Department news | March 31, 2017
Jesse Fann, MD, MPH, and Jeanne Hoffman, PhD, (UW professor of Rehabilitation Medicine) received $12.7 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), an independent nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, to conduct new research on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Each year, about 3.5 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the United States, and at least […]
Department news | March 31, 2017
The Seattle Children’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine is at the cutting edge of developing interventions to address the needs of adolescents who engage in high risk behaviors that reflect poor problem solving and emotional control. However, access to hospital and clinic-based mental health interventions is limited, and most youth who need such services […]
Department news | March 31, 2017
Starting this past November, our Psychiatric Consultation and Telepsychiatry Program (PCAT) led by Marc Avery, MD, and Denise Chang, MD, began a systematic quality improvement project to improve the depression treatment and outcomes for patients receiving care within the UW Medicine primary care network, and who are members of an identified UW Medicine Accountable Care Network contract. […]
Department news | March 31, 2017
Our addictions team had a strong presence at the 19th Annual Fundamentals of Addiction Medicine Conference held earlier this month. Psychiatry Addiction Fellows Lauren Augello, MD, Matt Iles-Shih, MD and Mark Ellestad, MD gave the Fellowship Lecture on the challenges and promise of integrating addictions treatment with primary care. Courtesy faculty member and former UW psychiatry resident/community fellow Paul Grekin, MD, […]
Department news | March 31, 2017
Sarah Kopelovich, PhD, launched two new teleconsultation clinics in February for community mental health providers in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis (CBTp). The clinics follow the Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) Model developed at the University of New Mexico. Using state-of-the-art telehealth technology and clinical management tools, the CBT ECHO clinics connect expertise […]
Department news | March 31, 2017
After 11 years in the position, Heidi Combs, MD, is stepping down as our medical student Psychiatry Clerkship Director and transitioning to taking on educational projects in the Dean’s Office related to the new medical school curriculum. Heidi has done a wonderful job, winning multiple School of Medicine Distinguished Teaching awards and rare recognition as a […]
Department news | March 31, 2017
Seventeen faculty members, trainees, and staff from our department and affiliated residencies attended the annual meeting of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) in San Francisco. Presentations by our faculty and trainees covered a wide range of topics in psychiatric education, including peer mentoring for mutual care (Suzanne Murray, MD), developing […]
Department news | March 31, 2017
This year’s Top Doctors report, put out annually by Seattle Magazine, features a number of our faculty and courtesy faculty members. This yearly list recognizes some of the best physicians in our region. Each doctor is nominated by a colleague and then evaluated by an outside health care research firm for inclusion. Congratulations to faculty […]
Department news | March 31, 2017
The UW was once again named a top medical school for its drug and alcohol abuse program, coming in at #8 in the nation. The ranking is complex and incorporates medical school teaching, clinical services, academics (journal articles and books), and funded research. Multiple people, Institutes and Centers affiliated with our department contribute to the […]
Medscape | March 28, 2017
Lawmakers in several states are advancing proposals to force individuals who abuse opioids into treatment via involuntary commitment as a means of coping with the rapid rise in overdose rates. Andrew Saxon, MD, weighs in. (Medscape subscription required to view article. Free to subscribe.)
