Mental Health in a Global Pandemic: Lessons Learned from Psychological Science

The many impacts the pandemic has had on children, adolescents, and adults, including those diagnosed with a mental illness before the pandemic started, have highlighted the value of the science of mental health and its application. In this webinar recording, you’ll hear from four expert psychological scientists who will report primary data and review the emerging literature on COVID-19 and its effects on mental health and illness. This event, which occurred live on December 9, 2021, was part of the APS Global Collaboration on COVID-19. Participants: 0:00 Welcome from APS (Andy DeSoto) 1:41 Introductory comments (Allison Harvey) 3:42 Mental Health and Clinical Psychological Science in the Time of COVID-19 (June Gruber) 15:39 Racial Differences in the Psychosocial Response in Veterans with Psychosis or Recent Homelessness (Derek M. Novacek) 31:59 Age and Gender Differences in Anxiety, Depression and Loneliness (Christopher Beam) 43:33 Couples’ Distress and Substance Use During Lockdown (Sherry Stewart) 56:06 Concluding comments (Allison Harvey)