Honored to present parts of my #PhD at the @ENMESHmental conference! 🎓 Shared insights from the development and psychometric evaluation of the @UpsidesProject Fidelity Scale. Having a lovely time meeting my colleagues and making new connections! 🤩
#mentalhealth#research
Exciting news! 🥳The UPSIDES project introduces the first multinational Theory of Change for #mentalhealth#peersupport interventions, published in @HSRatBMC. Stakeholder engagement was key! Dive into our findings here: doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-1…
Many thanks to all co-authors! 🤗
Hot off the press: Maria Haun and colleagues investigated the implementation of UPSIDES peer support from the perspective of key informants.
Read here:
doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-1…
Just published: Mary Ramesh and colleagues investigated societal attitudes and organisational culture influences on the implementation of peer support.
Read here: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/8…
early career researchers in Global Mental Health - here is an opportunity from NIMH Global Mental Health team to recognise your efforts! Apply to the inaugural VISTA awards (Visionary Innovators Shaping Tomorrow’s Advancements)
gmhconference.com/early-care…
Great time at @UpsidesProject colloquium organised by @rhiltensperger 👍 Interesting to learn Ugandan expression "Faking to be in court", which the researchers used to express unfamiliarity of peer support role experienced in Uganda 🇺🇬
👀Check out previous issues of our newsletter and other project outputs, such as webinars, interviews with peer support workers and more at upsides.org/multilingual-are…
Jasmine Kalha (@JasmineKalha), from @CMHLPIndia, runs the @GACD_media project ‘UPSIDES’ using peer support to develop empowering mental health services.🧠💚
⚖️She describes the nuances of inequality in science, and her hopes for women in the future... #WomenInScience (4/4)
Proud of Inbar Adler-Ben Dor, Alina Grayzman and Paula Garber-Epstein of the wonderful Israeli team who presented UPSIDES at two conferences in Beer Sheva and Haifa on 15/2/2023.
Had a wonderful time in Tunisia catching up with my @UpsidesProject colleagues Dr. Juliet Nakku, Donat Shamba and Bernd Puschner at this year's @WPA_Psychiatry African Regional Congress in Hammamet.
#globalmentalhealth#peersupport
Below: impressions from our UPSIDES symposium
Talking about mental health isn’t always easy, but a conversation has the power to change and save lives. #TimeToTalk Day is on Thursday 2 February 2023.
Make time to talk – and make a difference. Get some ideas here 👉 timetotalkday.co.uk
ALT A rectangular multicolored graphic on a red, turquoise, yellow and purple background promoting Time To Talk Day. On the left hand-side is a huge-two-dimensional illustrated speech bubble and in it it says “I’ve been feeling… can we talk?” At the bottom left it says #TimeToTalk. On the right hand side it says Time To Talk Day in white print on a purple background and the date 02/02/23 in white print on a red background. Beneath that is the Mind squiggle logo and Rethink Mental Illness. In the centre, in big white type against the turquoise background it says: “Make space in your day for a conversation about mental health”. In smaller type underneath it says, Talk, Listen, Change Lives. And at the bottom it says In Partnership with Co-op.
Shoutout to all peer support workers around the world and happy #GlobalPeerSupportCelebrationDay!🤩
Want to know more about peer support? Check out this video:
Manfred Lohner talks about his experiences as UPSIDES PSW in Ulm/Günzburg youtu.be/PJ2LiXUdyY4
Thank you, Manfred!👏