Funded by Wellcome, PROMISE works with people with psychosis, their carers and the local community to develop psychosis detection & management systems and determine impact. Image Summary (Research in a nutshell) Most people with mental health problems in Malawi tend to consult traditional or religious healers. Knowledge and understanding of psychosis is limited, and services have limited capacity. PROMISE is a longitudinal study that aims to build on existing services to develop sustainable psychosis detection systems and management pathways to promote recovery. PROMISE seeks to understand perspectives of ‘psychosis’ among People With Lived Experience (PWLE), caregivers and health-worker ‘stakeholders’ in Malawi and how these influence help-seeking. Image PROMISE Team Photo 2023 Team members MALAWI Social Science Lucinda Manda-Taylor www.kuhes.ac.mw/global-and-public-health/ Anthony Sefasi www.researchgate.net/profile/Anthony-Sefasi Eric Umar www.researchgate.net/profile/Eric-Umar Psychiatry Saulos Gondwe www.researchgate.net/profile/Saulos-Gondwe Kazione Kulisewa www.researchgate.net/profile/Kazione-Kulisewa Olive Liwimbi www.semanticscholar.org/author/Olive-Liwimbi/12589579 Ministry of Health Michael Udedi www.health.gov.mw Research Assistants Action Amos www.ethical-global-research.ed.ac.uk/index.php/about-project/team-profiles/action-amos Kate Chidzalo www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Kate-Chidzalo Dennis Chasweka www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Dennis-Chasweka Demoubly Kokota www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/demoubly-kokota Wakumanya Sibande www.researchgate.net/profile/Wakumanya-Sibande EDINBURGH Social science Sumeet Jain www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/sumeet-jain Angus MacBeth www.ed.ac.uk/profile/angus-macbeth Martyn Pickersgill www.ed.ac.uk/usher/biomedicine-self-society/our-people/martyn-pickersgill Psychiatry Judith Allardyce www.ed.ac.uk/clinical-brain-sciences/people/ccbs-principal-investigators Stephen Lawrie www.ed.ac.uk/profile/professor-stephen-lawrie Robert Stewart www.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-robert-c-stewart London Psychiatry Charlotte Hanlon www.kcl.ac.uk/people/charlotte-hanlon Health economics Annette Bauer www.lse.ac.uk/cpec/people/annette-bauer Martin Knapp www.lse.ac.uk/health-policy/people/professor-martin-knapp Newcastle, Australia Theory of Change & Implementation science Erica Breuer www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/erica-breuer The PROMISE team would like to acknowledge the vital contribution of Prof Kirsty Forsyth in helping to secure Wellcome funding and setting us out on the right track Contact Claire Parker, PROMISE Administrator claire.parker@ed.ac.uk Image Funder Funded by Wellcome Timeline April 2022 – June 2027 Image PROMISE Group members at 2023 Launch meeting, Edinburgh Image PROMISE Group members at April 2022 Launch meeting, Malawi This article was published on 2024-06-04