Department news | April 30, 2024
Congratulations to Aaron Green, MD, Christine Curry, MD, and the Addiction Medicine Consult Team at Harborview for receiving Spring 2024 UW Medicine Cares Awards!
News & Stories
Paul Borghesani selected Acting Chief of Psychiatry at Harborview
Department news | April 30, 2024
We are pleased to announce that the Harborview Medical Executive Board approved the appointment of Paul Borghesani, MD, PhD, to serve as Acting Chief of Psychiatry at Harborview Medical Center effective July 1, 2024. Mark Snowden, MD, MPH, current Chief of Psychiatry, will work closely with Dr. Borghesani to pass on his decades of wisdom […]
New $12.6M grant to help unravel hallucinations
UW Medicine newsroom | April 29, 2024
Dror Ben-Zeev, PhD, and Trevor Cohen, MBChB, PhD, FACMI (Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education) received a five-year, $12.6 million grant from NIMH to create a new digital evaluation tool for people who experience hallucinations.
Report outlines illicit drug-use patterns across Washington
UW Medicine newsroom | April 22, 2024
Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW, and Alison Newman, MPH, discuss the results of the Syringe Services Program Health Survey, published in collaboration with Public Health-Seattle & King County and the Washington State Department of Health
Intrusive thoughts: what do they actually mean?
Right as Rain | April 17, 2024
Sarah Campbell, PhD, and Georganna Sedlar, PhD, discuss what causes intrusive thoughts and when you should connect with a licensed mental health professional for treatment.
Advocates claim universal free meals are a critical tool to help combat childhood obesity
The Seattle Medium | April 17, 2024
Brian Saelens, PhD, believes that providing universally free school meals is one way to help reduce childhood obesity, especially among students who come from low-income families.
A sliver of hope in a record-setting year of deaths of homeless people
The Seattle Times | April 17, 2024
Despite unprecedented numbers of fatal drug overdoses, Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW, says there’s reason to have hope that things will slowly improve.
A new era for behavioral health in Washington State
UW Medicine leadership | April 16, 2024
The opening of the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning on April 16 marks a new era in addressing our state’s need for additional behavioral health services and workforce training.
Mind matters: suicide
PBS Northwest Now | April 12, 2024
This Mind Matters episode discusses suicide and why so many people are choosing to end their own lives. Jeff Sung, MD, is interviewed about suicide prevention.
Caring for perinatal patients with substance use disorders
Community Clinic Association | April 11, 2024
Nadejda Bespalova, MD, shares her experience treating perinatal SUD as part of a maternal mental health access program in LA County.
