The Seattle Times | June 15, 2020
UW Medicine will close Seven North, a psychiatric facility at UW Medicine — Montlake, laying off staffers and reducing the number of inpatient beds available to those in need of care amid the state’s mental health crisis. Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA, is quoted.
Texas Scorecard | June 15, 2020
A commentary about taking the whole child into consideration when making decisions about how education will resume includes a reference to a study by Mark Reger, PhD.
The Hill | June 11, 2020
In this opinion piece, Andrew Carlo, MD, and colleagues write about the role insurers have in making high-quality mental health and addiction treatment services available to anyone who needs.
The Atlantic | June 11, 2020
Suicides and overdoses among young adults were already skyrocketing before the pandemic started. Now experts fear that the situation is going to get even worse. Kate Comtois, MD, MPH, talks about Gen Z's view toward social media.
STAT | June 9, 2020
Roberto Montenegro, MD, PhD, who studies how perceived discrimination affects mental health, talks about how racism transcends social and economic disadvantages leading to worse health outcomes.
Psychology Today | June 7, 2020
There seems to be no getting away from the COVID-19 pandemic. We are being besieged by news stories about the enormous loss of life. But what about the long-term consequences to our mental health? An article published in JAMA Psychiatry by Mark Reger, PhD, is referenced.
The Seattle Times | June 4, 2020
UW Medicine administrators are weighing whether to move operations of the voluntary inpatient psychiatry unit at UW Medical Center into the geriatric psychiatry facility at UW Medical Center — Northwest. Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA, said putting the programs in one location could benefit patients.
The Urbanist | June 4, 2020
Kate Hoerster, PhD, and colleagues write that achieve true population health, well-being, and justice, the structures blocking free movement by Black Americans must be torn down.
ParentMap | June 1, 2020
Research conducted by Jason Kilmer, PhD, has demonstrated that the more a student uses marijuana, the more likely they are to experience academic struggles such as skipping classes, losing credits, having a lower GPA and taking longer to graduate from college.
Department news | May 31, 2020
We are delighted to announce that the Idaho Track of our department’s Psychiatry Residency Program will become a separate four-year psychiatry residency program based in Boise starting in July 2021! This means that we will have two psychiatry residency programs in our department – our existing Seattle-based program and the new UW Boise Psychiatry Residency. The […]
