KIRO 7 | April 17, 2023
Rick Ries, MD, FAPA, FASM, and Matt Iles-Shih, MD, MPH, talk about how the integrated addiction services at Harborview decreases stigma and improves access to care.
News & Stories
Can AI teach you how to communicate with more empathy?
Right as Rain | April 17, 2023
Garvey-funded investigator Tim Althoff, PhD, is using AI to help mental health peer supporters communicate more empathically.
Adult ADHD is the wild west of psychiatry
The Atlantic | April 14, 2023
The Adderall shortage exposed a troubling gap in how doctors care for the disorder. Margaret Sibley, PhD, is quoted. This article requires a subscription.
What’s driving the demand for ADHD drugs like Adderall
Time | April 12, 2023
For some people, the pandemic may have been a tipping point from manageable concentration issues to those that required professional help, says Margaret Sibley, PhD. Many people were forced out of their normal work and school routines, stressed, sleeping less, and scrolling social media more—a perfect storm of distraction that may have exacerbated symptoms in some people.
New grant will launch neighborhood-based youth mental health planning
CoLab | April 12, 2023
Supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Sarah Cusworth Walker, PhD, MS, and Maggie Fenwood Hughes, MS, MSW, are leading a research team to evaluate the early implementation of Youth Wellness Hubs in the Parkland area of Pierce County.
App helps curtail PTSD and drinking after sexual assault
UW Medicine newsroom | April 3, 2023
A smartphone app called THRIVE showed promise in preventing post-traumatic stress when tested among people who had recently experienced sexual assault. Lead author Emily Dworkin, PhD, is quoted.
Together, we can heal from the trauma of COVID-19
School of Public Health | March 31, 2023
Now that we’ve transitioned to living with COVID-19, what comes next for our mental health? Michele Bedard-Gilligan, PhD, Deepa Rao, PhD, MA, and Lydia Chwastiak, MD, MPH, talk about healing from trauma, inequities in mental health, and hope for our mental well-being.
Initiative announces award of four winter quarter 2023 Tier 2 pilot research grants
UW Population Health | March 30, 2023
Eric Bruns, PhD, and colleagues received pilot grant funding from the UW Population Health Initiative for a project that will use school community collaboratives to address student disciplinary outcomes linked to school policing.
Improving mental health outcomes in perinatal populations
Department news | March 30, 2023
Generous philanthropic gifts from the Perigee Fund and Gerlich Family have made it possible for the UW Perinatal Mental Health & Substance Use Education, Research & Clinical Consultation Center (PERC Center) to offer treatment through the UW Perinatal Telepsychiatry Clinic, and an anonymous donor gift is enabling PERC to establish best practices for mental health screening, follow up, case management, symptom tracking and clinical care for all Medicaid-insured women receiving prenatal or postpartum care.
Peer Bridgers program expands at HMC with donor support
Department news | March 30, 2023
Harborview has implemented a Peer Bridger model of peer support since 2013, and with donor support, it is expanding the Peer Bridger program in a new way: connecting Peer Bridgers with patients from the beginning of care, right in the Psychiatric Emergency Department.
