Using Peer Support In Developing Empowering Mental Health Services

Project Information

UPSIDES

Grant agreement ID: 779263

DOI

10.3030/779263

Project closed

EC signature date 21 November 2017

Start date 1 January 2018

End date 30 September 2023

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being

Total cost

€ 3 100 000,00

EU contribution

€ 3 000 000,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITAET ULM
Germany

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Deliverables

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

UPSIDES website online

Documents, reports (8)

Dissemination of main results and policy/guideline impact
Education strategy and teaching materials finalised
Measure of PSW implementation available
First issue of biannual newsletter for service users published
Intervention manual finalised
Current stage of PSW implementation identified in each study site
Academic outputs, knowledge transfer events, social media campaigns, and online toolkits disseminated
Study registration and publication of study protocol

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (13)

Peer support for people with severe mental illness versus usual care in high-, middle- and low-income countries: study protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial (UPSIDES-RCT)

Author(s): Galia S. Moran, Jasmine Kalha, Annabel S. Mueller-Stierlin, Reinhold Kilian, Silvia Krumm, Mike Slade, Ashleigh Charles, Candelaria Mahlke, Rebecca Nixdorf, David Basangwa, Juliet Nakku, Richard Mpango, Grace Ryan, Donat Shamba, Mary Ramesh, Fileuka Ngakongwa, Alina Grayzman, Soumitra Pathare, Benjamin Mayer, Bernd Puschner
Published in: Trials, Issue 21/1, 2020, ISSN 1745-6215
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-020-4177-7

Initial training for mental health peer support workers: international Delphi Consultation

Author(s): Charles A, Nixdorf R, Ibrahim N, Gai Meir L, Mpango R, Ngakongwa F, Nudds H, Pathare S, Ryan G, Repper J, Wharrad H, Wolf P, Slade M, Mahlke C
Published in: JMIR Mental Health, Issue 5, e25528, 2021, ISSN 2368-7959
Publisher: JMIR Publications
DOI: 10.2196/25528

Challenges to peer support in low- and middle-income countries during COVID-19

Author(s): Richard Mpango, Jasmine Kalha, Donat Shamba, Mary Ramesh, Fileuka Ngakongwa, Arti Kulkarni, Palak Korde, Juliet Nakku, Grace K. Ryan
Published in: Globalization and Health, Issue 16/1, 2020, ISSN 1744-8603
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12992-020-00622-y

UPSIDES Mental Health Peer Support in Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Actions and Insights

Author(s): Goldfarb Y, Grayzman A, Meir L, Grundman S, Rabinian M, Lachman M, Epstein P, Ben-Dor I, Naaman A, Puschner B, Moran G
Published in: Community Ment Health J, 2022, ISSN 0010-3853
Publisher: Human Sciences Press
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-022-01030-9

Societal and organisational influences on implementation of mental health peer support work in low-income and high-income settings: a qualitative focus group study

Author(s): Ramesh M, Charles A, Grayzman A, Hiltensperger R, Kalha J, Kulkarni A, Mahlke C, Moran GS, Mpango R, Mueller-Stierlin AS, Nixdorf R, Ryan GK, Shamba D, Slade M
Published in: BMJ Open, 2023, ISSN 2044-6055
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058724

Proportionate translation of study materials and measures in a multinational global health trial: methodology development and implementation

Author(s): Charles A, Korde P, Newby C, Grayzman A, Hiltensperger R, Mahlke C, Moran G, Nakku J, Niwemuhwezi J, Nixdorf R, Paul E, Puschner B, Ramesh M, Ryan G, Shamba D, Kalha J, Slade M
Published in: BMJ Open, Issue 12:e058083, 2022, ISSN 2044-6055
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-05808

Eine Theory of Change zur erfolgreichen Implementierung von Peer-Begleitung für Menschen mit schweren psychischen Erkrankungen in Deutschland [Successful implementation of peer support for people with severe mental illness in Germany: a Theory of Change approach]

Author(s): Girit S, Müller-Stierlin A, Hiltensperger R, Wenzel L, Lohner M, Mahlke C, Nixdorf R, Puschner B
Published in: Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol, 2022, ISSN 0937-2032
Publisher: Thieme
DOI: 10.1055/a-1827-4040

Typology of modifications to peer support work for adults with mental health problems: systematic review

Author(s): Ashleigh Charles, Dean Thompson, Rebecca Nixdorf, Grace Ryan, Donat Shamba, Jasmine Kalha, Galia Moran, Ramona Hiltensperger, Candelaria Mahlke, Bernd Puschner, Julie Repper, Mike Slade, Richard Mpango
Published in: The British Journal of Psychiatry, Issue 216/6, 2020, Page(s) 301-307, ISSN 0007-1250
Publisher: Royal College of Psychiatrists
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.2019.264

Using Peer Support in Developing Empowering Mental Health Services (UPSIDES): Background, Rationale and Methodology

Author(s): Bernd Puschner, Julie Repper, Candelaria Mahlke, Rebecca Nixdorf, David Basangwa, Juliet Nakku, Grace Ryan, Dave Baillie, Donat Shamba, Mary Ramesh, Galia Moran, Max Lachmann, Jasmine Kalha, Soumitra Pathare, Annabel Müller-Stierlin, Mike Slade
Published in: Annals of Global Health, Issue 85/1, 2019, ISSN 2214-9996
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
DOI: 10.5334/aogh.2435

A systematic review of influences on implementation of peer support work for adults with mental health problems

Author(s): Nashwa Ibrahim, Dean Thompson, Rebecca Nixdorf, Jasmine Kalha, Richard Mpango, Galia Moran, Annabel Mueller-Stierlin, Grace Ryan, Candelaria Mahlke, Donat Shamba, Bernd Puschner, Julie Repper, Mike Slade
Published in: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2019, ISSN 0933-7954
Publisher: Dr. Dietrich Steinkopff Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-019-01739-1

Mental health workers’ perspectives on peer support in high-, middle- and low income settings: a focus group study

Author(s): Krumm S, Haun M, Hiller S, Charles A, Kalha J, Niwemuhwezi J, Nixdorf R, Puschner B, Ryan G, Shamba D, Garber Epstein P, Moran G
Published in: BMC Psychiatry, 2022, ISSN 1471-244X
Publisher: BioMed Central
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-022-04206-5

A multi-national peer support intervention: the UPSIDES pilot phase.

Author(s): Nixdorf R, Nugent L, Aslam R, Barber S, Charles A, Gai Meir L, Grayzman A, Hiltensperger R, Kalha J, Korde P, Mtei R, Niwemuhwezi J, Ramesh M, Ryan G, Slade M, Wenzel L, Mahlke C
Published in: Advances in Mental Health: Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention, Issue 20, 1, 2022, Page(s) 2-14, ISSN 1838-7357
Publisher: eContent Management Pty Ltd
DOI: 10.1080/18387357.2021.2020140

UPSIDES – Erste Erfahrungen in Deutschland aus der Sicht von Peer Begleiter*innen und Trainer*innen [UPSIDES - first experiences in Germany from the perspectives of peer support workers and peer trainers]

Author(s): Haun M, Bilmayer S, Heuer I, Mahlke CI, Puschner B, Wagner M, Nixdorf R
Published in: Sozialpsychiatrische Informationen, Issue 51(3), 2021, Page(s) 15-18, ISSN 0171-4538
Publisher: Psychiatrie-Verlag
DOI: 10.1486/si-2021-03_15

Non-peer reviewed articles (2)

UPSIDES Peer-Begleitung – Gemeinsam Krisenbewältigen

Author(s): Maria Haun, Rebecca Nixdorf, Dr. Imke Heuer, Maria Wagner, Stefan Bilmayer, Dr. Candelaria Mahlke, Prof. Dr. Bernd Puschner
Published in: Das Gesundheitswesen, Issue 83/04, 2021, Page(s) 241-241, ISSN 0941-3790
Publisher: Georg Thieme Verlag
DOI: 10.1055/a-1395-1505

Peer support and global mental health

Author(s): B. Puschner
Published in: Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, Issue 27/5, 2018, Page(s) 413-414, ISSN 2045-7960
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1017/s204579601800015x