Department news | December 28, 2021
The Center for Suicide Prevention and Recovery (CSPAR) led by Kate Comtois, PhD, MPH, has received a generous gift from the Robert M. Sinskey Foundation to support its work.
News & Stories
Substance use, addiction research programs coordinate DEI efforts
Department news | December 28, 2021
A group of researchers and staff across multiple UW research centers coordinate diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.
STEP becomes New Journeys site
Department news | December 28, 2021
The Specialized Treatment for Early Psychosis (STEP) Program based at the Harborview Behavioral Health Institute (BHI) has officially joined the New Journeys Network in Washington state.
New ECHO program will support care of people with TBI
Department news | December 28, 2021
A new TBI ECHO trains community providers from a variety of disciplines and settings who treat persons with TBI.
Mary Larimer receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Department news | December 28, 2021
Congratulations to Mary Larimer, PhD, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Addictive Behaviors Special Interest Group (SIG) from the Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies (ACBT).
Works begins on new psychiatry residency program for nurses
Department news | December 28, 2021
With generous philanthropic support, we have begun working with the School of Nursing and UW Medical Center to create an exciting, one-year psychiatry residency program for Nurse Practitioners.
Mental toll of COVID pandemic could push health care workers to leave
MyNorthwest | December 19, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely tough on health care workers across the United States, and it may cause some people to leave the field according to a new study authored by Rebecca Hendrickson, MD, PhD, Katherine Hoerster, PhD, MPH, Catherine McCall, MD and Murray Raskind, MD.
Opinion: Managing the meth crisis — paying users to go clean could change lives and communities
The Seattle Times | December 17, 2021
"The great hope for methamphetamine is not a pharmaceutical counterweight. Rather, it’s a deceptively simple therapy that pays users small amounts of cash for going clean," writes columnist Alex Fryer. Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, is quoted.
Mental toll Due to COVID-19, high percentage of nurses planning on leaving the profession
KOMO Radio | December 17, 2021
As the pandemic drags on, a study authored by Rebecca Hendrickson, MD, PhD, Katherine Hoerster, PhD, MPH, Catherine McCall, MD, and Murray Raskind, MD, finds that 1 in 5 nurses say that it's not at all likely they they'll be working in their field in 5 years.
Opinion: Health care workers suffer from more than burnout
Stat News | December 16, 2021
"Too many health care workers are suffering from burnout and beyond, yet they’re less likely to receive psychiatric care due to barriers like difficulty accessing care, stigma, and 'heroic' health care worker myths. This mental health burden is compounding health care labor shortages and threatening quality of care," write Rebecca Hendrickson, MD, PhD, Katherine Hoerster, PhD, and Thanh Neville (UCLA Health).
