{"title":"Peers are the answer!","authors":"Rob Kent","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34601","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>I was recently in a meeting where the group was discussing how to help an individual with co-occurring addiction and mental health issues combined with significant health issues. This individual has been a difficult patient and has been asked to leave many programs that are only able to address some, but not all, of their issues. As I listened my thoughts kept going to how this individual's best hope may be connection with a peer, and one that can invest the considerable time that will be necessary to try to help them.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adaw.34601","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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I was recently in a meeting where the group was discussing how to help an individual with co-occurring addiction and mental health issues combined with significant health issues. This individual has been a difficult patient and has been asked to leave many programs that are only able to address some, but not all, of their issues. As I listened my thoughts kept going to how this individual's best hope may be connection with a peer, and one that can invest the considerable time that will be necessary to try to help them.