I. General Public
UPSIDES Newsletters
Newsletter #1, July 2018: Download
Newsletter #2, December 2018: Download
Newsletter #3, July 2019: Download
Newsletter #4, March 2020: Download
Newsletter #5, June 2020: Download
Newsletter #6, December 2020: Download
Newsletter #7, June 2021: Download
Newsletter #8, January 2022: Download
Please find the translated versions of these newsletters in our multilingual area.
Videos
UPSIDES researchers
Others
Lion Gai Meir talks about Peer Support
Train-the-Trainer Workshop Tanzania
Press releases
Press release from the University Clinic Ulm about UPSIDES, February 2018: Download
Universitätsklinikum Ulm. Psychische Erkrankungen: Gemeinsam aus der Krise: Link (accessed April 19, 2021).
Universitätsklinikum Ulm. UPSIDES: Bessere Unterstützung für Menschen mit schweren psychischen Erkrankungen durch Genesungsbegleiter*innen: Link (accessed Mar 12, 2021).
Deutsches Ärzteblatt. Projekt will Versorgung psychisch Kranker in Entwicklungsländern: Link (accessed Mar 12, 2021).
II. Peer support workers and service users
UPSIDES Israel PSWs (2020). Quotes for Global Peer Support Celebration Day, posted 15/10/2020: Link
UPSIDES Peer Support Team Ulm (2020). UPSIDES Ulm contribution to Global Peer Support Celebration Day (photo), posted 15/10/2020: Link
Jasmine Kalha (2020). UPSIDES India contribution to Global Peer Support Celebration Day (video), posted 15/10/2020: Link
Imke Heuer (2020). UPSIDES Hamburg contribution to Global Peer Support Celebration Day (video), posted 16/10/2020: Link
Eddie Nkurunungi (2020). UPSIDES Uganda contribution to Global Peer Support Celebration Day (video), posted 16/10/2020: Link
Izi Gever (2020). UPSIDES Israel contribution to Global Peer Support Celebration Day (video), posted 19/10/2020: Link
UPSIDES Hamburg PSWs (2020). Quotes for Global Peer Support Celebration Day (German), posted 22/10/2020: Link
Interview with Barbara, who is working as UPSIDES peer support worker in Ulm (04/03/2020): Link
Interview with David, who is working as UPSIDES peer support worker in Ulm (04/03/2020): Link
Kohlmann, B (2020): My life in Corona times: Germany, May 20. In: Life during the Corona virus: view from the ground Vol. 3; Newsletter of the World Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR), pp. 12-13. Edited by M. Farkas, M. Borg, M. Lavdas. Boston, USA.: Download
III. People interested in the implementation of UPSIDES peer support
Manuals
Mahlke C., Nixdorf R., Repper J., Charles A., Slade M., Ryan G., Hall C., Bailie D., Hiltensperger R., Müller-Stierlin A., Nakku J., Mpango R., Shamba D., Ramesh M., Garber-Epstein P., Moran GS., Kalha J., Korde P., Puschner B., and UPSIDES Peer Support Trainers (2020). UPSIDES Peer Support Training Manual and Workbook: field version: Download
Webinars
UPSIDES webinar: peer support in India (30/01/2020)
UPSIDES webinar: peer support in Africa (31/01/2020)
UPSIDES webinar: peer support in Israel (06/02/2020)
UPSIDES webinar: peer support in Germany (06/02/2020)
Policy briefs
IV. Scientific Community
In addition to the links below, all peer-reviewed publications and quantitative supporting data are also available at the Ulm University’s repository OPARU.
Publications
Journal articles
, 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 (2022) Proportionate translation of study materials and measures in a multinational global health trial: methodology development and implementation.
(2022) A multi-national peer support intervention: the UPSIDES pilot phase. Advances in Mental Health, DOI: 10.1080/18387357.2021.2020140
Haun M, Bilmayer S, Heuer I, Mahlke C, Puschner B, Wagner M, Nixdorf R (2021) UPSIDES – Erfahrungen in Deutschland aus der Sicht von Peer Begleiter*innen und Trainer*innen [UPSIDES – experiences in Germany from the perspectives of peer support workers and peer trainers]. Sozialpsychiatrische Informationen, 51(3), 15-18. doi: 10.1486/SI-2021-03_15
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 (2021) Initial training for mental health peer support workers: international Delphi Consultation, JMIR Mental Health, 5, e25528. doi: 10.2196/25528
Haun M, Nixdorf R, Heuer I, Wagner M, Bilmayer S, Mahlke C, Puschner B (2021). UPSIDES Peer-Begleitung – Gemeinsam Krisen bewältigen [UPSIDES peer support – overcoming crises together]. Gesundheitswesen, 83(04):241. doi: 10.1055/a-1395-1505
Ibrahim N, Thompson D, Nixdorf R, Kalha J, Mpango R, Moran G, Mueller-Stierlin A, Ryan G, Mahlke C, Shamba D, Puschner B, Repper J, Slade M (2020). A systematic review of influences on implementation of peer support work for adults with mental health problems. Soc Psychiatr Psychiatr Epidemiol, 55(3):285-93. doi: 10.1007/s00127-019-01739-1
Moran G, Kalha J, Müller-Stierlin A, Kilian R, Krumm S, Slade M, Charles A, Mahlke CI, Nixdorf R, Basangwa D, Nakku J, Mpango R, Ryan G, Shamba D, Ramesh M, Ngakongwa F, Grayzman A, Pathare S, Mayer B, Puschner B (2020). 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). Trails, 21(1):371. doi:10.1186/s13063-020-4177-7
Mpango R, Kalha J, Shamba D, Ramesh M, Ngakongwa F, Kulkarni A, Korde P, Nakku J and Ryan GK (2020). Challenges to peer support in low- and middle-income countries during COVID-19. Globalization and Health, 16(1):90. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-020-00622-y
Charles A, Thompson D, Nixdorf R, Ryan G, Shamba D, Kalha J, Moran G, Hiltensperger R, Mahlke C, Puschner B, Repper J, Slade M, Mpango R (2020). A typology of modifications to peer support work for adults with mental health problems: systematic review, Br J Psychiatry, 216(6), 301-7. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2019.264
Puschner B, Repper J, Mahlke C, Nixdorf R, Basangwa D, Nakku J, Ryan G, Baillie D, Shamba D, Ramesh M, Moran G, Lachmann M, Kalha J, Pathare S, Müller-Stierlin A, Slade M (2019). Using Peer Support in Developing Empowering Mental Health Services (UPSIDES): Background, Rationale and Methodology. Ann Glob Health, 85(1), 53, 1–10. doi: 10.5334/aogh.2435
Ryan G, Semrau M, Nkurunungi E, Mpango R. (2019). Service user involvement in global mental health: what have we learned from recent research in low and middle-income countries? Curr Opin Psychiatr 2019;32:355–60. doi: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000506
Puschner B. (2018) Peer support and global mental health. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci, 27(5), 413-414. doi:10.1017/S204579601800015X
Books and book chapters
Conference Contributions
Nixdorf R., Charles A., Gai Meir L., Garber-Epstein P., Hadas Grundman S., Hiltensperger R., Kulkarni A., Mtei R., Puschner B., Ryan G., Slade M., Mahlke C. (2020). Development of a global mental health peer support worker training program. Poster, GACD Annual Scientific Meeting, 10-13/11/2020, online: Download
DGPPN Kogress: Download
GACD Annual Scientific Meeting on the implementation of UPSIDES by Ramona Hiltensperger: Download
Nakku J. (2019). Developing Service User Involvement in Mental Health Care in Uganda. Poster, GACD Annual Scientific Meeting, 13-15/11/2019, Bangkok, Thailand: Download
Nixdorf R., Heuer I. (2020). UPSIDES: development of a global peer support intervention. Paper in Symposium “UPSIDES: a global peer support project”, DGPPN Kongress (online), 26-28/11/2020: Watch
Kalha J. (2020). Peer support: experiences from Uganda, Tanzania and India. Paper in Symposium “UPSIDES: a global peer support project”, DGPPN Kongress (online), 26-28/11/2020: Watch
Ryan G. (2020). Peer support and corona: challenges and outlook. Paper in Symposium “UPSIDES: a global peer support project”, DGPPN Kongress (online), 26-28/11/2020: Watch
Wenzel L., Moran G. (2020). Implementation of the UPSIDES peer support intervention: first experiences from Israel and Germany. Paper in Symposium “UPSIDES: a global peer support project”, DGPPN Kongress (online), 26-28/11/2020: Watch
Translation of scales used in the UPSIDES RCT
These are the translations of outcome measures that have been developed during the UPSIDES project. If a cell is empty, it means a translation was already freely available before the UPSIDES study. The scales are abbreviated below as follows:
Social Inclusion Measure (SIM), Empowerment Scale (ES), Stages of Recovery Instrument (STORI-30), brief INSPIRE (brief INSPIRE), Health of the Nation outcome scales (HoNos), Client Sociodemographic and Service Receipt Inventory (CSSRI), Threshold assessment grid (TAG), Mental Illness: Clinician’s Attitudes Scale (MICA-4), Recovery-oriented peer provider (ROPP), Resilience Scale for Adults (RSA-R).
German | Luganda | Kiswahili | Hebrew | Gujarati | |
SIM | SIM_German | SIM_Luganda | SIM_Kiswahili | SIM_Hebrew | SIM_Gujarati |
ES | ES_German | ES_Luganda | ES_Kiswahili | ES_Hebrew | ES_Gujarati |
STORI-30 | STORI_Luganda | STORI_Kiswahili | STORI_Hebrew | STORI_Gujarati | |
brief INSPIRE | INSPIRE_German | INSPIRE_Luganda | INSPIRE_Kiswahili | INSPIRE_Hebrew | INSPIRE_Gujarati |
HONOS | HONOS_Luganda | HONOS_Kiswahili | HONOS_Hebrew | HONOS_Gujarati | |
CSSRI | CSSRI_German | CSSRI_Luganda | CSSRI_Kiswahili | CSSRI_Hebrew | CSSRI_Gujarati |
TAG | TAG_Luganda | TAG_Kiswahili | TAG_Hebrew | TAG_Gujarati | |
MICA-4 | MICA_Luganda | MICA_Kiswahili | MICA_Hebrew | MICA_Gujarati | |
ROPP | ROPP_German | ROPP_Luganda | ROPP_Kiswahili | ROPP_Gujarati | |
RSA-R | RSA_German | RSA_Luganda | RSA_Kiswahili | RSA_Hebrew | RSA_Gujarati |