Right as Rain | July 11, 2024
Sarah Campbell, PhD explains the overlap between symptoms of depression and anxiety and how those symptoms can take on a seasonal pattern in summer as well as winter.
News & Stories
UW Medical Center NW receives Centers of Excellence for Perinatal Substance Use certification
WA State Department of Health | July 10, 2024
The certificate recognizes WA hospitals, including the UW Medical Center – Northwest, that support pregnant people and infants affected by substance use.
A pill to treat alcoholism exists. Why aren’t doctors prescribing it more?
Slate | July 7, 2024
One reason, according to Andrew Saxon, MD, is that doctors have believed the only treatment for alcohol use disorder is total abstinence, but that's no longer the case.
Lake Stevens High School graduate overcomes ADHD challenges, eyes future in National Guard
KOMO | July 2, 2024
Maggie Sibley, PHD talks about the late teenage years being the toughest for people with ADHD and how mental health contributes to the way we think, feel and learn.
Anna Ratzliff to serve as Vice Chair for Faculty Development
Department news | June 27, 2024
Anna Ratzliff, MD, PhD, has agreed to serve as our new Vice Chair for Faculty Development to support activities such as faculty onboarding and orientation, mentorship, promotions, and support of faculty from backgrounds that are underrepresented in medicine.
Congratulations to our graduates!
Department news | June 27, 2024
On June 21, 2024, we celebrated the graduation of our psychiatry residents, psychology residents and ACGME fellows. We are immensely proud of this outstanding group of new mental health professionals and wish them all the best in their future endeavors!
CSTP awards over $140K in research funding to trainees
Department news | June 27, 2024
We are pleased to announce our second year of Trainee Research Awards. Part of the Clinician Scientist Training Program (CSTP). These awards support the development of clinician scientists and provide funding and faculty support for trainees to participate in mentored research.
Program expands access to lifelong treatment for people with OUD
Department news | June 27, 2024
The WA State HCA is taking new action on the opioid crisis with the launch of a program that expands access to medications for opioid use disorder. The program, ScalaNW, equips emergency room clinicians with tools to treat patients for opioid use disorder and connect them to community-based care.
Garvey Institute Innovation Grants: New round supports AI in behavioral health, hospitalization discharge
Department news | June 27, 2024
The Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions (GIBHS) is launching a new round of innovation grants focused on projects in applications of artificial intelligence for behavioral health and innovations in discharge as well as community integration after inpatient psychiatric hospitalization.
Washington Neuroscience Initiatives hopes to accelerate brain health
Department news | June 27, 2024
Brain health disorders have become the largest causes of health-related disability around the world yet we have only a limited understanding of the basic mechanisms of brain function that underlie these disorders. To accelerate progress in the understanding of how brains work and apply this knowledge to develop therapeutic interventions, a UW-led team including chair Jürgen Unützer, MD, is working to grow and support a diverse pipeline of scientists and clinicians in the field of neuroscience.
