Department news | January 31, 2020
The Society for Implementation Research Collaboration recently launched a new journal titled Implementation Research and Practice (IRaP) with SAGE publications. The journal is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, online-only journal providing rapid publication of interdisciplinary research that advances the implementation in diverse contexts of effective approaches to assess, prevent, and treat mental health, substance use, or other […]
Department news | January 31, 2020
The UW School Mental Health Assessment Research and Training (SMART) Center has recently received a new R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health ($3.6M) to simultaneously (1) conduct the first school-based effectiveness trial of trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) in schools and (2) test an innovative implementation strategy to promote consistent, high-quality delivery of TF-CBT […]
Department news | December 30, 2019
The Molecular Basis of Drug Abuse Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training Program, previously housed in the Department of Pharmacology, now lives in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences under the leadership of Paul Philips, PhD. The fellowship is designed to provide training in molecular and cellular aspects of drug abuse research and has dramatically facilitated the coordination […]
Department news | December 30, 2019
Joan Russo, PhD, who has shared her statistical prowess with our department since 1980, is transitioning from professor to emeritus faculty. Her unique analytic skills have had a tremendous impact on our research efforts and have strengthened our department as a whole. For many years, Dr. Russo worked closely with Wayne Katon providing statistical and […]
Department news | November 30, 2019
Mental health problems are major impediments to educational attainment for children and adolescents worldwide. While parents hold high hopes for their children’s success in school, few parents have access to information about brain development and positive parenting skills that could help them send their children off to school each day ready to learn. When a […]
Department news | November 30, 2019
A research team led by John Fortney, PhD, has received a $6.9 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study the effectiveness of using commonly prescribed antidepressants and brief exposure-based therapies to treat Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in primary care. Results will help patients and primary care providers choose which treatment to […]
Department news | October 31, 2019
Little analysis has been done of demographical and practical data for the Parkinson’s population nationally, let alone in Washington. This means our healthcare system has yet to track whether, how much, or what type of care patients living with Parkinson’s receive on an annual basis. Debby Tsuang, MD, in collaboration with Melissa Tribelhorn, MPA, Executive Director […]
Department news | October 31, 2019
The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance awarded the Ben Greer Research Award to Jesse Fann, MD, MPH (Director of Psychiatry and Psychology at SCCA), and Dean Putt, MBA (Director of Olympic Medical Cancer Center in Sequim, WA) to conduct a pilot study using technology to optimize collaborative care management of depression in urban and rural cancer centers. The […]
Department news | October 31, 2019
Improving Veteran Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Opioid use disorder (OUD) continues to be a nationwide problem, and clinicians within the VA health care system are working to address the impacts of this crisis. Studies have shown that an increase in the prescribing of opioids is associated with parallel increases in nonmedical opioid use, […]
Department news | September 30, 2019
The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) has had a busy first year. The center provides training and technical assistance in evidence-based practices to behavioral health and primary care providers and school and social service staff whose work has the potential to improve behavioral health outcomes for individuals with or at risk of developing serious mental […]
