Department News | September 30, 2025
Emily Schutzenhofer, MD, MPH joined The Nuance podcast for episode 111, Climate and the Human Psyche: The Psychological Cost of Climate Change. The conversation explores how climate change isn’t just an environmental issue, it’s a deeply personal and psychological one.
Department News | September 30, 2025
A new report titled Stolen Generations: A Systemic Violation of Ukraine’s Future highlights the profound psychological trauma experienced by children in Ukraine due to the ongoing war. The report features a forward by Eric Trupin, PhD, who has been working closely with GLOBSEC, a global think-tank that produced the report, and mental health professionals at Save Ukraine.
Department News | September 30, 2025
Our department was well represented at the recent Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP) Annual Meeting in Milwaukee where our faculty, fellows, residents, and staff showcased their work and were acknowledged for their dedication to advancing the field of academic psychiatry.
Department News | September 30, 2025
We are excited to announce the arrival of Debriefing with the RECover Framework, a one-hour online learning module designed to teach providers how to debrief trainees and peers after adverse events. This module was created by Hai-Uyen Nguyen, MD (Residency class of 2025) in collaboration with Laurel Pellegrino, MD, Thomas Soeprono, MD, and Sara Ochoa, MEd.
Department News | September 30, 2025
We’re excited to share that Rob Chen, MD, PhD has been selected for the prestigious Outstanding Resident Award Program by the National Institute of Mental Health.
Department News | September 30, 2025
At the 2025 Washington Behavioral Healthcare Conference in Kennewick, WA, the Pacific West Hub for Mental Health Implementation Support team hosted a workshop titled “Making it Stick: Tools to Support the ‘How’ of Practice Change.”
Department News | September 30, 2025
Congratulations to fourth year medical student Madison Reichelt, this year’s recipient of the Margaret O’Donnell Prize in Psychiatry. We award this prize to a senior medical student who has been highly involved in behavioral health issues and done outstanding academic work in psychiatry.
Department News | September 30, 2025
The PERC Center and Behavioral Health Catalyst recently co-hosted an in-person event to help develop the Washington Thriving Perinatal-through-Age-25 (P-25) Behavioral Health Strategic Plan
Department News | September 30, 2025
The Check-In with Yourself website invites participants to anonymously enter information about their mood, stress, coping mechanisms, substance use, and perceptions of peers’ behaviors. In return, participants receive personalized feedback and evidence-informed strategies to improve their emotional well-being and, if they choose, to pursue changes in their alcohol or cannabis use.
Department News | September 30, 2025
In July, the SOR team released a new video series – Mental Health Topics for Non-Therapist Professionals – to help educate providers who are not trained as mental health therapists.
