Are Peer Counselors the Missing Link in Addiction Care?
Manage episode 313746466 series 3284503
The episode highlights peers in an acute care setting engaging with vulnerable patients suffering from active substance use disorder, with a focus on the intersection of lived experience, evidence-based treatment, and harm reduction strategies. Paul Bowman, Colleen LaBelle, and Nicole O'Donnell speak about the safe space a peer creates in an environment that is traditionally unwelcoming. Peers are the conduit to potentially change the trajectory of engagement during an emergency room visit.
10 episoder