Faculty Friday: Pat Areán

The Whole U | January 14, 2016

Pat Areán, PhD, talks about the science behind mobile apps, like video games, that can improve mood, cognition, and social functioning.



UW study shows how explosions damage vets’ brains

The Seattle Times | January 13, 2016

A new study authored by a team of brain injury experts from the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and UW Medicine, including Elaine Peskind, MD, and James Meabon, MD, shows the cerebellum becomes increasingly damaged the more blasts veterans are exposed to.


Psychiatrists happy practicing Integrated Care

Medscape | January 7, 2016

A new Psychiatric Services paper reports on the challenges and benefits psychiatrists and patients experience in an integrated care model. First author Kathyrn Norfleet, MD, an ACGME fellow in the Psychosomatic Medicine Fellowship program, is quoted. 


Addictions training program receives national ranking

Department news | December 31, 2015

The UW School of Medicine’s addictions programs have done it again. For the fourth year in a row, US News and World Report ranked UW Medicine as a top 10 medical school for drug and alcohol abuse programs, coming in at #10. Four west coast schools made the top ten list with Harvard University ranking […]


New! Perinatal Psychiatry Consultation Line

Department news | December 31, 2015

Our new Perinatal Psychiatry Consultation Line led by Deb Cowley allows any health care provider in Washington State to receive consultation, recommendations, and referrals to community resources from a UW psychiatrist with expertise in perinatal mental health. Modeled after the successful child psychiatry telehealth PAL program, faculty members consult on any mental health-related questions for […]