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

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

doi:10.1080/18387357.2021.2020140

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“…Aparte del consorcio UPSIDES, que ya está implementando proyectos de formación e incorporación en India, Tanzania y Uganda (126) , otros proyectos internacionales como el QualityRights de la Organización Mundial de la Salud apuestan por el apoyo entre iguales como herramienta para fortalecer sistemas de atención a la salud mental dotados de pocos recursos (127,128) .…”

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Implementing the figure of peer support workers in mental health: an international perspective from the context of its implementation in Catalonia

Eiroá-Orosa¹,

Sánchez-Moscona,²

2023

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En el contexto de las discusiones sobre la implementación de la formación y formas de incorporación en el sistema sanitario de Cataluña de agentes de apoyo entre iguales en salud mental o pares, entre 2020 y 2021, se llevó a cabo una revisión de literatura y, de forma complementaria, entrevistas a expertos tanto a nivel internacional como en el Estado español, con el propósito de realizar un análisis de contenido de elementos formativos y de integración dentro de los sistemas sanitarios. Los países germanoparlantes son los que ofrecen programas de formación e incorporación más homogéneos. En el caso de países anglosajones y francófonos, organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro del tercer sector se suelen hacer cargo de los programas formativos y de su incorporación. En el mundo iberoamericano existen diversas experiencias de programas formativos, aunque sin reconocimiento como formaciones sanitarias. Se ofrecen recomendaciones al desarrollo de esta figura en Cataluña, que incluyen el avance hacia una formación profesional con reconocimiento sanitario y opciones de incorporación tanto desde entidades proveedoras sanitarias o sociosanitarias como del tercer sector.

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Implementing the figure of peer support workers in mental health: an international perspective from the context of its implementation in Catalonia

Eiroá-Orosa¹,

Sánchez-Moscona,²

2023

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“…UPSIDES project’s first phase (2018–2019) involved exerted efforts for a systematic study and rigorous development of the state of the art knowledge in the field in order to develop a MH peer support intervention which will be a culturally appropriate and adaptive to multiple contexts. The developed intervention was thus informed by multiple inputs including: (1) systematic reviews of PSW trainings and organizational influences on the implementation of peer interventions (Ibrahim et al, 2020 ); (2) previous experience of each consortium partner in delivering peer support trainings and interventions; (3) focus groups and expert panels informing current state and needs at each study site (Puschner et al, 2019 ); a pilot intervention study (Nixdorf et al, 2022 ). All of these combined together informed UPSIDES initial intervention and then its modifications (Charles et al, 2021 ; Nixdorf et al, 2022 ).…”

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“…(1) systematic reviews of PSW trainings and organizational influences on the implementation of peer interventions (Ibrahim et al, 2020); (2) previous experience of each consortium partner in delivering peer support trainings and interventions; (3) focus groups and expert panels informing current state and needs at each study site (Puschner et al, 2019); a pilot intervention study (Nixdorf et al, 2022). All of these combined together informed UPSIDES initial intervention and then its modifications (Charles et al, 2021;Nixdorf et al, 2022).…”

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

Goldfarb

Grayzman

Meir

et al. 2022

Community Ment Health J

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The outburst of the COVID-19 pandemic challenged vulnerable populations such as individuals with significant mental illness. In this fresh focus, we describe the innovative development of the UPSIDES mental health peer support intervention, in face of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel. While the research program is still ongoing, in this paper we focus on the processes and lessons learned from dealing with the rapidly changing circumstances of the pandemic. We portray additional activities conducted above and beyond the UPSIDES protocol in order to maintain continuation and prevent dropout. We learned that an essential combination of keeping a close adherence with the core peer principles and UPSIDES’ systematic program and the use of flexible telecommunication means, helped to maintain social connection and service users’ participation throughout these times. The sudden pandemic challenges appeared to level out power imbalances and accelerated the formation of reciprocal and supportive relational interactions within the intervention. These processes highlight experiential knowledge as a unique asset, and peer support services as useful in supporting individuals with significant mental illness throughout COVID-19.

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“…UPSIDES peer support is delivered for up to 6 months, with a minimum of 3 contacts with the service user [27]. See Nixdorf et al (2022) for further details on the intervention [28].…”

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

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Background Peer support is increasingly acknowledged as an integral part of mental health services around the world. However, most research on peer support comes from high-income countries, with little attention to similarities and differences between different settings and how these affect implementation. Mental health workers have an important role to play in integrating formal peer support into statutory services, and their attitudes toward peer support can represent either a barrier to or facilitator of successful implementation. Thus, this study investigates mental health workers’ attitudes toward peer support across a range of high- (Germany, Israel), middle- (India), and low-income country (Tanzania, Uganda) settings. Methods Six focus groups were conducted in Ulm and Hamburg (Germany), Butabika (Uganda), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Be’er Sheva (Israel), and Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India) with a total of 35 participants. Transcripts were analyzed using thematic content analysis. Results Participants across the study sites demonstrated overall positive attitudes towards peer support in mental health care, although some concerns were raised on potentially harmful effects of peer support such as negative role modelling and giving inadequate advice to service users. Notably, mental health workers from low- and middle-income countries described peer support workers as bridge-builders and emphasized the mutual benefits of peer support. Mental health workers’ views on peer support workers’ roles and role boundaries differed between sites. In some settings, mental health workers strongly agreed on the need for role clarity, whereas in others, mental health workers expressed mixed views, with some preferring blurred role boundaries. Regarding collaboration, mental health workers described peer support workers as supporters and utilizers, equal partners or emphasized a need for trust and commitment. Conclusions Mental health workers’ attitudes toward peer support workers were positive overall, but they also varied depending on local context, resources and previous experiences with peer support. This affected their conceptions of peer support workers’ roles, role clarity, and collaboration. This study demonstrated that reconciling the need for local adaptations and safeguarding the core values of peer support is necessary and possible, especially when the implementation of recovery-oriented interventions such as peer support is accelerating worldwide.

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

Cited by 14 publications

References 27 publications

Implementing the figure of peer support workers in mental health: an international perspective from the context of its implementation in Catalonia

Implementing the figure of peer support workers in mental health: an international perspective from the context of its implementation in Catalonia

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

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

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