Paraprofessionals

Review finds the strongest evidence for non-specialist depression interventions for adolescents in low- and middle-income countries

About 1 in 7 adolescents ages 10 to 19 around the world has a mental disorder, and anxiety and depression make up about 40% of these disorders.

Therapeutic Mentoring: A Scalable Solution to the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Editor's note, we are reprinting this to mark the new State Certified…

The Gap Between What Colleges Offer and What Students Actually Need: Insights from AACRAO 2026

The Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring at UMass Boston was proud…

The Promise and Perils of Using Peers and Other Paraprofessionals as Mental Health Service Professionals

By Alexandra Werntz, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist and…

Psychologists call for a paradigm shift in mental health: Implications for mentoring programs

In a recent article in American Psychologist, Dodge et al. (2024)…

Mentors can be just as effective as professionals: Here’s how

By Jean Rhodes Decades of research…

A conversation (and important announcement) about mentoring and mental health

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by Jean Rhodes A growing number of youth who are referred…

Can mentors guide digital mental health intervention users?: Systematic review has answers

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Reference: Leung, C., Pei, J., Hudec, K., Shams, F., Munthali,…

Integrating digital interventions with clinical practice in youth mental health services

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Cross, S. P., Nicholas, J., Bell, I. H., Mangelsdorf, S.,…