[NYAPRS Enews] Register Today for Dec 15: 'Activating Peer Support for a Transformed Mental Health Crisis Response System' w Eduardo Vega!

[Harvey Rosenthal]

NYAPRS Note: Register today for this special webinar co-sponsored with The College for Behavioral Health Leadership. “Intensity, Lived Experience and Crisis: Activating Peer Support for a Transformed Mental Health Crisis Response System” takes place on December 15th and is presented by Eduardo Vega, CEO of Humannovations, an pioneering peer run organization that believes that peer support is an integral part of crisis services. Eduardo is a national leader who has been recognized by the United States Senate and the US Surgeon General. He serves on the steering committee of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and the US National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention.  Register here<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F2uH57AmTci8uvAThp1VRQ> today for part one in this series!


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Intensity, Lived Experience and Crisis: Activating Peer Support

for a Transformed Mental Health Crisis Response System



December 15, 2021, 1:00-2:15 PM EST

NYAPRS, in collaboration with The College for Behavioral Health Leadership, is very pleased to sponsor a two-part online seminar series titled “Intensity, Lived Experience and Crisis: Activating Peer Support for a Transformed Mental Health Crisis Response System.”

While much progress has been made to develop a modern array of ‘crisis services’ including mobile crisis units, hospital diversion programs and ‘crisis call centers’ through and the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network, the integration of people with lived experience of suicide and crisis as peer support providers, though, has been slow to advance.
Peer support can and should play an active role at many points in the transformation of crisis response systems, including those driven by the national 988 line initiative. This presentation will address several questions:

  *   Where and how these get integrated is the key question.
  *   How can ‘crisis’ services connect with the empowerment foundations of peer support?
  *   How does peer support look and feel different at times of intensity?
  *   How can lived experience be meaningfully connected with when things like self-harm and suicide are present?
The presenter covers the array of these issues, while presenting key concepts for program and policy change, grounded in the values of dignity and recovery, to humanize the issues in the practical work of ‘peer crisis support.’



Presented By: Eduardo Vega, M. Psy, CEO and Founder, Humannovations



Register Here<https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F2uH57AmTci8uvAThp1VRQ> for Part One taking place on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 1:00-2:15 PM EST



Eduardo Vega is an internationally recognized thought leader in recovery-oriented programs and policy, consumer/patient rights, stigma reduction, and suicide prevention, whose work continues to drive the forefront of change for public health and mental health worldwide. He is founder and CEO of Humannovations, a consulting and training firm providing innovative solutions for mental health and suicide prevention internationally, fueled by social justice and the “lived experience” of people who have been there. A former Fulbright Specialist and California State Commissioner for Mental Health Services, Vega has led and served on multiple health policy bodies and as an invited expert to the Office of the White House of President Obama.


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