Department news | May 31, 2022
The Psychiatry Residency hosted a successful Resident Research Day on May 26, 2022.
News & Stories
Jürgen Unützer receives APA’s Distinguished Service Award
Department news | May 31, 2022
Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA, was honored with the American Psychiatric Association's Distinguished Service Award at the Annual Meeting of the APA in New Orleans.
SMART Center receives Washington Association of School Administrators’ Community Leadership Award
Department news | May 31, 2022
The Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) presented their Community Leadership Award to the SMART Center this month.
The opioid epidemic: is pharma doing enough to develop treatments for the crisis?
Pharmaceutical Technology | May 30, 2022
Even with academic collaborations, private players are lagging behind public institutions in finding new treatments for opioid addiction. Marco Pravetoni, PhD, is currently working on developing a potential vaccine aimed at oxycodone, which is in Phase I trials, and aims to get vaccines targeting other drugs like fentanyl or heroin into the clinic in the coming years.
This device may nudge your brain into deep sleep
The Washington Post | May 28, 2022
Jeffrey Iliff, PhD, who holds a significant place in the history of sleep science, thinks that within five years consumer devices may allow anyone to track their brain-cleansing deep sleep.
UW studies unequal access to treatment for opioid addiction
UW Medicine newsroom | May 27, 2022
Jessica Chen, PhD, and colleagues will explore the ability of Black and Latinx patients to get buprenorphine under new federal policies, a highly effective treatment for opioid use disorder that is much less onerous and stigmatizing than methadone.
4 good reasons to break up with your therapist
Right as Rain | May 25, 2022
Mollie Forrester, MSW, LICSW, explains how to break up with a therapist if treatment goals are not being met. Written by Lori Mae Yvette Calibuso Acob, Brain Health Science Writing intern at the Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions.
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month
The Huddle | May 25, 2022
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. Check out these resources at UW Medicine, UW and beyond to support you and your colleagues.
How to help your kids process what happened in Uvalde
KUOW | May 25, 2022
An 18-year-old man entered an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas and killed 21 people — two teachers and 19 students. That's a difficult thing to process. Especially for the students and parents who are watching. Douglas Zatzick, MD, is interviewed.
Here’s how this team seeks to improve access to mental health treatment in Whatcom County
Bellingham Herald | May 24, 2022
Making it easier and faster to get mental health care with primary providers is the goal of PeaceHealth’s new integrated behavioral health teams, helped by the Community-Based Integrated Care Fellowship Program offered by the Integrated Care Training Program (ICTP) and the AIMS Center.
