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Certified Peer Specialist Case Study

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The State of Georgia recognises me as a Certified Peer Specialist, who is someone that has lived experience and recovered from a mental illness that has completed training and passed the exam administered by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Helth/Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network to help others recover through a recovery oriented system. I am an adult consumer and advocate that volunteers at Aspire Behavioral Health in the clubhouse program and a major in psychology. There are policies for consumers to serve on mental health boards/committees, but There are no consumers serving on boards. We need to be on the boards. I have an interest in serving on the Region 4 Advisory Council to offer to advise the state as a person that has recovered
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