Entries by Emily.Buss001@umb.edu

New Article Reflects on a Decade of Youth Mental Health Advocacy

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Primm, A. (2025, December 16). 10 years of building a community of action for youth mental health. LearningWell Magazine. https://learningwellmag.org/article/10-years-of-building-a-community-of-action-for-youth-mental-health In a recent LearningWell article, Annelle Primm (2025) chronicles ten years of The Steve Fund, a nonprofit that has shaped youth mental health discourse and practice in higher education. Youth mental health faced limited visibility […]

The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: What Adolescents are Really Saying About Social Media & Mental Health

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O’Reilly, M. (2020). Social media and adolescent mental health: The good, the bad and the ugly. Journal of Mental Health, 29(2), 200–206. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2020.1714007 Introduction O’Reilly (2020) addresses a central tension in youth mental health practice: social media is nearly universal among adolescents, yet its mental health impact remains debated. While research often emphasizes harms (e.g., […]

Digital Storytelling as a Path to Student Belonging and Growth

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Bernier, N. (2025, December 16). The stories they tell themselves: A digital storytelling pilot becomes a blueprint for student flourishing. LearningWell Magazine. https://learningwellmag.org/article/the-stories-they-tell-themselves A recent article by Nichole Bernier (2025) describes a pilot digital storytelling project at the Renée Crown Wellness Institute at the University of Colorado Boulder that invited undergraduates to create multimedia narratives […]

Equity Gaps in Youth Conferences: Implications for Mentoring

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F Aslam, G Antony, A Arora, S Jindal, E Vargas, and A Firzana (2026). Beyond the Air Ticket: What Young People Actually Gain from Global Conferences. Social Science Reports. Introduction Global youth conferences are often promoted as equitable platforms for leadership, skill development, and intercultural exchange. Aslam and colleagues (2026) challenge that assumption, arguing that […]

Mentoring for Social Responsibility in Higher Ed: New Review of Practices and Impacts

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Ocupa-Cabrera, H. G., Meneses-La-Riva, M. E., Fernández-Bedoya, V. H., & Suyo-Vega, J. A. (2025). Mentoring and university social responsibility: A systematic review of strategies and impacts in higher education. Frontiers in Education, 10, 1625433. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1625433 Introduction University Social Responsibility (USR) has gained momentum as higher education institutions confront inequities, sustainability challenges, and demands for civic […]

Mentoring for Racial Justice: A New Blueprint for Positive Youth Development

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Hurd, N. M. (2024). Promoting positive development among racially and ethnically marginalized youth: Advancing a novel model of natural mentoring. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 20, 259–284. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-080822-045011 Introduction Hurd (2024) argues that racism and intersecting oppressions systematically constrain developmental opportunities for racially and ethnically marginalized youth, making “thriving” inseparable from structural change. Building on […]

Profiles in Mentoring: Eric Bruns and Erin Wick on School-Based Paraprofessionals

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Eric J. Bruns, PhD., is a clinical psychologist and mental health services researcher whose work focuses on strengthening real-world implementation of effective behavioral health care in schools, public mental health systems, and family- and youth-run organizations. His research centers on care coordination for youth with complex needs, school mental health, and public-sector implementation of evidence-based […]

Mentoring as a Pathway to Employment for Youth Leaving Out-of-Home Care

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Lohmeyer, B. A., McGregor, J. R., & Mills, X. (2025). Mentoring interventions for young people ageing out of out-of-home care as a mechanism for the relational redistribution of capital. Child & Family Social Work, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.70114 Introduction Young people aging out of out-of-home care (OoHC) face sharp, often abrupt transitions into adulthood with elevated risks […]

High-Risk Youth, High Impact: When Targeted Mentoring Works Best

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Miller-Chagnon, R. L., Krause, J. T., Moran, M. J., Haddock, S. A., Zimmerman, T. S., Zhou, H., & Weiler, L. M. (2026). Environmental and individual risk as moderators of a site-based mentoring program for adolescents exposed to adversities. Journal of Community Psychology, 54, e70075. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70075 Introduction Youth mentoring is widely used to support adolescents exposed […]

Building Stress Literacy in the Classroom: Lessons for Schools and Mentors

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Vogelaar, S., Miers, A. C., Saab, N., Dusseldorp, E., van Loon, A. W. G., Creemers, H. E., Asscher, J. J., & Westenberg, P. M. (2024). Teaching adolescents about stress using a universal school-based psychoeducation program: A cluster randomised controlled trial. School Mental Health, 16, 467–482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-024-09651-z Introduction Adolescent stress is common and often school-driven, with […]