UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
News
A trailblazer in sub-dissociative ketamine for depression and opioid use: Dr. Lucinda Grande
The Daily | July 1, 2025
Grande and Nathan Sackett, MD's trial of a ketamine-assisted buprenorphine initiation is a first step toward FDA approval in hopes of easing patients off fentanyl more comfortably.
Feature
Recruiting two endowed positions and three early career faculty
Department News | June 23, 2025
We are now happy to begin recruiting for two new endowed positions supported by generous philanthropic support, one with a focus on addiction psychiatry and another with a focus on adult cognitive aging. We are also searching for three new acting assistant professors, psychiatrists and/or psychologists with interest in neuromodulation, mental health and the law, or digital innovation and artificial intelligence (AI).
Events
UW Traumatic Brain Injury - Behavioral Health ECHO
July 18, 12:00 - 1:30 PM
Successful TBI recovery can depend in large part on access and adherence to behavioral health treatment. Early identification and intervention improve outcomes, but community resources are scarce and fragmented. This program offers community providers who care for patients who have had a TBI-focused didactics and patient case consultations throughout Washington State.
