Strengthening social networks is an important goal in mental health treatment. This study
aimed to determine the effectiveness of social network interventions for psychiatric patients …

Youth mentoring is a potentially powerful tool for prevention and intervention, but it has
garnered little attention from clinical child and adolescent psychologists. For decades, the …

Youth initiated mentoring is a hybrid approach that empowers youth to identify and recruit
natural mentors, potentially combining the strengths of informal mentoring relationships with …

Background Children from multi-problem families have an increased risk for experiencing
mental health problems. These families face problems in several domains that are often …

Background Multi-problem families face problems in several domains that are often found to
be chronic and intergenerational. Effective mental health care for youth from these families is …

Natural mentoring is a type of youth-adult relationship distinguished with the supportive and
caring qualities. The complex conceptual definition as well as the youth-centred knowledge …

Background The societal costs associated with juvenile delinquency and reoffending are
high, emphasising the need for effective prevention strategies. A promising approach is …

Abstract Youth Initiated Mentoring (YIM) is a new approach in child and family services, in
which collaboration with natural mentors from within the social network of the young person …

Youth-initiated mentoring is an innovative youth care approach in which youth recruit
supportive adults from their social networks as a mentor for youth and a partner for parents …

Mentors' initial perceptions of the mentoring role in formal youth mentoring bonds; and the
subsequent characteristics of autonomy support or autonomy control in mentoring …