Department news | January 31, 2018
For over 30 years, Harborview Medical Center’s Madison Clinic has been providing care to those in the Puget Sound region who are HIV-positive. From the beginning, the Clinic’s care providers and patients recognized that many of those living with HIV also struggled with a mental health and/or substance use disorder that significantly impacted their quality […]
Department news | January 31, 2018
The Depression – Population Approach to Health (Depression – PATH) project started in November, 2016 as part of a system-wide care transformation initiative to improve depression care and outcomes for patients within the UW Medicine primary care network. Led by Denise Chang, MD, Marc Avery, MD, and Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, the program initially focused on patients […]
Department news | January 31, 2018
Our newest faculty member, Pamela Collins, MD, MPH, has literally ‘hit the ground running.’ After accompanying Judy Wasserheit, MD, MPH, UW’s Chair of Global Health, on a trip to Kenya to strengthen our partnerships in global mental health, she traveled to Davos Switzerland to join government and business leaders from around the world at the […]
Right as Rain | January 26, 2018
Clinical psychologist Patrick Raue, PhD, gives step by step advice on how to fine tune and adjust your New Year’s resolutions if you’ve lost your initial motivation and momentum.
Fortune | January 26, 2018
A reporter sums up one important takeaway from the World Economic Forum recently held in Davos, Switzerland: the mental health disorder time bomb is upon us. Pamela Collins, MD, MPH, discusses the significant lack of care given to those with mental disorders.
IEEE Pulse | January 25, 2018
New and emerging treatments for opioid addiction hope to offer solutions to the crisis. Richard Ries, MD, explains the impact opioids have on the body and ways of effectively treating those who are addicted.
Right as Rain | January 22, 2018
Working too much or in a high-stress environment is associated with anxiety, depression and other psychological ills. Matthew MacKinnon, MD, (PGY-3) explains the importance of the organizational environment in combating burnout and how to address it.
Healthline | January 16, 2018
An overview article of All Patients Safe, a suicide prevention training for providers developed by UW Medicine and Forefront Suicide Prevention in partnership with Seattle Children’s, CoMotion and the VA.
Psychiatric News | January 16, 2018
Andrew Carlo, MD, Acting Instructor and Senior Fellow in the Psychiatry in Primary Care Fellowship, explains the complexity and promise of financial viability and sustainability within integrated health care systems.
The Daily | January 8, 2018
Many college students believe that nonmedical prescription stimulants like Adderall, Vyvanse, or Ritalin bolster their study habits and help them get higher grades, but these misperceptions can be dangerous. A study in Addictive Behaviors by Irene Geisner, PhD, Jason Kilmer, PhD, Nicole Fossos-Wong, Jih-Cheng Yeh, Isaac Rhew, PhD, Christine Lee, PhD, and Mary Larimer, PhD, among others, is referenced. […]
