The COVID-19 pandemic, like other traumatic events, can have a substantial impact on the mental health of populations. This mental health response is shaped both by the disease itself and by its economic and social consequences. It can shape mental health for months and years to come, long after the pandemic has passed. This seminar will discuss the state-of-the-science about mental health after large scale events and potential approaches to mitigate adverse mental health consequences.

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Agenda

4 p.m. – 4:05 p.m.

OPENING REMARKS

Sandro Galea (@sandrogalea), Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

4:05 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

FRAMING THE ISSUE

Karestan Koenen (@KarestanKoenen), Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

4:15 p.m. – 4:25 p.m.

DATA AND WHAT WE KNOW

Sarah Lowe (@YaleMed), Assistant Professor of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine

4:25 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.

INTERVENTIONS AND APPROACHES TO MITIGATE CONSEQUENCES

Patricia Watson (@GeiselMed), Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, and Senior Educational Specialist, National Center for PTSD

4:35 p.m. – 5 p.m.

MODERATED DISCUSSION AND Q&A

Moderator: Sandro Galea (@sandrogalea), Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University School of Public Health