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In Texas, People With Mental Illness Are Finding Work Helping Peers

There's a severe shortage of professional mental health care providers in Texas. Peer specialists — certified and paid — have begun to bridge the gap. Texas is one of more than 35 states that finance peer services through Medicaid. Martin Barraud/Getty Images hide caption

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In Texas, People With Mental Illness Are Finding Work Helping Peers

KERA News

Giving people who have serious mental illness peer support has proved so helpful that some states are starting to pay these peer specialists to bridge the gap when there aren't enough professionals.

In Texas, People With Mental Illness Are Finding Work Helping Peers

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Saturday

Kids Struggling With Addiction Need School, Too, But There Are Few Options
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Kids Struggling With Addiction Need School, Too, But There Are Few Options

WUWM

An estimated 1.3 million teens struggle with substance use disorders. For teenagers in Wisconsin, there is only one high school that treats students' addiction while they earn a diploma.

Kids Struggling With Addiction Need School, Too, But There Are Few Options

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Saturday

After A Stroke At 33, A Writer Relies On Journals To Piece Together Her Own Story

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After A Stroke At 33, A Writer Relies On Journals To Piece Together Her Own Story

The stroke left Christine Hyung-Oak Lee unable remember things for more than 15 minutes. As she slowly got better, she was surprised to find that grief and recovery were inextricably linked.

After A Stroke At 33, A Writer Relies On Journals To Piece Together Her Own Story

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Tuesday

A Peer Recovery Coach Walks The Front Lines Of America's Opioid Epidemic
Seth Herald for NPR

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A Peer Recovery Coach Walks The Front Lines Of America's Opioid Epidemic

Charlie Oen was addicted to heroin as a teenager. At 25, he's now clean and a peer counselor in Lima, Ohio, where he tries to help people who started using drugs before he was born.

A Peer Recovery Coach Walks The Front Lines Of America's Opioid Epidemic

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Monday

A Small Town Struggles With A Boom In Sober Living Homes
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A Small Town Struggles With A Boom In Sober Living Homes

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Prescott, Ariz., has become a destination of choice for people trying to get sober, with growing numbers of group homes for recovering addicts. Some residents are calling for regulation of the homes.

A Small Town Struggles With A Boom In Sober Living Homes

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