title: [Peer Support for Individuals with Mental Health Problems and their Relatives - Background, Concept and Baseline Data].
abstract: Severe mental illness comes along with cyclic hospital re-admission, heavy losses in quality of life and stigmatization. Therefore a refinement of intervention is still required, for patients themselves and their relatives. In mental health services there is an international trend toward recovery-orientated interventions, like peer support. In Germany this is the first trial to implement peer-support area-wide in a metropolis. This article describes the implementation of the network, the methodology of the research setting and the baseline data of the randomized controlled trial.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf.
authors.forename: Candelaria
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mahlke
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf.
authors.forename: Kolja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heumann
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf.
authors.forename: Friederike
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ruppelt
authors.affiliation: Landesverband Angehöriger Psychisch Kranker Hamburg e. V.
authors.forename: Hans-Jochim
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.affiliation: Landesverband Psychiatrie Erfahrener Hamburg e. V.
authors.forename: Tuula
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rouhiainen
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf.
authors.forename: Gyöngyver
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sielaff
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bock
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010379:Peer Group; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology; D057545:Social Stigma; D012944:Social Support; D055815:Young Adult