Bernd Puschner
Biographic Data
| ID | 5416201 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bernd Puschner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bernd |
| FAMILY NAME | Puschner |
| SIGNATURE | PUSCHNER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universität Ulm |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2929-4271 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Experiences of service users receiving peer support in mental health services
Although peer support is increasingly used in mental health services worldwide, service users’ experiences have been studied mostly in high-income countries. The current study examined service users’ experiences of peer support in the UPSIDES Trial, delivered across diverse cultural and resource contexts, including high, middle and low-income countries. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 33 service users across six study sites (German…
Improving mental health and well-being of hospital staff
Health workers experience high levels of occupational stress. There is a lack of knowledge about moderators and active ingredients of interventions aiming to reduce occupational stress in health workers. This paper presents results of the mixed-methods process evaluation of the SEEGEN (“SEElische GEsundheit am Arbeitsplatz KrankeNhaus) randomised controlled trial. Employees of three hospitals in Germany were recruited for this trial between 10/20…
Cross-Cultural Insights from Two Global Mental Health Studies
This commentary highlights two cross-cultural issues identified from our global mental health (GMH) research, RECOLLECT (Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing) 2: self-enhancement and ingroup biases. Self-enhancement is a tendency to maintain and express unrealistically positive self-views. Ingroup biases are differences in one’s evaluation of others belonging to the same social group. These biases are discussed in the context of GMH res…
Perspectives and Experiences of Stakeholders on Self-Disclosure of Peers in Mental Health Services
With the movement towards recovery-oriented mental health (MH) services, individuals with MH lived-experience are increasingly employed as peer providers (peers). Peers are unique in that they bring knowledge from experience and eye-level connection to service users that enhance the quality of services and humanize MH systems' culture. In Israel, hundreds of peers are employed in various roles and settings across the MH system. However, peer inte…
Typology of Mental Health Peer Support Work Components
The employment of mental health peer support (PS) is recommended in national and international mental health policy, and widely implemented across many countries. The key components of PS remain to be identified. This study aimed to develop a typology of components involved in one-to-one PS for adults in mental health services. A systematised review was performed to establish a preliminary long list of candidate components, followed by expert con…
Upsides Mental Health Peer Support in Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic
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 …
A systematic review of influences on implementation of peer support work for adults with mental health problems
Upsides Mental Health Peer Support in Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic
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 …
A systematic review of influences on implementation of peer support work for adults with mental health problems
Upsides Mental Health Peer Support in Face of the Covid-19 Pandemic
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 …
Typology of Mental Health Peer Support Work Components
The employment of mental health peer support (PS) is recommended in national and international mental health policy, and widely implemented across many countries. The key components of PS remain to be identified. This study aimed to develop a typology of components involved in one-to-one PS for adults in mental health services. A systematised review was performed to establish a preliminary long list of candidate components, followed by expert con…
Cross-Cultural Insights from Two Global Mental Health Studies
This commentary highlights two cross-cultural issues identified from our global mental health (GMH) research, RECOLLECT (Recovery Colleges Characterisation and Testing) 2: self-enhancement and ingroup biases. Self-enhancement is a tendency to maintain and express unrealistically positive self-views. Ingroup biases are differences in one’s evaluation of others belonging to the same social group. These biases are discussed in the context of GMH res…
Perspectives and Experiences of Stakeholders on Self-Disclosure of Peers in Mental Health Services
With the movement towards recovery-oriented mental health (MH) services, individuals with MH lived-experience are increasingly employed as peer providers (peers). Peers are unique in that they bring knowledge from experience and eye-level connection to service users that enhance the quality of services and humanize MH systems' culture. In Israel, hundreds of peers are employed in various roles and settings across the MH system. However, peer inte…
Improving mental health and well-being of hospital staff
Health workers experience high levels of occupational stress. There is a lack of knowledge about moderators and active ingredients of interventions aiming to reduce occupational stress in health workers. This paper presents results of the mixed-methods process evaluation of the SEEGEN (“SEElische GEsundheit am Arbeitsplatz KrankeNhaus) randomised controlled trial. Employees of three hospitals in Germany were recruited for this trial between 10/20…
Experiences of service users receiving peer support in mental health services
Although peer support is increasingly used in mental health services worldwide, service users’ experiences have been studied mostly in high-income countries. The current study examined service users’ experiences of peer support in the UPSIDES Trial, delivered across diverse cultural and resource contexts, including high, middle and low-income countries. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 33 service users across six study sites (German…
Mental health (6 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Mental Health and Patient Involvement (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works) · Applied Psychology (2 works) · Digital Mental Health Interventions (2 works)