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It is delivered by trained lay counselors making it accessible through trusted community spaces. From the outset, adolescents\/young people in Ghana and Zimbabwe helped shape the Y-MIND intervention \u2013 identifying what matters to them, ensuring the language felt real, and making activities practical and relevant to their daily lives. Adolescents\/young people who participated in the early stages of Y-MIND have voiced their strong support for bringing this program to others like them. Together, we now plan to expand Y-MIND to four countries across West (Ghana, Burkina Faso), East (Kenya), and Southern Africa (Zimbabwe), in both English- and French-speaking communities. Through the INDEPTH Network \u2013 comprising health research centres that operate Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems across Africa, Asia and Oceania, we will partner with schools, communities, and adolescents\/young people to test real-world delivery models, assess costs and resources, and co-design a sustainable scale-up plan rooted in equity and youth leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Collaborators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ: Dr. <strong>Benedict Weobong<\/strong>; Dr. <strong>Kerry Scott<\/strong> is assistant professor of implementation science and will provide this leadership.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Ghana: Dr. <strong>Dzifa Atta<\/strong> is a senior lecturer and clinical psychologist at University of Ghana; Dr. <strong>Kenneth Adde<\/strong> is an early-career researcher at University of Ghana. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana Dr. <strong>Raymond Aborigo<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BasicNeeds Ghana Dr. <strong>Peter Badimak Yaro<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>INDEPTH Network Prof. <strong>Philip Adongo<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kings College London: Prof. <strong>Melanie Abas<\/strong>; Prof. <strong>Barbara Barrett<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CREATES Kenya: Prof. <strong>Bernhards Ogutu<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IRSS\/CRUN Burkina Faso: Dr. <strong>Innocent Valea<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Zimbabwe: Prof. <strong>Dixon Chibanda<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depression and anxiety often begin during the teenage years, especially around age 15. 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