Department news | April 30, 2017
Karen Bearss, PhD, a faculty member based at Seattle Children’s Hospital, is opening doors to a new clinical service at the Seattle Children’s Autism Center focused on providing access to an evidence-based training program for families raising a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The program empowers parents with skills and strategies to prevent and […]
Department news | April 30, 2017
UW Psychiatry enjoyed a strong presence at the 6th annual Northwest Regional Telehealth Resource Center (NRTRC) conference held earlier this month. New faculty member Jennifer Erickson, DO, and Integrated Care Training Program fellow Sara Haack, MD, spoke about how to incorporate telepsychiatry services into a collaborative care program, referencing the Behavioral Health Integration Program in place throughout UW Medicine. Raman […]
Department news | April 30, 2017
More than ninety clinical faculty and alumni gathered at the Seattle Yacht Club in April for a fun-filled continuing education event. The program focused on ethical issues in mental health care. Mark Sullivan, MD, and clinical faculty member and alum Jed Myers, MD, led a discussion about informed consent for psychotherapy, and clinical faculty member and alum Sara […]
Department news | April 30, 2017
Two of our residents will be working with the American Psychiatric Association in the coming year. Megan Riddle, MD, PhD, received the APA/APAF Leadership Fellowship designed to develop leaders in the field of organized psychiatry by providing opportunities for residents to engage, interact and participate at a national level and further develop their professional leadership skills, […]
Department news | April 30, 2017
John Fortney, PhD, was recently approved to receive a VA Research Career Scientist award, an acknowledgement of scientific distinction and national recognition. This designation is awarded after competitive peer review to established, independent investigators who have distinguished themselves through scientific achievements and contributions to VA research and training programs. The Research Career Scientist award provides […]
Newsmax.com | April 14, 2017
Patricia Areán, PhD, advises to seek help when struggling with mood, energy, interest or concentration, especially during unexpected life events.
cnet.com | April 8, 2017
Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD, weighs in on how patients with serious mental illnesses use technology and how his app, FOCUS, fits in.
Psychiatric News | April 3, 2017
Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD, advocates for employing technology in mental health care and discusses his research with a mental health themed mobile app called FOCUS.
The Atlantic | April 1, 2017
Clinical instructor Tony Rousmaniere, PsyD, writes about the struggles of assessing the helpfulness of psychotherapy in some patients and how measurement-based care and routine outcome monitoring can help.
Philly.com | March 31, 2017
A study led by Mark Sullivan, MD, PhD, Jennifer Brennan Braden, MD, MPH, and Mark Edlund, MD, PhD, (Research Triangle Institute International) shows that suicides involving opioids have doubled since 1999, suggesting a dangerous link between mental illness, pain, and suicide.
