
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
(2023 Oct 19)
Psychiatr Serv
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
(2022 Apr 1)
JAMA Netw Open 5(4): e222945
Ries RK, Livengood AL, Huh D, Kerbrat AH, Fruhbauerova M, Turner B, Comtois KA
(2022 Jun)
J Subst Abuse Treat 137(): 108693
Hirchak KA, Lyons AJ, Herron JL, Kordas G, Shaw JL, Jansen K, Avey JP, McPherson SM, Donovan D, Roll J, Buchwald D, Ries R, McDonell MG, HONOR Study Team
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