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Establishing Peer Recovery Support Services to Address the Central Appalachian Opioid Epidemic: The West Virginia Peers Enhancing Education, Recovery, and Survival (WV PEERS) Pilot Program

This academic paper summarizes a peer recovery support program to engage individuals using opioids and link them with a range of services. Results show that this program effectively engaged and linked individuals to mental health and treatment services. 

Resource Type
Peer-reviewed Articles and Reports
Continuum of Care
Treatment
Recovery
Response Approach
Recovery coaching
Peer-reviewed Article
Establishing Peer Recovery Support Services to Address the Central Appalachian Opioid Epidemic: The West Virginia Peers Enhancing Education, Recovery, and Survival (WV PEERS) Pilot Program
Citation

Davis SM, Stover AN, Linn H, Dower J, McCawley D, Winstanley EL, Feinberg J (2021).  Establishing Peer Recovery Support Services to Address the Central Appalachian Opioid Epidemic: The West Virginia Peers Enhancing Education, Recovery, and Survival (WV PEERS) Pilot Program. Journal of Appalachian Health. 3(3), 36-50.

State / region
Appalachia
West Virginia