Initial Training for Mental Health Peer Support Workers: Systematized Review and International Delphi Consultation

Ashleigh Charles   ¹ , MSc ;   Rebecca Nixdorf   ² , MSc ;   Nashwa Ibrahim   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Lion Gai Meir   ⁴ ;   Richard S Mpango   ^{5, 6, 7} , PhD ;   Fileuka Ngakongwa   ^{8, 9} , MD ;   Hannah Nudds   ¹ , BSc ;   Soumitra Pathare   ¹⁰ , MD ;   Grace Ryan   ¹¹ , MSc ;   Julie Repper   ¹² , PhD ;   Heather Wharrad   ¹³ , PhD ;   Philip Wolf   ¹⁴ , MSc ;   Mike Slade   ¹ , PhD ;   Candelaria Mahlke   ² , PhD

¹ School of Health Sciences, Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

² Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

³ Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Masoura, Egypt

⁴ Department of Social Work, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel

⁵ Butabika National Referral Hospital, Butabika, Uganda

⁶ School of Health Sciences, Soroti University, Soroti, Uganda

⁷ MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda

⁸ Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

⁹ Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

¹⁰ Centre for Mental Health Law and Policy, Indian Law Society, Pune, India

¹¹ Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

¹² ImROC, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Nottingham, United Kingdom

¹³ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

¹⁴ Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University II, Ulm, Germany