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.
The Pacific Northwest Inlander | September 30, 2021
Just as COVID-19 began killing people by the thousands, fentanyl smuggled by Mexican drug cartels started causing more accidental drug overdoses in Washington than at any other time in recent memory. Caleb Banta-Green, PhD, is referenced.
UW Medicine newsroom | September 30, 2021
A new program to tackle youth incarceration by promoting paths to opportunity for young people, especially among youth of color, will be housed in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and will be directed by Benjamin Danielson, MD. Covered by KOMO Radio, KXL, Seattle Medium and the Puget Sound Business Journal, among others.
