# Mental and Behavioral Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic

> **NIH NIH R13** · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $30,000

## Abstract

This application requests R13 funds for the 2021 conference of the American Psychopathological
Association (APPA) on the topic “Mental and Behavioral Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” This topic is
timely due to the current crisis that has gripped our nation since March, appears likely to persist at least
through the end of 2020 and beyond, and has led to enormous stress, and is liable to trigger and
exacerbate mental illness and substance use disorders. The APPA, in existence since 1910, has as its
mission to support the investigation of disorders of mind and behavior, and their biological underpinnings
and psychosocial substrates, and to promote the development of junior scientists. The APPA holds a
yearly scientific conference whose topic differs each year. Presenters and attendees are widely
diverse in terms of disciplines and areas of expertise. The unique all-plenary format for APPA conference
presentations stimulates an exchange of information, concepts, methods, new findings, current
controversies, and pressing gaps in knowledge that arises due to the diversity of the presenters and the
audience. The aim of the 2021 conference is to advance the field of disaster mental health in general and
COVID-related areas in particular by providing an exciting scientific meeting in this unique format, with
the goal of impacting the field by stimulating new research directions, collaborations, and, for junior
scientists and those from under-represented minority groups, new connections and career opportunities.
For the 2021 conference, presenters are all distinguished leaders in their fields, including NIH institute
directors, university department chairs, center directors and others whose fields include psychiatry,
psychology, epidemiology, genetics, and neuroscience. Presentation topics include: Disaster mental health
and psychological first aid, Preventing post-disaster psychopathology, Ethnic variation in COVID mental
health outcomes, Stress and suicide, Resilience, Exposure and response prevention treatment during
COVID-19, The collision of the COVID-19 and addiction epidemics, and The Impact of the pandemic and
Black Lives Matter on minority substance users. Many activities are designed specifically for junior
scientists (students, fellows, early- career investigators), e.g., a workshop, breakfast round-table with
senior scientists, oral poster presentations to the entire APPA audience, and meeting mentorship. Funds
are requested primarily for awards that will provide the benefits of 2021 APPA attendance to junior
scientists and to investigators from under-represented minority groups who would otherwise not be able to
participate in the 2021 APPA meeting. Such attendance is designed to attract junior scientists to become
members of the next generation of researchers, and members of under-represented groups to become
involved in research in our field. Funds are also requested to facilitate the 2021 conference by covering
some of the infrastructur...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10225831
- **Project number:** 1R13MH126441-01
- **Recipient organization:** JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** James B. Potash
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $30,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-04-16 → 2022-04-15

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10225831

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10225831, Mental and Behavioral Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic (1R13MH126441-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10225831. Licensed CC0.

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