The symposium will explore the current state of mental health in the Cayman Islands and provide recommendations on future improvements under the theme ‘Addressing Our Past, Supporting Our Future. The Alex Panton Foundation collaborated with the National Drug Council for their 2018 survey ‘Cayman Islands Student Drug Use’ (CISDU). The results from the survey, which also focuses on youth mental health issues, will be revealed in the opening key note presentation and will form discussion points on a series of topics surrounding risk factors of mental health throughout the symposium.