Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH

Faculty Appointment(s)

Professor

Leadership Role(s)

Co-Director for Faculty Development

Co-Director, Northwest MHTTC

lchwast@uw.edu

206-744-4840

Personal Statement

​I have focused my clinical and research interests on the complex intersection of chronic medical illness and serious mental illness. I have had clinical training in both internal medicine and psychiatry, and my clinical work over the past decade has included the provision of inpatient and outpatient medical care within an urban community mental health center. Through an NIMH-funded K23 (career development award), I have investigated the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among veterans with serious mental illness, and the healthcare costs and disparities of this vulnerable population. My current projects include an NIDDK (R21) grant to develop and pilot test an innovative community mental health center-based team approach to the treatment of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes among outpatients with schizophrenia.

Education

Yale University School of Medicine Teaching Appointment, 2012
Univ. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Medical education, 1993
Univ. of Colorado H.S.C. (Medicine) Residency, Internal Medicine
Univ. of Colorado H.S.C. (Medicine) Internship, Internal Medicine
Univ. of Calif. San Francisco (Psyc) Residency, Psychiatry

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Recent Publications

A mediation analysis evaluating change in self-stigma on diabetes outcomes among people with depression in urban India: A secondary analysis from the INDEPENDENT trial of the collaborative care model.
(2024)
PLOS Glob Public Health 4(9): e0003624
Halliday S, Rao D, Augusto O, Poongothai S, Sosale A, Sridhar GR, Tandon N, Sagar R, Patel SA, Narayan KMV, Johnson LCM, Wagenaar BH, Huh D, Flaherty BP, Chwastiak LA, Ali MK, Mohan V, INDEPENDENT Study Group
Clinical characteristics and functioning of adults with bipolar I disorder: Evidence from the mental and substance use disorders prevalence study.
(2024 Aug 25)
J Affect Disord 366(): 317-325
Bareis N, Olfson M, Dixon LB, Chwastiak L, Monroe-Devita M, Kessler RC, Gibbons RD, Edlund M, Guyer H, Kreski NT, Graupensperger S, Winans KT, Stroup TS
Differences in self-reported disruptions in mental health treatment during COVID-19 in a national household sample: impact of severity of functional impairment.
(2024 Jul 29)
Res Sq
Wang M, Graupensperger S, Olfson M, Bareis N, Edlund M, Monroe-DeVita M, Kessler R, Tennison M, Winans K, Chwastiak L
Levels of Telehealth Use, Perceived Usefulness, and Ease of Use in Behavioral Healthcare Organizations After the COVID-19 Pandemic.
(2024 Aug 7)
J Behav Health Serv Res
Fleddermann K, Chwastiak L, Fortier A, Gotham H, Murphy A, Navarro R, Tapscott S, Molfenter T
Differences in self-reported disruptions in mental health treatment between SMI and non-SMI groups during COVID-19 in a national household sample.
(2024 Jul 27)
Gen Hosp Psychiatry
Wang MZ, Graupensperger S, Olfson M, Bareis N, Edlund M, Monroe-DeVita M, Kessler R, Tennison M, Winans K, Chwastiak L
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