The Washington Post | March 1, 2018
President Trump suggested that executing drug dealers could help solve the opioid crisis during a White House summit Thursday, an event the administration billed as a way to measure its progress in combating the nation’s drug problem. Andrew Saxon, MD, is quoted.
Department news | February 28, 2018
Maryonda Scher, MD, was an early faculty member in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and a long term staff psychiatrist at the former Seattle VA medical center. She died January 31, 2018 after enduring dementia for many of her last years. “Dr. Scher was recognized as a dedicated teacher, a talented clinician, and […]
Department news | February 28, 2018
Psych Essentials is a medical education podcast developed and hosted by UW Psychiatry PGY3 residents Lindsay Lebin, MD, and James Koved, MD. The podcast is aimed at medical students and allied health professionals (nursing, occupational therapy, social work trainees) on their psychiatry rotations. Based on free and open access medical education (FOAM) principles, Psych Essentials covers core […]
Department news | February 28, 2018
Both Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD, and Molly Adrian, PhD, recently received funding from the Once Upon a Time Foundation to support their research. The Once Upon a Time Foundation is based in Fort Worth, Texas, and supports a wide range of organizations that provide arts and humanities, community affairs, health and medicine, human services and education benefits to […]
Department news | February 28, 2018
Rural communities face the twin burden of higher need and lower resources. Rural residents are more likely to be poor, uninsured, unemployed, have lower education, experience more chronic health conditions, engage in high-risk health behaviors, and live shorter lives than their urban counterparts. And yet, many of the rural counties in the US have extremely […]
Department news | February 28, 2018
Eric Hawkins, PhD, and Emily Williams, PhD, MPH (core Investigator with the VA Health Services Research and Development Seattle Center of Innovation, and Associate Professor in the department of health services), received funding from the VA National Center for Patient Safety to establish a VA Patient Safety Center of Inquiry (PSCI). The goal of PSCIs is to […]
Department news | February 28, 2018
Elaine Peskind, MD, has received the VA Rehabilitation Research and Development Service’s highest honor—the Paul B. Magnuson Award. The award is presented annually to a VA RR&D investigator who exemplifies the entrepreneurship, humanitarianism, and dedication to veterans displayed by Dr. Magnuson during his career. Dr. Peskind was recognized for her extensive work on brain and […]
Department news | February 28, 2018
Courtesy faculty member Brett Parmenter, PhD, was elected to the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN). AACN promotes the profession of clinical neuropsychology through advocacy of educational and public policy initiatives. This is a five-year position and provides opportunities to contribute leadership at a national level on behalf of this specialty. […]
Right as Rain | February 23, 2018
Mark Sullivan, MD, gives key advice on differentiating chest pains and reminds us that it is always better to be safe than sorry in regards to your heart.
Psychiatric News | February 22, 2018
Patrick Raue, PhD, talks about why behavioral interventions not used more frequently in primary care, and what can be done to address the barriers.
