Breaking Cycles: Intergenerational and Community Approaches to Youth Mental Health
Written By: Colleen Mader, MsGH Candidate '27This past October, the Duke Center for Global Mental Health (CGMH) and Duke Global Health Institute held a Think Global event focused on community and family-based mental health interventions, with a particular emphasis on three projects addressing the mental health of adolescents and families in Kenya. Dr. Eve Puffer, Director of the CGMH and Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience moderated the discussion.Dr. Ali Giusto, psychologist and Assistant Professor at Florida International University, opened the event by highlighting the often-overlooked role of fathers’ mental health in family well-being. She shared findings from LEAD (LEarn, Engage, Act, Dedicate), an intervention in Eldoret, Kenya designed to reduce depression and alcohol use among fathers while strengthening positive family engagement.Dr. Florence Jaguga, psychiatrist and Director of Mental Health…
