RESOURCES

PEERS: Peers Envisioning and Engaging in Recovery Services

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Peer Respite Directory: A peer respite is a voluntary, short-term, overnight program that provides community-based, non-clinical crisis support to help people find new understanding and ways to move forward. It operates 24 hours per day in a homelike environment. 

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Sally's Place: Peer Respite Home in Alameda County

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SHARE: Self-Help Agency 

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Alternatives to Suicide: Alternatives to Suicide, facilitated by members of the Advocates Peer Specialist team, is a non-clinical, mutual support group– a community for those who have been, or are currently in deep distress.

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Bay Area Hearing Voices: Bay Area Hearing Voices Network seeks to expand public awareness, provide community support, and refuge for those who hear voices, see visions and experience other forms of extraordinary perception.

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Mental Health Association of San Francisco 

• Peer Support Groups: https://www.mentalhealthsf.org/peer-run-warmline/

• Warm Line Phone Number: 855-845-7415​

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NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness Peer-to-Peer

• Website: https://www.nami.org/Support-Education/Mental-Health-Education/NAMI-Peer-to-Peer

• Peer Support Groups Flyer: https://7fa30408-70a3-4b59-83f6-4a17f366c11c.filesusr.com/ugd/5f669c_c738ba54e77b4b2f9840769038e3f509.pdf

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Learn More About Peer Support​​

• Copeland Center​​

  • Supporting Increased Community Participation: An Introduction to Community Inclusion for Peer Providers ​

  • Promoting Activation of Personal Self-agency For Improved Individual Healthcare

• Mental Health Matters

  • ​Select from over 60 videos about recovery and wellness hosted by the Network's Reverend Barbara Meyers and recorded by PEERS (Peers Envisioning and Engaging in Recovery Services): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAC1C54201BE2A66E