Department News | November 18, 2024
Congratulations to Christine Lee, PhD, recipient of a WA State Health Care Authority’s Prevention Award of Excellence at the 2024 Prevention Summit!
Research & Innovation
How smart lights transformed my sleep quality
CNET | October 30, 2024
Blue light is the best studied and most effective in causing a phase shift of the sleeping period, says Catherine McCall, MD.
Research on students and smartphones awarded most impactful paper
Department News | October 31, 2024
At Ubicomp 2024 in Melbourne, Australia, the paper StudentLife: Assessing mental health, academic performance, and behavioral trends of college students using smartphones received the 10-year Impact Award celebrating most impactful paper since Ubicomp 2014!
New book reviews inpatient psychiatric services for youth
Department News | October 31, 2024
The Handbook of Evidence-Based Inpatient Mental Health Programs for Children and Adolescents is officially in print! Co-edited by Alysha Thompson, PhD and Shannon Simmons, MD, MPH, this multi-year effort reviews multiple aspects of inpatient psychiatric hospital (IPH) and acute mental health services for youth.
Mental Health Technology Center Network comes to an end
Department News | October 31, 2024
The Northwest MHTTC which was part of a national Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network ended on September 29. The MHTTC network, funded by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), aimed to accelerate the dissemination and implementation of effective interventions for mental health prevention, treatment, and recovery.
New grant will test efficacy of the HELM implementation strategy
Department News | October 31, 2024
Jill Locke, PhD, an associate professor and former co-director of the SMART Center, has received a grant in the amount of $3,999,987 to conduct a project titled “Testing the Efficacy of the Helping Educational Leaders Mobilize Evidence (HELM) Implementation Strategy.”
UWMC Roosevelt opens new clinical rooms, includes space for research trials
Department News | October 31, 2024
After years of advocacy, our outpatient psychiatry clinic at UWMC Roosevelt has opened more space for patient care and clinical research.
How a busy life may help with managing ADHD symptoms
KUOW | October 30, 2024
New research from Margaret Sibley, PhD suggests that ADHD symptoms can fluctuate over time due to influence from environmental factors.
Some people with ADHD thrive in periods of stress, new study shows
The Guardian | October 28, 2024
Margaret Sibley, PhD's research shows that patients respond well in times of 'high environment demand' because the sense of urgency led to hyperfocus.
Study describes fluctuations, remissions seen with ADHD
UW Medicine Newsroom | October 17, 2024
New research from Margaret Sibley, PhD shows an unexpected relationship between the daily demands of patients lives and the waxing and waning of ADHD.
