mental health and substance use conditions.
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National Recovery Month (Recovery Month), which started in 1989, is a national observance held every September to promote and support new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, the nation’s strong and proud recovery community, and the dedication of service providers and communities who make recovery in all its forms possible.
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As we continue to evolve with an ever-changing world, mental health challenges have become more prominent than ever. In this "I Don't Know How" web series, we explore different topics such as trauma, depression, and more to equip parents with tools to navigate and provide support for various mental health conditions.
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This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) reviews the use of the three Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medications used to treat OUD methadone, naltrexone, and buprenorphine and the other strategies and services needed to support recovery for people with OUD.
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TIP 61 provides behavioral health professionals with practical guidance about Native American history, historical trauma, and critical cultural perspectives in their work with American Indian and Alaska Native clients.
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Peer workers are emerging as important members of treatment teams. Help supervisors understand how to supervise peer workers in behavioral health services:
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Learn how to implement recovery-oriented principles and practices in a variety of real-world practice settings and with diverse groups of people diagnosed with behavioral health conditions. Learn more at samhsa.gov/substance-use/recovery.
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Graphic defining peer support, the role of peer workers, and outlining emerging research on the efficacy of peer support.
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An evidence-based guide to help people living with mental or substance use disorders tell their personal stories of recovery in a digital format.
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In 2015, SAMHSA led an effort to identify the critical knowledge, skills, and abilities leading to Core Competencies needed for peer workers in behavioral health services.
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This toolkit is for practitioners living with a mental illness who wish to own and operate mental health services. The toolkit provides guidance based on evidence-base practices, and includes a brochure, presentation, and introductory video.