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.
News & Stories
Financial viability and sustainability of Integrated Care
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.
Study buddies or drug abuse?
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. […]
Painkillers are fueling the opioid epidemic
The Daily | January 4, 2018
Mark Sullivan, MD, PhD, explains the negative effect that over prescription and use of opioid painkillers for chronic and acute pain has on addiction and dependence.
Marijuana myths
King 5 | January 4, 2018
Dennis Donnovan, PhD, MA, gives clarity to common myths surrounding marijuana use and its effects.
Tips for talking to your kid about alcohol
ParentMap | January 2, 2018
Meeting her husband’s college roommate — a former college partier — helped Alison Krupnick frame the way she talked to her children about alcohol. Laura Kastner, PhD, is quoted.
Feeling gloomy? Tips for coping with SAD
Seattle's Child | January 1, 2018
Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a form of clinical depression that occurs at a particular time of year and affects about 5 percent of the American population. Light therapy is one way to combat symptoms. Amanda Focht, MD, is quoted.
David Ruskin appointed Chief of Mental Health Services
Department news | December 31, 2017
After a nationwide search, we’re pleased to announce that David Ruskin, MD, has been appointed the Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System. Dr. Ruskin has served as Acting Associate Chief of Staff for almost two years. Before that, he served as his facility’s chief of psychiatry. He […]
Kopelovich awarded Katz Family Professorship in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis
Department news | December 31, 2017
Sarah Kopelovich, PhD, was recently named the Katz Family Professor in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis. Established through private philanthropy, the Professorship will enhance the University’s ability to recruit and retain distinguished faculty in psychiatry and behavioral health, with particular emphasis in the area of cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis. Dr. Kopelovich is a forensically-trained […]
Outstanding Junior Clinician Teacher Faculty Award
Department news | December 31, 2017
Congratulations to Jonathan Buchholz, MD, who has been selected as the 2017 recipient of our department’s Outstanding Junior Clinician Teacher Faculty Award! This award honors an exceptional clinician teacher faculty member at the Assistant or Acting Assistant Professor level. Dr. Buchholz completed his undergraduate degree in English, and his MD, psychiatry residency, and addiction psychiatry fellowship […]
