Department news | June 30, 2016
We are delighted to announce that Lucy Wang will become our new Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship Director as of July 1, 2016, taking over for Stephen Thielke. Dr. Wang is a graduate of our Psychiatry Residency and Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship programs. She has done an outstanding job as Associate Program Director for the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship for the past […]
Department news | June 30, 2016
Eric Hawkins, a psychologist at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, recently received a VA HSR&D, Merit Review Pilot grant to study the feasibility, acceptability and usability of a smartphone-based mobile application for self-management of unhealthy alcohol use among Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans in the community. The mobile application under study, Step Away, is designed to […]
Technology.org | June 13, 2016
Researchers Jeremy Clark, PhD, and Abigail Schindler, PhD, recently discovered the neural mechanism for why people who start drinking as adolescents are prone to develop alcohol problems and make riskier decisions as adults.
UW Medicine | June 10, 2016
UW Medicine psychiatrist Jeffrey Sung, MD, works to convince clinicians that they can spot warning signs, ask hard questions, and make a lifesaving difference.
Department news | May 31, 2016
Congratulations to Kirsten Williams on being newly appointed as the Director of our Psychiatry Residency Program’s Idaho Track! Dr. Williams has been a resident, Chief Resident, faculty member, and Associate Director in the Idaho Track, and has served as Interim Director of the track since October 1, 2015. She has an in-depth knowledge of the program as […]
Department news | May 31, 2016
We’ve added two new community rotations for third and fourth year residents to gain experience and knowledge in neurostimulation and eating disorder treatment. The Seattle Neuropsychiatric Treatment Center (SeattleNTC) has created a rotation for residents to gain competency in electroconvulsive therapy and in transcranial magnetic stimulation. Supervised by clinical faculty members Kenneth Melman, Suzanne Kerns and Joshua Bess, residents […]
Department news | May 31, 2016
By invitation of the American Psychological Society (APA) and Stand for Science (part of the APA’s Science Directorate), Jeremy Clark and his postdoctoral fellow Abigail Schindler recently met with U.S. House of Representative Jim McDermott’s (WA-D) office. Drs. Clark and Schindler discussed the need to “Stand for Science” by actively advocating for policy decisions that advance and preserve the […]
Department news | May 31, 2016
Individuals recently discharged from inpatient psychiatry are at a very high, short-term risk for suicide, with the risk of suicide up to 200 times higher for individuals recently discharged from hospitals versus the general population. The Aftercare Focus Study led by Kate Comtois is implementing and evaluating a novel clinical intervention for suicidal thoughts and behavior called […]
Department news | May 31, 2016
Mark Reger is part of a team that received a grant from VA Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) to study how predictive modeling may help target risk stratified suicide prevention interventions for Veterans. Dr. Reger will be leading the implementation of one of the suicide prevention interventions (“Caring Letters”) with a team from Central Arkansas […]
Department news | May 31, 2016
The UW Neighborhood Clinics (UWNC) recently received a Washington Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality from Qualis Health for their Behavioral Health Integration Program, or BHIP. BHIP is a team-based, collaborative care approach designed to improve the outcomes of anxiety and depression management in primary care. UW Medicine psychiatrists work as clinic-based psychiatric consultants who are […]
