UW Medicine newsroom | January 13, 2023
The UW Center for Mental Health, Policy and the Law, in collaboration with the UW SPIRIT Lab is working to make cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for psychosis accessible throughout Washington state.
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Engaging rural Washington communities to connect youth to mental health care
WWAMI Wednesday | February 22, 2023
Medical student Connor Hague shares why she created a resource for mental health care for youth in a rural area. She was based in Davenport in Lincoln County, Washington.
Older people are often invisible in mental health settings. Here are some tips to get care
The Seattle Times | February 9, 2023
It’s not a normal part of aging to be sad. Whitney Carlson, MD, provides some tips that aging adults, their loved ones and health care providers can use to ensure older people get the mental health care they need.
Mental health in schools receives boost
Department news | January 31, 2023
A coalition of Washington agencies including UW Medicine has received funding from the U.S. Department of Education for a five-year initiative that will put Master of Social Work Students from diverse backgrounds in high-need school districts to serve as mental health professionals.
Patients experiencing psychosis benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy in Washington state
CMHPL | January 10, 2023
The CBT Care Pathway team led by Sarah Kopelovich, PhD, is working to make cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for psychosis accessible throughout Washington state.
ADHD in women: symptoms develop in childhood, but the signs are often missed
ABC News | December 17, 2022
A national shortage of the drug Adderall has spotlighted a spike in demand for medications that treat the disorder, especially among women. Margaret Sibley, PhD, talks addresses the worry that doctors working through telehealth companies may not have the training to identify misuse.
Caught in WA’s youth mental health ‘disaster,’ a teen with nowhere to go
The Seattle Times | December 18, 2022
Seattle Children’s Ravi Ramasamy, MD, and Lauren Huxtable discuss youth psychiatric boarding as hospitalizations have nearly doubled from 2015 to 2021 amid the youth mental health crisis across Washington state hospitals.
Ongoing rise in fentanyl deaths highlights need for treatment alternatives
KUOW | December 2, 2022
In King County's most recent annual overdose death report, fentanyl is named as the biggest driver in those deaths, which continue to spike. Kim Malcolm talked to Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, about overdose deaths and treatment advances.
Seattle Children’s Autism Center, outpatient mental health on the move
Department news | November 30, 2022
On top of providing mental health care to children and adolescents in the face of increased demands and staffing shortages, the Seattle Children’s Autism Center and outpatient Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine services are moving! On December 12, the two groups will move to a newly remodeled, combined location at 70th and Sandpoint, directly across from […]
WA health care providers are overwhelmingly satisfied with provider consultation lines
Department news | November 30, 2022
In their final report, a team of nonpartisan performance auditors commissioned by the WA State Legislature’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee (JLARC) noted that health care providers across Washington reported high satisfaction with the three state-funded psychiatry consultation lines: the Psychiatry Consultation Line (PCL) and the Perinatal Psychiatry Consultation Line (PPCL) operated by our department, and the Partnership Access Line (PAL) operated by Seattle Children’s.
