A scoping review of therapeutic mentoring for youth mental health.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Therapeutic mentoring, which leverages paraprofessional care, is a potential way to scale access to care to address the youth mental health crisis. This scoping review synthesizes the current state of research on self-designated therapeutic mentoring programs for youth mental health.

Method

A systematic search was conducted across four databases using the term "therapeutic mento*" and related keywords, taking a label-first approach to describe the available literature. Inclusion criteria were peer-reviewed articles about research on therapeutic mentoring in the US, written in English. Data were extracted on study characteristics, intervention details, mentor background, and outcomes.

Results

Eighteen empirical articles were identified, published between 2

SUBMITTER: Werntz A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11841459 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature