Department news | June 30, 2018
The Wayne J. Katon Outstanding Mentor Award recognizes a faculty member who demonstrates sustained commitment to the creative, scholarly, professional and personal development of mentees. The award honors Wayne Katon, MD, a gifted and dedicated mentor who supervised medical students, psychiatry residents, research fellows and junior faculty across several departments, many of whom have become principal […]
Department news | June 30, 2018
This year, we established an award honoring extraordinary and sustained dedication, commitment, and effectiveness in fostering the professional and personal development of faculty members in our Clinician Teacher pathway. We are delighted to announce the 2018 winner of this award is Anna Ratzliff, MD, PhD. Dr. Ratzliff has displayed a consistent and passionate commitment to mentoring […]
Department news | June 30, 2018
The Gary J. Tucker Career Teaching Award, named in honor of the Chair of our department from 1985 through 1997, recognizes exceptional career achievement in teaching and education and honors Dr. Tucker’s significant contributions to our academic programs, his leadership and dedication as a teacher, clinician, and scholar, his love of teaching, and his ability […]
Department news | June 30, 2018
The Exceptional Staff Award is a new award that honors and celebrates the valuable efforts staff members make toward supporting the mission of the department and upholding our core values of collaboration, continuous learning and mentorship, and integrity and accountability. In this inaugural year, we had two recipients: Pam Collins and Brenna Boyd. Pam started working in the […]
Department news | June 30, 2018
Elizabeth McCauley, PhD, ABPP, who has been serving as the Training Director of the University of Washington’s Psychology Internship Program since 2013, will be officially stepping down on June 30, 2018. We are pleased to announce that Ty Lostutter, PhD, Assistant Professor, will be the incoming Training Director and Charles Bombardier, PhD, ABPP, Professor from the Department […]
Department news | June 30, 2018
As is true throughout Southeast Asia, persons with mental illness in Vietnam suffer from stigmatization and under-resourced care. But things are changing. Vietnam is experiencing rapid economic expansion, and concurrently, attitudes about caring for individuals with mental illness are shifting. In 2013, Richard Veith, MD, joined the Medical Education Exchange Teams (MEET) to establish a UW academic collaboration […]
Helio | June 28, 2018
Recent findings show only 48% of American adults in the general population are screened for depression. John Kern, MD, offers a perspective on the impact of this missed opportunity and how primary care-based depression care interventions can help.
Reader's Digest | June 27, 2018
Andy Saxon, MD, talks about the importance of having a psychiatrist or psychologist assess and treat gaming disorders, and Patricia Areán’s Project EVO is highlighted reminding us that video games can be beneficial as well.
AP News | June 21, 2018
The new “gaming disorder” classification from the World Health Organization revives a debate in the medical community about whether behaviors can cause the same kind of addictive illness as drugs. Andy Saxon, MD, talks about how dopamine comes into play.
Los Angeles Times | June 19, 2018
Andy Saxon, MD, discusses why the American Psychiatric Association opted not to include internet gaming disorder to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM).
