Richard Ries, MD, FAPA, FASM

Faculty Appointment(s)

Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Leadership Role(s)

Director, Division of Addictions

Co-Director, Psychiatry and Addictions Case Conference (PACC) series

rries@uw.edu

206-341-4216

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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

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Recent Publications

Effect of Incentives for Alcohol Abstinence in Partnership With 3 American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
(2021 Mar 3)
JAMA Psychiatry
McDonell MG, Hirchak KA, Herron J, Lyons AJ, Alcover KC, Shaw J, Kordas G, Dirks LG, Jansen K, Avey J, Lillie K, Donovan D, McPherson SM, Dillard D, Ries R, Roll J, Buchwald D, HONOR Study Team.
The rewarding recovery study: a randomized controlled trial of incentives for alcohol and drug abstinence with a rural American Indian community.
(2020 Nov 21)
Addiction
McDonell MG, Skalisky J, Burduli E, Foote A Sr, Granbois A, Smoker K, Hirchak K, Herron J, Ries RK, Echo-Hawk A, Barbosa-Leiker C, Buchwald D, Roll J, McPherson SM
Addiction and Suicide: A Review.
(2019 Apr)
Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ) 17(2): 193-199
Yuodelis-Flores C, Ries RK
Suicide-Related Training, Self-Efficacy, and Mental Health Care Providers' Reactions Toward Suicidal Individuals.
(2020 Sep)
Crisis 41(5): 359-366
Mitchell SM, Taylor NJ, Jahn DR, Roush JF, Brown SL, Ries R, Quinnett P
Association between methamphetamine use and retention among patients with opioid use disorders treated with buprenorphine.
(2020 Feb)
J Subst Abuse Treat 109(): 80-85
Tsui JI, Mayfield J, Speaker EC, Yakup S, Ries R, Funai H, Leroux BG, Merrill JO
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