Agency Biography

The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) is the leading national organization focusing on mood disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder, which affect over 21 million Americans, account for over 50% of the nation’s suicides every year, and cost $23 billion in lost workdays and other workplace losses. DBSA offers peer-based, wellness-oriented support and empowering services and resources available when people need them, where they need them, and how they need to receive them – online, in local support groups, in audio and video casts, or in printed materials distributed by DBSA, our chapters, and mental health care facilities across America.

Through our extensive resources and support groups across the country, DBSA reaches millions of people each year with in-person and online peer support; current, readily understandable information about depression and bipolar disorder and empowering tools focused on an integrated approach to wellness. DBSA was and continues to be a pioneer and the world of peer specialist training.

Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification Training Schedule

Training Method: Individual self-study with an online cohort

Training Modality:  Online

Training Location(s):  Statewide

Training Length: 80 hours across 2 weeks

Training Hours: Varies 

Registration Capacity: 30 students maximum per cohort

Link to register for classes:
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