Department News | September 30, 2024
Congrats to the recipients of our latest round of Staff Scholarship Awards! Funded by department and philanthropic funds, these awards support professional development of classified and professional staff who work in our department.
Department News | September 30, 2024
Emily Dworkin, PhD is the recipient of the Bela and Chaim Denieli Award from the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). This honor, to recognize excellence in the traumatic stress field, is given to an individual who is within eight years of their highest degree.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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Susan Ferguson, PhD, who has felt hamstrung by outdated federal regulation on cannabis, says the new change "can't come soon enough."
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.
