Mental Health Aspects of the COVID-19 PandemicGreetings everyone. We talked previously about plans to have a 2021 APPA meeting focused on mood disorders. As you all well know, a lot has happened since March! As a result, we have decided to shift the focus of the meeting to mental health aspects of COVID-19. We will maintain some elements of what was envisioned earlier, in particular with a focus on stress, including its biology and its relation to the development of depression. We will add sessions on stress in relation to anxiety disorders, and also substance use disorders. The new meeting will begin with a review of what is known about the mental health aspects of disasters and pandemics. It will then move to a focus on what is unique in the mental health components of the COVID-19 pandemic, including, for example, the biology of brain effects, the mental health of survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome, and the effects of social isolation on domestic violence and PTSD. Another area we will highlight is the impact of the pandemic on the mental health of vulnerable and marginalized communities. This meeting will be a chance to assess what we know about the psychological response to disasters and crisis, to see what we have learned in a year about mental health in the current pandemic, and to exchange ideas about the work and research that need to be done next. James “Jimmy” Potash, MD, MPH, APPA President
ProgramClick here to view the online schedule including speakers and abstracts.Wednesday, March 3, 202112:00-5:00 Pre-Conference Training Workshop (for details, click here) Thursday, March 4, 20219:00-12:00 Session 1: Disaster Mental Health 9:00 – 9:10 Welcoming Remarks James Potash, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins 9:10 – 9:40 Disaster Mental Health: A Brief Overview and Review Carol North, MD, UTSW 9:40 – 10:10 Psychological First Aid in the Covid Context George Everly, PhD, Johns Hopkins 10:10 – 10:25 Discussion 10:25 – 10:40 Break 10:40 – 11:10 Preventing Post-Disaster Psychopathology Craig Katz, MD, Mt. Sinai 11:10 – 11:40 Long-Term Mental Health Outcomes of Disasters Evelyn Bromet, MD, Stony Brook 11:40 – 12:00 Discussion 12:00 – 12:15 3 oral poster presentations 12:00 – 12:05 TBD 12:05 – 12:10 TBD 12:10 – 12:15 TBD 12:15 – 1:30 Lunch break 1:30 – 5:00 Session 2: COVID and Mental Health 1:30 – 1:40 Chair/Discussant Sandro Galea, PhD, Boston U Pub Health 1:40 – 2:10 COVID and Psychopathology Gabriel de Erausquin, MD, PhD, UT SA 2:10 – 2:30 Hamilton Award: The Distressed and the Depressed in the Pandemic James Potash, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins 2:30 – 3:00 Ethnic Variation in COVID Mental Health Outcomes Joshua Breslau, PhD, Rand 3:00 – 3:15 Discussion 3:15 – 3:30 Break 3:30 – 4:00 The Impact of COVID-19 on Perinatal Outcomes Cynthia Rogers, MD, Washington University School of Medicine 4:00 – 4:30 COVID and the Virtualization of Psychiatric Care Jay Shore, MD, MPH, University of Colorado 4:30 – 5:00 Session Discussion 5:00 – 6:30 Poster Session 1
Friday, March 5, 20218:00 – 9:30 Poster Session 2 9:30 – 12:30 Session 3: Stress 9:30 – 9:40 Chair/Discussant Huda Akil, PhD, Michigan 9:40 – 9:45 Zubin Award 9:45 – 10:15 Sensitive Period Effects of Early Life Stress on DNA Methylation and Risk for Depression Erin Dunn, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital 10:15 – 10:45 Stress, the Brain, and COVID-19 Josh Gordon, MD, PhD, NIMH 10:45 – 11:00 Discussion 11:00 – 11:15 Break 11:15 – 11:45 Stress and Suicidal Behavior Barbara Stanley, PhD, Columbia 11:45 – 12:15 Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Dennis Charney, MD, Mt. Sinai 12:15 – 12:30 Discussion 12:30 – 1:15 Lunch break 1:15 – 2:00 Annual Business Meeting 2:00 – 5:00 Session 4: Anxiety 2:00 – 2:10 Chair/Discussant Naomi Simon, MD, NYU 2:10 – 2:40 The Mental Health Impact of COVID-Related Deaths Naomi Simon, MD, NYU 2:40 – 3:10 Who Gets PTSD? Gene-Environmental Interplay in Response to Traumatic Stress Karestan Koenen, PhD, Harvard 3:10 – 3:30 Discussion 3:30 – 3:45 Break 3:45 – 4:15 Exposure and Response Prevention Treatment During COVID-19 Eric Storch, PhD, USF 4:15 – 4:45 Hoch Award: PTSD in Post-ICU Patients Joe Bienvenu, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins 4:45 – 5:05 General Discussion
Saturday, March 6, 20218:00 – 9:00 Early Career Roundtable (click here to read more) 9:00 – 9:15 Robins-Guze Award 9:15 – 12:00 Session 5: Substance Abuse 9:15 – 9:20 Chair/Discussant James Potash, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins 9:20 – 9:50 Collision of the COVID-19 and Addiction Epidemics Nora Volkow, MD, NIDA 9:50 – 10:20 Impact of Substance Use Disorders on Risk for COVID and Poor Prognosis in Veterans Administration Patients Deborah Hasin, PhD, Columbia 10:20 – 10:35 Session Discussion 10:35 – 10:45 Break 10:45 – 11:15 Impact of COVID on Opioid Crisis Jeanmarie Perrone, MD, Penn 11:15 – 11:45 Alcohol and Cannabis Use Among Black Americans During the COVID-19 Pandemic Rene Johnson, PhD, Johns Hopkins 11:45 – 12:00 Session Discussion and Conference Wrap-up James Potash, MD, MPH, Johns Hopkins
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