Resources
This section contains resources for people who are peer specialists, who are considering going back to work as a peer specialist and are employers of peer specialists.
If you have suggestions for additional resources for this section please contact us.
Education
For Peer Specialists
General Resources
- MHAPSS – online resources for peer professionals
- Professional Tools
- SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Pennsylvania Mental Health Resources Guide
- www.sharewellnow.com – a free online peer support community
- PA Statewide Tobacco Free Initiative – The mission of the Pennsylvania Statewide Tobacco-Free Recovery Initiative is to facilitate partnerships among academia, state agencies, county public health departments, treatment providers and recovery advocates to advance recovery-oriented evidence-based tobacco use disorder interventions in behavioral health services. PA STFRI provides a variety of strategic support to community providers and recovery peer networks.
- COSSUP – Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program
- Uplifme (UCRN) – Uplifme is a comprehensive, national One Stop Shop for social service resources. As a national resource hub, they address the challenge of finding and accessing resources and programs, by providing the solution of centralizing real-time information, on available resources, in a consumable format. The site features resource event flyers, hotlines, websites and Grace, our AI Uplifme Resource Assistant, that can be used by both people who need resources and social service professionals seeking resources for the people they serve.
- A Close Look at PTSD Among Aging Adults – This guide will account for PTSD among aging adults, veterans, and older homeless people. See what experts have to say about the subject, and learn more about the causes and symptoms of PTSD and how the condition can be treated.
Understanding Mental Health Diagnosis
- Understanding Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: For Caregivers
- Understanding Bipolar Disorder: For Caregivers
- Understanding Depression: For Caregivers
- Understanding First Episode Psychosis: For Caregivers
- Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: For Caregivers
For Youth and Young Adults
- Understanding Anxiety Disorder: For Young Adults
- Understanding Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: For Young Adults
- Understanding Depression: For Young Adults
- Understanding First Episode Psychosis: For Young Adults