In partnership with the American Psychiatric Association, the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences developed an online training module designed to teach psychiatrists the principles behind effective integrated care and the skills necessary to provide psychiatric consultation to an integrated care team. “Applying the Integrated Care Approach” focuses on Collaborative Care, a type of integrated care that has emerged as the strongest evidence-based approach as demonstrated through numerous clinical trials. Psychiatrists learn how to adapt psychiatric skills for team-based patient assessment and treatment, incorporate Collaborative Care principles into current practice, and start a new Collaborative Care team or improve upon an existing one. CME credit is available.

The Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions (AIMS) Center offers implementation support to organizations planning and implementing patient-centered, evidence-based integrated care. The specific configuration of services is customized to meet the needs of each implementing organization or initiative and can include in-person training and/or distance learning courses in core content areas such as clinical preparedness, team communication, and brief intervention therapies proven to work in primary care. The AIMS Center trains all members of the integrated care team including care managers, primary care providers, psychiatric consultants, and leadership and administrators.

Preventing Addiction Related Suicide (PARS) is a prevention intervention provided to addiction treatment patients who are at higher risk of suicide. PARSWeb is a training for counselors to help deliver the PARS intervention to their patients/clients in group settings. ​The PARSWeb manual and training are available at little or no cost in hopes of increasing access to this life saving intervention in Washington state and across the country. Learn more about PARS

PEARLS is a national evidence-based program for late-life depression that brings high quality mental health care into community-based settings that reach vulnerable older adults. A two-day PEARLS training is designed to equip all members of a PEARLS team – including both counselors and administrators – to implement PEARLS successfully in their organization. Learn more about PEARLS

The Institute serves as a statewide resource to promote high quality mental health services for children and youth in Washington State. EBPI collaborates with the Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery, the Health Care Authority, Behavioral Health Organizations, community stakeholders and family and youth advocacy. Learn more at UW CoLab

The Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions (AIMS) Center offers implementation support to organizations planning and implementing patient-centered, evidence-based integrated care. The specific configuration of services is customized to meet the needs of each implementing organization or initiative and can include in-person training and/or distance learning courses in core content areas such as clinical preparedness, team communication, and brief intervention therapies proven to work in primary care. The AIMS Center trains all members of the integrated care team including care managers, primary care providers, psychiatric consultants, and leadership and administrators.

To enhance research capacity and methodological rigor among faculty, postdoctoral scholars, staff, and students, the UW School Mental Health Assessment, Research, and Training (SMART) Center is hosting an ongoing Research Methodology Workshop Series, SMARTstats.

Each 1.5-hour session will provide hands-on learning opportunities, foster discussion, and promote best practices in research methodology. Given the interdisciplinary nature of the SMART Center, this series aims to equip attendees with robust quantitative-focused methodological tools applicable to school mental health, injury prevention, and related fields. Example topics include: regression analyses, mutli-level modeling, longitudinal techniques, and missing data management. Sessions will be held virtually (via Zoom), and recordings will be provided along with other resources for ongoing learning. 

The goals of this series are to strengthen the SMART Center’s research infrastructure, foster collaboration across the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and empower researchers with the tools to conduct rigorous, high-impact studies. 

If you have questions about anything covered in the following workshop sessions, please reach out to Dr. Keith Hullenaar, khullen@uw.edu. 

R Software Primer 

This session provides a primer on using R Statistical Computing Software. If you do not have R/R Studio downloaded, you may do so using these installation instructions.

• Instructions: Preparing for “Introduction to R for Data Analysis”
• Recording: R Primer recording
• Data and code files: crime.rdata and SMART Stats R Code.R 

Foundations of Statistical Modeling in Applied Research 

This session introduces foundational principles of statistical modeling with an emphasis on real-world application across school mental health, injury prevention, and related fields. Designed for researchers with beginner to intermediate statistical experience, the session unpacks core concepts such as the goals of modeling (description, inference, prediction), common assumptions, and the difference between statistical and causal interpretations. Through a hands-on demonstration using R/STATA and a publicly available dataset, participants can explore how to fit and interpret a basic regression model, assess model assumptions, and think critically about what models can—and cannot—tell us. No prior experience with R/STATA is required, and all code is available through RStudio for optional exploration. 

• Recording: SMARTStats 1 Foundations of Modeling.mp4 

Foundations of Mixed Models 

In this workshop, participants will learn what a mixed model consists of, review key concepts and notations (e.g., intercepts, slopes, etc.), and have the opportunity to apply this methodology using sample sleep study data in RStudio. 

• Recording: Coming soon

SMARTstat Facilitators

Keith Hullenaar, PhD

Casey Ehde, BA

Mahima Joshi, MPH

Bethlehem Kebede, BS