Interview with David Meineke David Meineke (DM) is a peer support worker in Ulm. In this interviews he talks about his experience with peer support work so far. Why did you become a peer support worker? DM: I think everybody needs a task. I couldn’t get…
Interview with Barbara Kohlmann Barbara Kohlmann (BK) is a peer support worker in Ulm. In this interview she talks about her experiences with peer support work so far. Why did you become a PSW? BK: When I first heard about such a profession in 2006, I thought…
The recordings of the webinars can now be viewed in our output area in the section “videos”! Peer support is increasingly being recognised as a best practice intervention for rights-based, recovery-oriented mental health care around the world. However, much of the evidence for peer support comes from Anglophone…
The recordings of the webinars can now be viewed in our output area in the section “videos”! Peer support is increasingly being recognised as a best practice intervention for rights-based, recovery-oriented mental health care around the world. However, much of the evidence for peer support comes from the Global…
Publication #4 A systematic review of influences on implementation of peer support work for adults with mental health problems has been published in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology and added to our output section.
The Theory of Change workshop has been conducted at the UKE (Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf). Thank you very much to all participants and Candelaria and Rebecca! Please find some impressions below:
The third issue of our biannual newsletter has been published. Many thanks to Eric from Butabika for his input on Theory of Change and everyone else who contributed. The english version is available under output, while the international versions will be made available under multilingual as they are translated.
Our publication “Using Peer Support in Developing Empowering Mental Health Services (UPSIDES): Background, Rationale and Methodology” has been published in Annals of Global Health. It proves an excellent overview of the methods and objectives we plan to establish during the UPSIDES project. Find the publication in our output-section or on…
From 9th to 21st of February 2019 the Train-the-Trainer-Workshop and the second study-meeting took place in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. More detailed informations will be included in the next newsletter. Thank you to everyone who participated!
The UPSIDES Project was presented at the UKE’s Research Day by Dr. Candelaria Mahlke and Rebecca Nixdorf.
