
Amritha Bhat, MBBS, MD, MPH
Personal Statement
I am a perinatal psychiatrist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. I earned my medical degree from Bangalore Medical College, India, and completed a psychiatry residency in St. John’s Medical College, India. I completed a second residency in Psychiatry with a focus on women’s mental health and integrated care from the University of Washington, and a fellowship in Primary Care in Psychiatry. I also earned a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Washington School of Public Health. I am board certified with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.Education
Psychiatry in Primary Care, University of Washington, 2015-2017
Psychiatry, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore,India, 2002-2005
Psychiatry Internship, University of California, San Diego, 2011-2012
Psychiatry, University of Washington, 2012-2015
MD, Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, 1994-2000
MPH, Maternal and Child Health Services, University of Washington , 2015-2017
Department Affiliations
Centers/Programs
- Perinatal Mental Health & Substance Use Education, Research & Clinical Consultation (PERC) Center
- Division of Population Health
- UW Consortium for Global Mental Health
- Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions (AIMS) Center
- Integrated Care Training Program (ICTP)
- Clinician Scientist Training Program (CSTP)
Other Affiliations
Scholarly Expertise
- Collaborative care for perinatal mental health – the LAMMHA project
- Leveraging peer mentor texting to support maternal wellbeing in the perinatal period
- Mobile mental health in community-based organizations: a stepped care approach to women’s mental health
- A dyadic approach to perinatal depression treatment in primary care
- Evaluating Lifelines4Moms (ELM) Study
- Washington State COVID-19 pregnancy collaborative
- Moms’ Access Project ECHO: Perinatal Psychiatry Case Conference Series
- Developing a tailored implementation plan for Collaborative Care of perinatal depression care in Community Health Centers in Vietnam
- Perinatal PCL
- Maternal-Infant Dyad Implementation (MInD-I)