Department news | January 31, 2022
In response to the COVID pandemic, the Behavioral Health Institute’s Training, Workforce and Policy Innovation Center (BHI-TWP) was asked to provide technical assistance to support community-based and publicly funded behavioral health providers across the State of Washington as they quickly pivoted to providing behavioral health services over telehealth.
Department news | January 31, 2022
The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) co-directed by Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH, and Christina Clayton, LICSW, CDP, is in its 4th year developing and disseminating Evidence-Based Practices for Psychosis (Area of Focus).
The UW Daily | November 30, 2021
A team led by Anna Ratzliff, MD, PhD, is developing a training program designed to offer talk therapy certification to undergraduates that would address this issue. Upon completion of training, students could begin practicing as a “behavioral health support specialist” under supervision.
Department news | October 29, 2021
Started in 2015, the Psychiatry Visiting Scholars Program is designed to give fourth-year medical students from historically underrepresented backgrounds an opportunity to experience the exceptional education in psychiatry offered by the University of Washington and to consider training in our department.
The Seattle Times | November 4, 2021
The University of Washington is seeking to offer a bachelor’s-level program that can train students in evidence-based talk therapy. The initiative is being funded by the Ballmer Group and led by Anna Ratzliff, MD, PhD.
UW Medicine newsroom | October 15, 2021
Mental health in our region took a huge step forward with the groundbreaking of a new building at UW Medical Center–Northwest to care for patients and train the next generation of behavioral health providers. “In two short years, we will open a state-of-the-art training facility to heal visible and invisible injuries,” said Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA. The story was covered in The Seattle Times, KOMO Radio, KING 5 and FOX 13.
Department news | September 30, 2021
With philanthropic support, the AIMS Center and the University of Washington have partnered with the Lummi Tribal Health Center (LTHC) to develop an integrated care rotation for senior psychiatry residents that focuses on delivering care via telepsychiatry to a rural, Coast Salish indigenous population in northwestern Washington state.
Department news | September 30, 2021
The Behavioral Health Workforce Expansion and Lifelong Learning (BWELL) program will develop new training opportunities that complement our existing programs for medical students, psychology and psychiatry residents.
The Seattle Times | May 20, 2021
The Ballmer Group’s $38 million commitment to address the state’s shortage of mental-health professionals is extraordinary in both size and strategy, including $3 million to fund a new undergraduate Behavioral Health Support Specialist program developed by the UW Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
Department news | May 27, 2021
The Psychiatry Residency Program is excited to launch a new Population Mental Health Rotation next year thanks to a generous donation from The Quell Foundation.
