Peer2Peer Mentoring: Students helping students build resilience
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Program Type
Education or Training Program
Cost
$1,001 to $2,500
Evidence Type
Empirically-Defined Evidence
SPRC Comprehensive Approach
Identify and Assist, Increase Help-Seeking, Life Skills and Resilience, Connectedness
Program or Intervention Summary
The Peer2Peer Mentoring Program addresses the increasing mental health needs of college students by fostering supportive, peer-based relationships that promote emotional well-being, resilience, and access to resources. Designed as a complement to traditional counseling services, the program connects students seeking support with trained peer mentors, many of whom are pursuing careers in helping professions.
Goals include enhancing student connectedness, promoting early intervention, and equipping both mentors and mentees with lifelong interpersonal and coping skills. The program also aims to reduce stigma around mental health and increase help-seeking behaviors.
Populations Served:
- Mentees: Students adjusting to college life, experiencing social isolation, or transitioning out of counseling services.
- Mentors: Students interested in helping professions who benefit from experiential learning and professional development.nImplementation
Activities:
- Recruitment and training of mentors in communication, boundaries, conflict resolution, and mental health awareness.
- Structured mentor-mentee matching and biweekly check-ins with program staff.
- Regular bimonthly meetings between mentors and their mentees.
- Ongoing support, supervision, and resource-sharing to ensure quality and continuity.
- Collaboration with campus services to facilitate referrals and reinforce a culture of care.
Outcomes Measured:
For Mentees:
- Increased confidence in navigating college life.n•tProgress toward personal and academic goals.
- Improved mental health and reduced feelings of isolation.n•tGreater sense of belonging and connectedness.n
For Mentors:
- Increased confidence in supporting others.n•tDevelopment of interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills.
- Personal fulfillment and professional growth.n•tAdditional support through regular staff check-ins.
Shared Outcomes:
- Formation of long-term, meaningful relationships.n•tIncreased awareness and use of mental health resources.
- Growth in help-seeking behaviors.
- Contribution to improved student retention and graduation rates.
By empowering students to support one another, the Peer2Peer Mentoring Program strengthens campus mental health infrastructure and builds a more connected, resilient student community.
| Type | Education or Training Program |
| Setting | Online, Other |
| People | Women, Men |
| Languages | English |
| Study Method | Mixed Methods Design |
| Implementer Requirement | Adults, Community Laypeople, Professional Educators, Higher Ed or Post-Secondary Programs, Other Specific Group |
| Training Requirement | Yes |
| Delivery Options | In-Person, Virtual self-paced, Hybrid |
| Risk and Protective Factors | Social isolation, Effective coping and problem-solving skills, Strong sense of cultural identity |
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Suicide Deaths by Drug Poisoning, 2023
Suicide Deaths by Means
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [online]) Available from URL: www.wisqars.cdc.gov
Injury Outcome: FatalInjury Type: All Injury
Data Years: 2023
Geography: United States
Intent: Suicide
Mechanism: All Injury
Age: All Ages
Sexes: All Sexes
Race: All Races
Ethnicity: All Ethnicities
Metro/Non-Metro Indicator: None Selected
YPLL Age: 65
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
MCD – ICD-10 Codes: T40.1 (Heroin); T40.0, T40.2, T40.3 (Opium, Methadone, Other opioids); T40.4 (Other synthetic narcotics); T40.5 (Cocaine), T42.4 (Benzodiazepines); T43.6 (Psychostimulants with abuse potential)
AND
X60-X84 (Intentional sel-harm)
Year/Month: 2023
Group By: Year
Show Totals: True
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Suicide Rates Among People of More Than One Race in the U.S. by Age, 2019-2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
Hispanic Origin: Not Hispanic or Latino
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Single Race 6; Ten-Year Age Groups
Show Totals: Disabled
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Ten-Year Age Groups
Show Totals: True
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Suicide Rates Among White People in the U.S. by Age, 2019-2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
Hispanic Origin: Not Hispanic or Latino
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Single Race 6; Ten-Year Age Groups
Show Totals: Disabled
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Ten-Year Age Groups
Show Totals: True
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Suicide Rates Among Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander People by Age, 2019-2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
Hispanic Origin: Not Hispanic or Latino
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Single Race 6; Ten-Year Age Groups
Show Totals: Disabled
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Ten-Year Age Groups
Show Totals: True
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Suicide Rates Among Hispanic or Latino People in the U.S. by Age, 2019-2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Hispanic Origin; Ten-Year Age Groups
Show Totals: Disabled
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Ten-Year Age Groups
Show Totals: True
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Suicide Rates Among Black or African American People by Age, 2019-2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
Hispanic Origin: Not Hispanic or Latino
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Single Race 6; Ten-Year Age Groups
Show Totals: Disabled
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Ten-Year Age Groups
Show Totals: True
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Suicide Rates Among Asian People in the U.S. by Age, 2019-2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
Hispanic Origin: Not Hispanic or Latino
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Single Race 6; Ten-Year Age Groups
Show Totals: Disabled
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Ten-Year Age Groups
Show Totals: True
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Suicide Rates Among American Indian and Alaska Native People by Age, 2019-2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
Hispanic Origin: Not Hispanic or Latino
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Single Race 6; Ten-Year Age Groups
Show Totals: Disabled
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Ten-Year Age Groups
Show Totals: True
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Past-Year Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among High School Youth, 2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2025). 1991-2023 High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data. Available at http://yrbs-explorer.services.cdc.gov/.
Past-Year Self-Reported Suicidal Thoughts and Suicide Attempts Among Adults, 2024
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality. (2025). National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2024 (NSDUH-2024-DS001). Retrieved from https://www.samhsa.gov/data/
Tables: 6.71B & 6.73B
Rates of Suicide by Race/Ethnicity, 2019-2023
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
Hispanic Origin: Not Hispanic or Latino
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Year; Single Race 6
Show Totals: True
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Standard Population: 2000 U.S. Std. Population
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Year; Hispanic Origin
Show Totals: True
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Standard Population: 2000 U.S. Std. Population
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)
Suicide Rates by Age, 2019-2023
Crude rate per 100,000
Source: CDC, 2024
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. National Vital Statistics System, Mortality 2018-2023 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2024. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 2018-2023, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
ICD-10 Codes: X60-X84 (Intentional self-harm)
Year/Month: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2022; 2023
Group By: Year, Ten-Year Age Groups
Show Totals: Disabled
Show Zero Values: False
Show Suppressed: False
Calculate Rates Per: 100,000
Rate Options: Default intercensal populations for years 2001-2009 (except
Infant Age Groups)