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The PSAA can be reached by phone 1-800-553-4539 ext. 288, email or write to us at:

PSAA c/o the Clearinghouse
1211 Chestnut St. Suite 1100
Philadelphia, PA 19107

About the PSAA

People in recovery from psychiatric disabilities, researchers and others from around the country gathered in Philadelphia in mid- July to create a new national trade association -- newly named the Peer Specialist Alliance of America (PSAA) -- that will promote the emerging profession of certified peer specialist.

The participants -- representing a "who's who" of national and regional mental health advocacy, service and research organizations -- met to establish the organization (originally called the National Alliance of Peer Specialists) in response to the growing influence of the new profession of peer specialist -- that is, people in recovery from psychiatric disabilities who are employed to help their peers work toward their own recovery, often in places where credentialing requirements have traditionally excluded consumers from staff positions.

"Peer specialists offer hope because they are walking, talking examples of recovery," said Joseph A. Rogers, president and CEO of the Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania (MHASP), which organized the meeting and which is fostering the peer specialist initiative throughout Pennsylvania. MHASP's Institute for Recovery and Community Integration teaches aspiring peer specialists the skills for providing peer support -- such as how to help others with problem solving and goal setting -- as well as serving as a model for recovery.


Continue reading this article in MHASP's Lines of Communication newsletter.

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