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Richard Ries, MD, FAPA, FASM
Personal Statement
I am a Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Addictions Division in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington. I am also the clinical director of addictions treatment services at Harborview Medical Center, and work in the psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery services.
I am board-certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with Added Qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry, and the American Board of Addiction Medicine. A Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, I am on the editorial board and a reviewer for several scientific journals and holds a number of research grants from the National Institute of Health.
Education
Northwestern Univ. Medical School Medical education, 1975
UW - Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Residency, Psychiatry
Department Affiliations
Scholarly Expertise
- Impact of the Preventing Addiction-Related Suicide (PARS) Intervention on patients who receive community-based addiction treatment
- Developing measurement-based care tools for addiction treatment clinics
- Innovative training for suicide prevention in addiction treatment settings
- Preventing addiction related suicide
Recent Publications
(2024 Jun 28)
Suicide Life Threat Behav
Jansen KJ, Livengood A, Ries R, Comtois KA, Bergerson DM, Skinner J, Shaw JL
(2024 May 13)
J Subst Use Addict Treat
Comtois KA, Huh D, Fruhbauerova M, Livengood A, Kerbrat A, Smythe P, Ries R
(2024 Apr 1)
Psychiatr Serv 75(4): 326-332
Lu TT, Parent SC, Chaytor N, Amiri S, Palmer K, McPherson S, Jett J, Ries R, McDonell MG, Murphy SM
(2023 May-Jun 01)
J Addict Med 17(3): 305-311
Jett JD, Kordas G, Parent S, Keshtkar M, Shin R, King P, McPherson SM, Ries R, Roll JM, McDonell MG, Chaytor N
(2022)
Front Psychiatry 13(): 840409
Hallgren KA, Cohn EB, Ries RK, Atkins DC
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