Department news | November 30, 2015
Resident Vivek Datta, MD, MPH, has recently been awarded the Rappeport Fellowship presented to outstanding residents with a particular interest in the relationship between psychiatry and the law. The fellowship seeks to award those who will make a significant contribution to this field. Congratulations Vivek!
Department news | November 30, 2015
This year’s recipient of the Joseph Becker Research Award is Andrea Niles, MA, an Adult Track resident in the Psychology Internship Program. The award stimulates quality research by rewarding a psychology resident for independence, creativity and intellectual depth in a research effort. Andrea’s research examines how PTSD confers greater risk for poor physical health among […]
Department news | November 30, 2015
The Division of Public Behavioral Health and Justice Policy (PBHJP) will direct the care coordination, workforce development, and clinical best practice hub of a new National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health funded by SAMHSA. The new Center will be operated by the National Technical Assistance Network for Children’s […]
The Daily | November 17, 2015
Jason Kilmer, PhD discusses ways in which he and Mary Larimer, PhD are engaging college students in a dialogue about using drugs and alcohol safely, and how to foster receptivity to these ideas within a college campus.
The New York Times | November 3, 2015
Professor Kathleen Myers, MD, MPH talks about telemental health services as one answer to increasing access to mental health specialists in rural areas.
Department news | October 31, 2015
A new Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) Center at VA Puget Sound will implement and evaluate promising clinical practices that incorporate virtual care technologies in order to improve access to high quality care for rural Veterans. Principal Investigator John Fortney, Director of the Division of Population Health, and investigators at the VA Health Services Research […]
Psychiatric News | October 29, 2015
Anna Ratzliff, MD, PhD, is interviewed about the AIMS Center’s collaboration with the American Psychiatric Association (APA) on a $2.9 million grant that will train 3,500 psychiatrists over a four-year period in integrated behavioral health.
Puget Sound Business Journal | October 28, 2015
The new Integrated Care Training Program, directed by Anna Ratzliff, MD, PhD, aims to improve the state’s mental health care system by training psychiatrists to partner and consult with primary-care providers and other healthcare workers.
Newsbeat | October 27, 2015
UW Medicine has launched a new Integrated Care Training Program to expand mental health services across the state.
The Economist | October 24, 2015
Debra Kaysen, PhD, talks to The Economist about PTSD’s similar characteristics throughout the world and how she has adapted treatment to work in poorer countries and difficult settings.
