Population Health Initiative | March 12, 2024
Erin Schoenfelder Gonzalez, PhD, and Myra Parker, JD, MPH, PhD, recipients of Tier 2 pilot grants from the Population Health Initiative, offered reports on their results and future plans.
News & Stories
Solving King County’s fentanyl crisis will take patience
KUOW | March 6, 2024
King County is devoting more resources to tackling a staggering opioid problem. Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, MPH, MSW, gives some perspective on the county’s new approach.
Can vagus nerve stimulation reduce your stress levels?
Right as Rain | March 4, 2024
Amelia Dubovsky, MD, offers some insight into how to engage the vagus nerve to help calm your nervous system and help stress.
Opinion: If we can find millions to build fences around a youth jail, we can invest in helping youth thrive
South Seattle Emerald | March 4, 2024
Sarah Cusworth Walker, PhD, MS, and Ben Danielson, MD, say now is a time to engage in careful and responsible policymaking regarding our state’s juvenile rehabilitation system.
Mark Snowden stepping down as Chief of Psychiatry at HMC
Department news | February 29, 2024
For the past twelve years, Mark Snowden, MD, MPH, has been a driving force behind mental health services at Harborview Medical Center in his role as Chief of Psychiatry at HMC.
Can narrative writing promote healthy alcohol use?
Department news | February 29, 2024
A new research project led by Kristen Lindgren, PhD, and Clayton Neighbors, PhD (affiliate professor and a former associate professor in our department) is investigating whether narrative writing about the self and identity can prevent or reduce hazardous drinking during developmental transitions in high school and college.
Psychology Resident Match, 2024
Department news | February 29, 2024
Now in its 63rd year, the Psychology Internship Program has once again successfully recruited a wonderful class of new residents who will begin their training with us on July 1, 2024.
CBHL is staffing up
Department news | February 29, 2024
We have made significant progress in our hiring efforts to staff the new Center for Behavioral Health and Learning including hiring Dr. Randall Espinoza (Medical Director, Garvey Institute Center for Neuromodulation) and Dr. Jay Augsburger (Medical Director, Long-term Civil Commitment Unit).
IOP at UWMC-Northwest returns to in-person
Department news | February 29, 2024
Koriann Cox, PhD says the IOP is a step-up from traditional weekly therapy; not quite as acute as inpatient hospitalization or a partial hospitalization.
New CALMA clinic offers mental health services in Spanish
Department news | February 29, 2024
A new clinic at Seattle Children’s offers mental health services for children and families who prefer to get some or all of their care in Spanish.
