Department News | September 30, 2024
We’re proud to report that once again Seattle Magazine’s annual list of top doctors in the Puget Sound region features a number of faculty and courtesy faculty members from our department.
News & Stories
Look inside the new Center for Behavioral Health and Learning
Department News | September 30, 2024
Our new six-story Center for Behavioral Health and Learning (CBHL) is now open and seeing patients. Tour the beautiful new facility with this video from the SRG + CannonDesign team.
Drug deaths decline across the country but not in WA. What could be behind the change?
Spokesman-Review | September 25, 2024
Perhaps the most likely reason for fewer deaths nationally, according to Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, is that growth in new users has slowed because so many current users have died.
Why some men keep their prostate cancer a secret
TIME | September 19, 2024
Keeping a diagnosis private can have sort-term benefits, especially if the individual feels vulnerable or anxious about disclosing, says Jesse Fann, MD, MPH but short-term advantages can dissipate quickly.
Electroconvulsive therapy is not what you think it is
Right as Rain | September 18, 2024
Randall Espinoza, MD, MPH and Brandon Thomas, MD, PhD talk about two effective neuromodulation therapies, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
Care for all: UW Medicine opens new center for behavioral health care and training the next generation of mental health professionals
UW Magazine | September 17, 2024
After years of advocating, planning and building, and a $244 million investment from the state, UW Medicine has opened the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning, an expansion of existing services on UW Medical Center’s Northwest campus.
Washington state’s cannabis industry braces for change as federal reclassification considered
King 5 | September 17, 2024
Susan Ferguson, PhD, who has felt hamstrung by outdated federal regulation on cannabis, says the new change "can't come soon enough."
A new behavioral health center from UW Medicine delivers much needed care and training
UW Magazine | September 12, 2024
With a $244 million investment from the state, CBHL adds 150 psychiatric hospital beds and is part of an ambitious new approach to caring for individuals living with mental illness.
Climate change can impact mental health. See how you can help someone struggling
Augusta Chronicle | September 11, 2024
Climate change and mental health intersect in many different ways at different levels, says Emily Schutzenhofer, MD, MPH, and individuals may experience distress in a way that's unique to them.
Does text therapy really work?
TIME | September 3, 2024
Research by Michael Pullman, PhD and others has found that text and teletherapy are equally good at releiving symptoms of anxiety and depression over the course of three months.
