
William French, MD
Personal Statement
I am a board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist in the Pediatric Clinic at Harborview, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic in the Division of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine.
In my clinical work, I strive to create active partnerships with my patients and their families to achieve the best possible outcomes regardless of their needs and circumstances. I am lucky to have great behavioral health and primary care partners across the different clinics I work in, who are invaluable collaborators in caring for our patients and families.
I am involved in the child and adolescent training program and supervises trainees at several outpatient clinics. My clinical and research interests include integrating mental healthcare into primary care settings, ADHD, disruptive behaviors, aggression, trauma-related disorders, and improving clinical supervision of child and adolescent psychiatry trainees.
Education
Medical education, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 2003
Psychiatry Residency, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 2006
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 2008
Department Affiliations
Centers/Programs
Training Programs
Other Affiliations
Mood and Anxiety Program – Seattle Children’s Hospital
Program for Enhancement of Attention, Regulation and Learning (PEARL) Clinic – Seattle Children’s Hospital
Partnership Access Line – Seattle Children’s Hospital
Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic – Seattle Children’s Hospital
Scholarly Expertise
- Adolescent/young adult
- Anxiety disorders
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- Child and adolescent psychiatry/psychology
- Collaborative Care / Integrated Care
- Community mental health
- Community-based partnered research
- Conduct disorders
- Depression
- Evidence-based practice
- Health disparities
- Implementation science
- Measurement-based care
- Medication management
- Outpatient psychiatry/psychology
- Primary care
- Psychiatric specialties
- Research methods
- Rural mental health
- School mental health
- Settings
- Special populations
- Telemedicine
- Telepsychiatry/psychology
- Telepsychiatry/telepsychology
- Training
- Trauma
- Trauma psychiatry/psychology
- Treatment approaches
Clinical Expertise
- Adolescent/young adult
- Anxiety disorders/social phobias
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD)
- Bipolar Disorder / manic depression
- Child and adolescent psychiatry/psychology
- Community mental health
- Depression
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- School mental health
- Telepsychiatry/psychology
- Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)