Resident well-being is essential for optimal resident learning, competent and compassionate clinical care, and the smooth functioning of the residency program. Our Residency Wellness Program is a vital component to our psychiatry training program that promotes a sense of collegiality and enhances our residents’ emotional health. Supported by philanthropy, our Residency Wellness Program allows us to offer:

• wellness retreats
• wellness didactics
• resident bonding within and between classes
• opportunities for reflection
• resident-driven wellness programming
• welcome events for PGY-1s

Please consider donating to the Psychiatry Resident Education and Training Fund!

Our biggest strength is our people, and this year we hope to recruit for the following positions:

• Cognitive aging (K Warner Schaie Endowed Chair in Adult Cognitive Development)
• Translational addiction research (Nicole K. Engle Endowed Professorship for Addiction Medicine)
• Chief of Psychiatry at Harborview Medical Center and Seattle Children’s Hospital
• Division Directors for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine
• Psychiatrists and Psychologists for various clinical programs including a Director of Psychotherapy to direct suicide prevention efforts using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and other psychotherapies

New space and facilities allow us to bring in excellent people and programs. We are pursuing:

• Space for innovation and training as part of the new UW Medicine Behavioral Health Institute at Harborview Medical Center
• State-of-the-art space for teaching, research and clinical care at the new Center for Behavioral Health and Learning, including space for an Emergency Psychiatry Assessment, Treatment and Healing (EmPATH) Unit
• Adult Voluntary Psychiatric Unit at UWMC-Northwest, including space for caring for new moms needing psychiatric care
• Intensive Outpatient Psychiatry (IOP) remodel at UWMC-Northwest
• UWMC-Roosevelt Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic to accommodate clinical growth and clinical trials
• Partnerships to provide transitional clinical support for patients who are discharged from one of our inpatient psychiatric facilities to a supported housing program
• Affordable housing for our residents and fellows to help us recruit the best and brightest future mental health professionals to Washington

We continue to invest in novel ways to treat mental health and substance use. We are exploring:

• Perinatal Psychiatry Program
• Geriatric Psychiatry Program
• Family and Caregiver Training and Support (FACTS) program that will teach families and caregivers how to become effective members of their loved one’s care team by offering training, skills building and other support
• Artificial intelligence (AI) in mental health
• Inpatient hospitalization discharge, transitional care support and community reintegration programs
• Partial Hospital Program (PHP)
• Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) for adults and older adults
• Addiction and substance use disorders (research, education, policy and clinical care)
• Novel Therapeutics in Addiction Psychiatry  and using psychedelic compounds combined with psychotherapies for treating addictions including alcohol, opioid and tobacco use disorders
• Brain stimulation (ECT, TMS) treatment and research to advance care in treatment-resistant depression and other serious brain health problems
• Investments in a crisis care program that would provide walk-in access, timely interventions, peer bridgers and transition support and serve as a valuable alternative to traditional emergency rooms

New facilities and programs present new opportunities to develop our workforce. We hope to build:

• A Psychiatry Resident Wellness Program to support the next generation of mental health professionals
• A Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Program to train psychiatrists and psychologists for service with justice-involved patients with mental illness
• A robust Clinician Scientist Training Program that identifies, engages and supports students, trainees and early career faculty who are interested in research
• Scholars Program in Behavioral Health to support trainees and early career professionals who have an interest in mental health policy.