Department News | March 15, 2025
King County has procured a 1.6 acre site adjacent to the Harborview Medical Center campus to support the growth, consolidation, and colocation of Harborview's behavioral health services, which are a critical source of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services in Washington State.
Seattle Times | March 10, 2025
If a person is struggling with mental health or substance use disorder it can be challenging to get timely care, and that's when things go sideways, says Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPA, MA. We could prevent that with better access to mental health care.
UW Magazine | September 17, 2024
After years of advocating, planning and building, and a $244 million investment from the state, UW Medicine has opened the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning, an expansion of existing services on UW Medical Center’s Northwest campus.
Department News | January 30, 2025
Written Exposure Therapy (WET) is a new, brief trauma-focused therapy where patients write about their traumatic experience following scripted instruction from a therapist.
Department News | January 30, 2025
In an effort to reduce the impact of requests for adult ADHD evaluations at OPC, we are exploring a new model of care where all patients referred for ADHD evaluations start with one or more group visits focused on psychoeducation, a type of therapy that combines cognitive-behavior therapy, group therapy and education.
Department News | January 30, 2025
With the help of a small group of families who have navigated the challenge of finding therapeutic living options, we are exploring the feasibility of establishing a residential therapeutic community in Washington.
Department News | January 30, 2025
The Suicide Care Research Center (SCRC) is an NIMH-funded interdisciplinary center working to improve the design and delivery of suicide care for adolescents and young adults ages 13-30 in outpatient medical settings.
Department News | January 30, 2025
There is a tremendous need in our state for research that is focused on mental health and the law and to provide guidance to policy makers on best practices to improve health and justice outcomes. With this backdrop in mind, we are exploring an exciting partnership with the UW School of Law to navigate the complex intersection of mental health and the law.
Seattle Times | February 26, 2025
A short-term solution will get involuntarily committed patients the legal representation they’re entitled to, while a longer-term fix is making its way through the state Senate.
Seattle Times | February 19, 2025
Experts are well versed in the academic literature and create guidelines for dosing and when prescribers should consider certain medications, says Larry Wissow, MD, MPH.
