Confronting the Twin Pandemics of COVID-19 and Opioid Overdose
Join this webinar for a dialogue regarding the increased risks to health and wellbeing associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and opioid use disorder, focusing on the value of peer support and public health practice. Speakers will discuss the current status of treatment for individuals affected by opioid use disorder and the value of mental health support systems that include peer networks.
CBHL Membership Meeting | What’s to Come in 2022
Is it really the end of 2021? CBHL has an exciting year planned with expanding member benefits and opportunities to connect, convene, innovate and lead in 2022.
Join us for a meeting of members to recap 2021 and review member benefits planned for 2022.
Intensity, Lived Experience, and Crisis: Activating Peer Support for a Transformed Mental Health Crisis Response System
Online OnlyOffered in partnership with the New York Association for Psychiatric Rehabilitation (NYAPRS)
While much progress has been made to develop a modern array of ‘crisis services’ including mobile crisis units, hospital diversion programs and ‘crisis call centers’ through and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network, the integration of people with lived experience of suicide and crisis as peer support providers, though, has been slow to advance.
Peer support can and should play an active role at many points in the transformation of crisis response systems, including those driven by the national 988 line initiative.
