Department news | September 30, 2021
A five-year study led by John Fortney, PhD, and Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA, published in JAMA Psychiatry found that telepsychiatry in rural, federally qualified health centers was a resounding success for patients who had screened positive for bipolar disorder and/or PTSD.
Department news | September 30, 2021
The work of Seven Directions, the first national public health institute in the United States to focus solely on improving Indigenous health and wellness, is expanding its impact with the hiring of two new Acting Assistant Professors.
Department news | September 30, 2021
Mx. Taurmini Fentress, a fourth year PhD student in Social Welfare in the School of Social Work, in partnership with HaRRT Center directors Seema Clifasefi, PhD, and Susan Collins, PhD, has secured an NIAAA Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research to explore resilience in managing and negotiating adverse circumstances in communities that have experienced homelessness and alcohol use disorder.
Department news | September 30, 2021
A new program housed in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences seeks to end youth incarceration in Washington State.
Department news | September 30, 2021
The Behavioral Health Institute (BHI) at Harborview Medical Center is facilitating a stakeholder process to support the effort to build an improved behavioral health crisis response system for Washington State that will provide a new 9-8-8 crisis response phone line, improved coordination of mobile crisis responders, and better access to crisis clinics.
Department news | September 30, 2021
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Behavioral Health Teaching Facility at UWMC-Northwest will take place October 15, 2021 from 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM in a hybrid event.
Department news | September 30, 2021
The Behavioral Health Workforce Expansion and Lifelong Learning (BWELL) program will develop new training opportunities that complement our existing programs for medical students, psychology and psychiatry residents.
Department news | September 30, 2021
With philanthropic support, the AIMS Center and the University of Washington have partnered with the Lummi Tribal Health Center (LTHC) to develop an integrated care rotation for senior psychiatry residents that focuses on delivering care via telepsychiatry to a rural, Coast Salish indigenous population in northwestern Washington state.
Department news | September 30, 2021
Congratulations to Catherine McCall, MD, and Andy Saxon, MD, on being named one of the Best Physicians in the Puget Sound region in Seattle Met Magazine for 2021. We are delighted they were selected for this well-deserved honor and appreciate their commitment to excellence in patient care.
UW News & World Report | September 30, 2021
As marijuana becomes increasingly decriminalized, understanding its association with mental health is more important than ever. Andrew Saxon, MD, says there is little science about the effects of using marijuana to treat depression.
