Peer Specialist, Heal Thyself: Recovery at Age 75 is Not Too Late

• By: Carl Alan Blumenthal, MS, MA, NYCPS (retired)
• April 21st, 2026
• aging adults, bipolar disorder, lived experience, mental health, peer support, personal stories, psychiatric advance directives, recovery, Spring 2026 Issue
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The Dream Scene I Psychiatrist X: We’ve got you covered…. Psychiatrist Y: Smothered Psychiatrists X and Y: And if you don’t perform, we’ll make you permanent. Me: Let me out of here and we’ll all be free. Scene 2 Social Worker Z: We’re cancelling the group...

The Power of a Peer Specialist: Sharing Lived Experience to Support Recovery

• By: Glenn Slaby, MBA, MFA St. Vincent's Hospital Westchester
• April 21st, 2026
• daily living skills, generational differences, lived experience, mental health, peer support, personal stories, recovery, Spring 2026 Issue, stigma reduction
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“It is people who go through suffering that have an empathy for the suffering of others.” - Mary Robinson The Journey Traveling through suffering is best shared. Learning from suffering and being able to pass on knowledge is a blessing. Working with mental health consumers, I can see...

Consumer Perspectives: The Right Research

• By: Mike Jamise Janine Michelle Faith Maya Tanisha Lisa K. Lisa M. Robert Tyler Services for the UnderServed (S:US)
• July 1st, 2018
• behavioral health research, family involvement, lived experience, mental health treatment, peer perspectives, personal stories, residential treatment, substance use recovery
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This article is part of a quarterly series giving voice to the perspectives of individuals with lived experiences as they share their opinions on a particular topic. The authors of this column facilitated a focus group of their peers to inform this writing. The authors are served by Services for...