Peer support services are delivered by individuals who have been successful in recovery from mental and/or substance use disorders who help others experiencing similar situations. Through shared understanding, respect, and mutual empowerment, peer support services help people become and stay engaged in the recovery process and reduce the likelihood of relapse. Peer support services can effectively extend the reach of treatment beyond the clinical setting into the everyday environment of those seeking a successful, sustained recovery process.

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• Peer Support and Social Inclusion - By sharing their experiences, peers bring hope to people in recovery and promote a sense of belonging within the community.
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Peer Support - Support is essential to recovery. One of the most helpful things one person can say to (or hear from) another is “I’ve been there.” Depression and bipolar disorder can be isolating illnesses, but DBSA has many ways to help connect you with others who have been there as well.
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Peers - Learn about the role of peer workers and access recovery-related resources about peer supports and services.

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Support groups: Peer support and self-help programs are common treatments for problem gambling. Step-based programs such as Gamblers Anonymous are often modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous. Support groups can be found in big cities, small towns, and even rural areas, dealing with anything from substance abuse and gambling addiction to surviving domestic violence to gender issues. If your group or initiative does service work with people who might benefit from talking to others who have similar experiences to their own, perhaps you.

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• Opioid State Targeted Response (STR) Recovery Community Centers list and locations - These Recovery Community Centers provide a peer-based supportive community that builds hope and supports healthy behaviors for individuals with Opioid Use Disorders (OUDs) searching for recovery or maintaining recovery.
• Opioid State Targeted Response (STR) Recovery Community Centers resource card - Recovery Community Centers contact information, Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution information.
• Consumer Operated Services Programs - Consumer-operated services programs (COSP) are peer-run service programs that are administratively controlled and operated by mental health consumers and emphasize self-help as their operational approach.

Peer support encompasses a range of activities and interactions between people who share similar experiences of being diagnosed with mental health conditions, substance use disorders, or both. This mutuality—often called “peerness”—between a peer support worker and person in or seeking recovery promotes connection and inspires hope. Peer support offers a level of acceptance, understanding, and validation not found in many other professional relationships (Mead & McNeil, 2006). By sharing their own lived experience and practical guidance, peer support workers help people to develop their own goals, create strategies for self-empowerment, and take concrete steps towards building fulfilling, self-determined lives for themselves.

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To become a Certified Peer Specialist qualified to work in the Missouri Department of Mental Health system, here are the steps.

1. Applicant would go to missouricb.com or mopeerspecialist.com and submit a training application. (Please note that only 30 applicants will be chosen for each training. You will be notified 2 weeks prior to the training if you have been selected).
2. The peer would attend the week-long 35 hour training.
3. Once the week-long training is complete the peer would take an online exam that is monitored by a proctor.
4. Once the peer attends the training and passes the exam, they would then visit missouricb.com and download the Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) Application. They would fill out the application and submit all the necessary paperwork to the Missouri Credentialing Board along with a $75.00 application fee.
5. The Missouri Credentialing Board reviews the application and once approved the peer becomes a Certified Peer Specialist and is issued a certificate and credential number.
6. The Certified Peer Specialist Certification renews every 2 years and the peer must submit 20 hours of continuing education and within those 20 hours, six of the hours must be “live” ethics. The renewal fee is $70.00

Applicants can contact the Missouri Credentialing Board office with questions—the mainline number is 573-616-2300.

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• UIC Solutions Suite for Health & Recovery - The UIC Solutions Suite for Health & Recovery offers tools, curricula, and implementation manuals for free and immediate use in mental health centers, peer-run programs, or one's own life. You can introduce the entire complement of products to foster improved health and recovery. Or, you can choose the ones that will work best for your program or your life.
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Recovery - Learn how recovery-oriented care and recovery support systems help people with mental and/or substance use disorders manage their conditions successfully.
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) BRSS TACS - BRSS TACS helps programs, systems, states, territories, and tribes as they implement effective recovery supports and services for individuals of all ages and diverse populations with mental or substance use disorders.
• National Alliance on Mental Illness - Provide education, support and advocacy on behalf of people with serious mental illness and their families regardless of race, religion or national origin.
• Mental Health America - Mental Health America (MHA) – is the nation's leading community-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the needs of those living with mental illness and to promoting the overall mental health of all Americans.
• Bridges - Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri - A peer-run self-help program of mental health recovery classes and support groups for mental health consumers.
• Mental Health America of the Heartland - Mental Health America of the Heartland is dedicated to promoting the mental health of the community, and improving the quality of life of persons with mental illness, through advocacy, education, and support.
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) - DBSA provides hope, help, support, and education to improve the lives of people who have mood disorders.
• Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) - The Wellness Recovery Action Plan or WRAP, is a self-designed prevention and wellness tool that you can use to get well, and stay well. WRAP is for anyone, any time, and for any of life's challenges.
• International Association of Peer Supporters - As an organization with international connections, we advocate for the worldwide wisdom that peer support providers have gained from their own experiences to be an important component in mental health treatment and in system transformation.

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We run regular groups on a range of subjects for both problem gamblers and their friends and families. You don’t need to be the fastest or best typist in the world; just log into a group to feel welcomed and accepted by your peers and representatives of Gambling Therapy. We have recovery and support groups that are facilitated by trained and experienced support workers, and groups that are peer-run and friendly. In order to use our groups please register or sign in. Below you’ll find a calendar showing all of the different types of groups we run and the times we run them. All you need to do to access a group is to hover over the group you want to attend at the correct time and click on the green “join” button that appears when a group is open.Some groups have 15 minute entry times to allow for a discussion to flow without interruption other groups do not have entry times. However, if you have to leave a group for some reason and you want to come back in you still have the option to rejoin 🙂