by PEERS | Feb 1, 2019 | Media Alerts
Sally’s Place, Alameda County’s First Peer-Run Respite, Opens its Doors On Monday, January 21, 2019, Sally’s Place, Alameda County’s first peer-run respite house, opened its doors with a community-wide celebration that coincided perfectly with Martin Luther King Day....
by PEERS | Jan 30, 2019 | Media Alerts
How Will You Resist Stigma in 2019? It’s a new year, and with it comes resolution season. While it’s great to set goals and intentions for our own wellness, can we also resolve to increase our efforts to join with others to defeat mental health stigma in this new...
by PEERS | Jan 15, 2019 | Media Alerts
The beginning of each new year finds us flooded with advertising and messages designed to remind us of where we have “fallen short” in the previous year, with the promise that it will somehow be different this year. But research shows that fewer than 10 percent of...
by PEERS | Dec 30, 2018 | Media Alerts
New Study Finds Correlation between Childhood Trauma and Adult Empathy We know from the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study and other research that childhood trauma can lead to a range of challenging health and social outcomes. But a new study, published in Plos...
by PEERS | Dec 10, 2018 | Media Alerts
Eating Disorder Recovery and the Holidays: Tips to Support Yourself and Others This Season While the holidays are associated with fun and festivity, they can also lead to an increase in stress, depression, and anxiety. The holidays are particularly challenging for...
by PEERS | Jun 15, 2018 | Media Alerts
Kiese Laymon’s Memoir Heavy Examines Trauma, Race, Addiction, and Memory In what is called “a memoir that can scald your heart,” Kiese Laymon weaves a gorgeous and must-read narrative that illuminates the complex relationships between trauma, race, memory, and...
