Culturally informed interventions to enhance kindness, empathy and compassion among mental health professionals: a rapid review

Up to 50% of mental health professionals experience burnout, which diminishes empathy, compassion and kindness qualities essential for therapeutic relationships, patient recovery and clinician wellbeing. While compassion-based interventions have shown potential to enhance resilience and wellbeing, few reviews address their cultural adaptation, limiting effectiveness in diverse mental health settings. Moreover, important outcomes such as kindness in action, team cohesion and cultural safety remain underexplored. This review synthesizes evidence on culturally informed interventions across the three domains of kindness, compassion and empathy, this introduces the concept of intelligent kindness action oriented care that sustains compassionate practice.