Department News | December 1, 2021
Read the final report for the “Stay Connected: Developing an Intervention to Promote Mental Health Among Isolated Senior Housing Residents” project led by Patrick Raue, PhD, Patricia Areán, PhD, and Brenna Renn, PhD.
MSU News Service | December 1, 2021
Soon, someone feeling the need for some extra Z’s may benefit from a wearable device that aids the brain in the biochemical cleansing that leaves a person feeling refreshed after a full night of sleep. The project comes in the wake of recent discoveries about the importance of the glymphatic system as explained in a popular TED Talk by project co-leader Jeffrey Iliff, PhD.
UW Medicine newsroom | November 15, 2021
Researchers led by Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD, created a smartphone app with daily game-like exercises to help people with a serious mental illness reassess their dysfunctional beliefs.
UW Medicine newsroom | November 4, 2021
A team led by David Atkins, PhD, employs machine learning to assess the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy sessions and to maintain counselors' competence.
Department News | October 31, 2014
Richard Veith, MD and colleagues in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences with support from faculty in Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine and in UW Medicine are conducting a four-year telehealth project funded by the HRSA Office for Advancing Telehealth to address critical shortages in mental health care and pain management in rural, underserved sites in Washington State. The lack of mental health services leads to under-treatment, higher rates of suicide, increased use of emergency services, and hospitalizations. Compounding the problems related to inadequate access to mental health care, primary care providers (PCPs) in rural areas report having inadequate skills to manage mental health problems, especially serious psychiatric disorders and conditions aggravated by cooccurring substance abuse.
UW School of Public Health | September 18, 2014
Michael McDonell, PhD and Dedra Buchwald, MD, worked with American Indian communities to design an intervention that integrates indigenous knowledge and existing resources, while also addressing expressed community needs.
Psychiatry Advisor | August 29, 2014
Collaborative care models not only improve depression outcomes, but also improve glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol – while reducing costs at the same time. Marc Avery, MD says integrating care improves outcomes dramatically while saving money.
EurekAlert! | May 14, 2014
Participants in a preliminary study received naltrexone injections and set their own treatment goals. Susan Collins, PhD, is the lead researcher on a recently published report in the journal Substance Abuse.
UW Medicine newsroom | October 26, 2021
Jeffrey Iliff, PhD, is co-PI of the first human trial of a device to speed up and enhance glymphatic function (brain cleansing) that occurs when we sleep. The trial is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense and based on research funded by the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions. The story was covered in Patch, GeekWire, KXL, FOX 13, KOIN, and KIRO 7, among others.
The Conversation | October 13, 2021
In a trend that coincided with the pandemic, marijuana use among college students in 2020 reached levels not seen since the 1980s. Jason Kilmer, PhD, and Christine Lee, PhD, explain some of the reasons behind the trend, and some of its consequences.
