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I. General Public

UPSIDES Newsletters

Reports and experiences

Nixdorf R. (2020). Report on the Train-the-Trainer Workshop in Vienna: Download

Nixdorf R. (2019). Report on the Train-the-Trainer Workshop in Tanzania: Download

Policy briefs

Publications

Journal articles

Silvia Krumm, Maria Haun, Selina Hiller, Ashleigh Charles, Jasmine Kalha, Jackie Niwemuhwezi, Rebecca Nixdorf, Bernd Puschner, Grace Ryan, Donat Shamba, Paula Garber Epstein and Galia Moran (2022) Mental health workers' perspectives on peer support in high-, middle- and low income settings: a focus group study. BMC Psychiatry 22, 604. DOI: 10.1186/s12888-022-04206-5

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 (2022) Proportionate translation of study materials and measures in a multinational global health trial: methodology development and implementation. BMJ Open 2022;12:e058083. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058083

Rebecca Nixdorf, Lena Nugent, Rabeea'h Aslam, Sarah Barber, Ashleigh Charles, Lion Gai Meir, Alina Grayzman, Ramona Hiltensperger, Jasmine Kalha, Palak Korde, Rachel Mtei, Jackie Niwemuhwezi, Mary Ramesh, Grace Ryan, Mike Slade, Lisa Wenzel & Candelaria Mahlke (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

Manfred Lohner*, Lisa Wenzel*, Stefan Bilmayer, Maria Haun, Ramona Hiltensperger, David Meinecke, Martin Peters, Claudia Rohrmoser, Sabine Rogg, Celine Scheffold, Maria Wagner, Iris Zimmermann & Bernd Puschner (2022) Peer support in the UPSIDES study: peer support workers' perspective. Poster, 14^th International ENMESH conference. Download, DOI

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).