
Amritha Bhat, MBBS, MD, MPH
Personal Statement
I am a perinatal psychiatrist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. I earned my medical degree from Bangalore Medical College, India, and completed a psychiatry residency in St. John’s Medical College, India. I completed a second residency in Psychiatry with a focus on women’s mental health and integrated care from the University of Washington, and a fellowship in Primary Care in Psychiatry. I also earned a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Washington School of Public Health. I am board certified with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.Education
Psychiatry in Primary Care, University of Washington, 2015-2017
Psychiatry, St. John's Medical College, Bangalore,India, 2002-2005
Psychiatry Internship, University of California, San Diego, 2011-2012
Psychiatry, University of Washington, 2012-2015
MD, Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore, 1994-2000
MPH, Maternal and Child Health Services, University of Washington , 2015-2017
Department Affiliations
Scholarly Expertise
- Collaborative care for perinatal mental health – the LAMMHA project
- Leveraging peer mentor texting to support maternal wellbeing in the perinatal period
- Mobile mental health in community-based organizations: a stepped care approach to women’s mental health
- A dyadic approach to perinatal depression treatment in primary care
- Evaluating Lifelines4Moms (ELM) Study
- Washington State COVID-19 pregnancy collaborative
- Moms’ Access Project ECHO: Perinatal Psychiatry Case Conference Series
- Developing a tailored implementation plan for Collaborative Care of perinatal depression care in Community Health Centers in Vietnam
- Perinatal PCL
- Maternal-Infant Dyad Implementation (MInD-I)
Recent Publications
(2023 Mar 1)
J Affect Disord 324(): 637-644
Larsen A, Pintye J, Odhiambo B, Mwongeli N, Marwa MM, Watoyi S, Kinuthia J, Abuna F, Gomez L, Dettinger J, Bhat A, John-Stewart G
(2023 Feb 15)
J Affect Disord 323(): 368-377
Elshafei A, Jemutai J, Tickell KD, Sukhtankar P, Bhat A, Molyneux S, Berkley JA, Walson JL, Collins PY, Childhood Acute Illness and Nutrition (CHAIN) Network Investigators
(2022 Nov-Dec)
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 79(): 187-188
Bhat A, Khan F, Shaikh M, Franz N, Kerlee A, Adachi J, Croicu C, Wurzel K, Cowley D
(2022 Oct 9)
AIDS Behav
Concepcion T, Velloza J, Kemp CG, Bhat A, Bennett IM, Rao D, Polyak CS, Ake JA, Esber A, Dear N, Maswai J, Owuoth J, Sing'oei V, Bahemana E, Iroezindu M, Kibuuka H, Collins PY
(2022 Sep 22)
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 22(1): 723
Hummel AD, Ronen K, Bhat A, Wandika B, Choo EM, Osborn L, Batra M, Kinuthia J, Kumar M, Unger JA
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