Are Peer Counselors the Missing Link in Addiction Care?

AMERSA People and Passion – Sponsored by the ATTC Network

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.