Agarwal, Anish K. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-0196
Southwick, Lauren
Gonzales, Rachel
Bellini, Lisa
Asch, David A.
Mitra, Nandita
Yang, Lin
Kishton, Rachel
Beck, Sarah
Balachandran, Mohan
Wolk, Courtney Benjamin
Merchant, Raina M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Mental Health (1R01MH127686-01)
Article History
Received: 5 October 2025
Accepted: 6 April 2026
First Online: 17 April 2026
Declarations
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: Dr. Merchant is the PI of NIH NHLBI R01HL1-141844, NIH/DHHS R01 MH127686, and NIH K24 HL157621. Dr. Asch, MD, MBA, is a partner and part-owner of VAL Health and serves on the scientific advisory board of Thrive Global. Dr. Wolk received an administrative stipend from the University of Pennsylvania to support their effort in overseeing the Coping First Aid program, hosted on the Cobalt platform. Dr. Agarwal and Dr. Merchant had full access to all the data in the study and took responsibility for the data’s integrity and accuracy. The authors were responsible for the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and the decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, and the protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Pennsylvania (#848844). Participants provided informed consent for the parent and previously published study. 18
: NCT05028075