King County Sexual Assault Resource Center | June 20, 2024
In this blog, Michele Bedard-Gilligan, PhD, and colleagues write about ways people evolve after a traumatic experience.
Clinical Care & Consultation
ADHD patients could face disrupted access to meds following fraud case
Health Day | June 14, 2024
Margaret Sibley, PhD, comments on news that a health care fraud case will likely worsen ongoing shortages of Adderall and other ADHD medication.
Five important reminders for people who are grieving
Right as Rain | June 5, 2024
Julia Brechbiel, PhD, talks about how the traditional five stages of grief are great if they resonate with an individual, but grief doesn’t always have a linear or finite trajectory.
Collaborative care model reduces TBI pain, study shows
UW Medicine newsroom | June 7, 2024
Researchers, including Jesse Fann, MD, MPH have found that a collaborative care approach to pain treatment can significantly reduce chronic symptoms in patients with TBI.
Helping emergency clinicians treat opioid-use disorder
UW Medicine newsroom | June 10, 2024
New website, along with 24/7 service from the UW Psychiatry Consultation Line, will help emergency department clinicians reduce overdose deaths and address drug addiction.
Could WA’s health ‘hub’ model treating opioid addiction go nationwide?
Washington State Standard | June 6, 2024
A model credited to Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW, and others provides a walk-in, “one-stop shop” for substance-use disorder patients. US Sen. Maria Cantwell is championing it in Congress.
WA Health Authority launches addiction program
Columbia Basin Herald | June 7, 2024
Among other things, the new ScalaNW program provides 24/7 clinical consultations through the expanded UW Psychiatry Consultation Line to ensure caregivers have everything they need to prescribe medication for opioid use disorder.
Paul Borghesani selected Acting Chief of Psychiatry at Harborview
Department news | April 30, 2024
We are pleased to announce that the Harborview Medical Executive Board approved the appointment of Paul Borghesani, MD, PhD, to serve as Acting Chief of Psychiatry at Harborview Medical Center effective July 1, 2024. Mark Snowden, MD, MPH, current Chief of Psychiatry, will work closely with Dr. Borghesani to pass on his decades of wisdom […]
Why we should really be talking about postpartum OCD
Right as Rain | May 6, 2024
Fellow Juan Aparicio, MD, talks about why people get postpartum OCD, what kinds of treatments are available and how to get help, including reaching out to the PERC Center.
Concert Health, AIMS Center team up on Collaborative Care agreement for SMI populations
Behavioral Health Business | May 10, 2024
Concert Health has teamed up with the AIMS Center on a new collaborative care program that will scale-up the evidenced-based model. John Fortney, PhD, is quoted.
