A Brief History of Peer Support and its “Integration” into Behavioral Healthcare: The Uneasiest of Bedfellows

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• April 21st, 2026
• behavioral healthcare, deinstitutionalization, Medicaid, mental health policy, peer specialists, peer support, psychiatric history, recovery movement, Spring 2026 Issue
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The proliferation of peer services throughout the behavioral healthcare and social welfare systems has transformed them in ways their progenitors might not have anticipated. The peer support and recovery movements originated in eighteenth-century France under the auspices of Phillipe Pinel and...

A Case for the Discerning Application of Treatment Models: Proceed with Caution

• By: Ashley Brody, MPA, CPRP Search for Change, Inc.
• April 20th, 2022
• adverse childhood experiences, behavioral health, diagnosis, healthcare, intervention, recovery, recovery movement, social determinants of health, Spring 2022 Issue, trauma, treatment
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In recent decades we have witnessed a proliferation of models for the treatment of behavioral health conditions, many of which enjoy robust evidence bases that support their application in accordance with overarching principles and intended outcomes. In many respects, we inhabit a “Golden Age”...