Posted
October 22, 2025
A University of Minnesota researcher is working to implement family-based interventions to prevent teen suicide in Uganda.
Dr. Ronald Asiimwe, an assistant professor in the family social science department at UMN’s College of Education and Human Development, in partnership with his Ugandan collaborators from Makerere University and Kabale University, recently hosted a two-day workshop in Mbarara, Uganda, focused on Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT), an empirically supported family intervention designed to reduce depression and suicide risk among adolescents by strengthening their relationships with caregivers.
The work was funded by a Global Engagement Grant from the Center for Global Health and Social Responsibility.
