Join us for Grand Rounds tomorrow at noon. Dr. Jennifer Piel will speak about her work at the UW Center for Mental Health, Policy, and the Law (CMHPL). psychiatry.uw.edu/who-we-are/n...

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday at noon. Dr. Kate Comtois will provide an update on the past five years at CSPAR including new trainings and NIMH center grant - the Suicide Care Research Center. tinyurl.com/ynerr8n3

‘They’re going to learn about Frank’: UW psychiatric hospital dedicated to Chopp washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/04/29/t...

It's Husky Giving Day – a day for our community to improve the health of the PNW. Your gift to PBSCI supports the wellness of our psychiatry residents and helps advance changes in how we care for and treat issues of mental health and addiction. Thank you! mailchi.mp/uw.edu/husky...

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday at noon. Dr. Van Gelder will review the functions and mechanisms of non-visual opsin photoreceptors, with special emphasis on their roles in regulating circadian rhythmicity in mammals. tinyurl.com/4mkztsxu

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday at noon. A team at UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences will share their vision for creating a new Center for Community Care and Living to improve the quality of life of people living with SMI. tinyurl.com/762wfjsk

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday at noon. Dr. Samuel Browd and Ryan Douglas will join us for a presentation about new innovations in AI and mental health. tinyurl.com/ysr3az5h

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday at noon. Dr. Kim Mueser will provide a brief history of the development of social skills training (SST), followed by a description of the methods used in SST to teach new interpersonal skills. tinyurl.com/25w6tp7y

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday at noon. Drs. Fortney, Ratzliff, and Unützer, will review the historical development of the Collaborative Care Model, highlight research that has expanded its reach and impact, and explore future directions. tinyurl.com/m7tmfymh

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday at noon. Drs. Jay Augsburger and Ryan Kimmel will present data from the first 18 months of operation at the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning at UWMC-NW. tinyurl.com/5aehh4nt

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday at noon. Dr. Merkel will describe the history, culture, and people of Central Appalachia and how these have contributed to the Deaths of Despair in the context of the opioid crisis. tinyurl.com/34fv63r4

No Grand Rounds this week. We'll return on March 13 with Dr. Richard Merkel who will present, "Rural Mental Health and the Deaths of Despair in Central Appalachia."

What decades of research reveal about involuntary substance use treatment – and why evidence points elsewhere theconversation.com/what-decades...

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday at noon. Dr. Kenneth Fung will discuss culturally competent psychotherapy, including strategies to strengthen communication, empathy, and rapport, and to integrate cultural context into assessment and treatment planning. tinyurl.com/y6zypwje

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday at noon. Dr. Kenneth Minkoff will discuss the evolution of the seminal 2021 report, Roadmap to the Ideal Crisis System, for which he was one of the lead authors. psychiatry.uw.edu/who-we-are/n...

What are "neuromodulation devices" & how are they being used to treat mental and behavioral health disorders, including addictions? Join us on Feb. 26 to find out when we host Randall Espinoza, MD, MPH (UW Garvey Inst) at our next ADAI Lunch & Learn! Register: washington.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join us for Grand Rounds this Friday at noon! Dr. Boehnlein will review the influence of cultural factors on the experience, expression, and recovery from PTSD, to empower clinicians with culturally sensitive strategies for assessment and treatment. psychiatry.uw.edu/who-we-are/n...

Join us for Grand Rounds this Friday! Dr. Patricia Areán will focus on current gaps in the mental health field and discuss funding opportunities with a focus on technology, workforce development, and social determinants of health. psychiatry.uw.edu/who-we-are/n...

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday at 12 PM. Kevin Coffey, PhD will review the use of rodents to dissect the neurobiology of fentanyl use disorder. psychiatry.uw.edu/who-we-are/n...

Seattle Times: UW Medicine program helps primary care providers treat mental health www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday at noon. Dr. Erick Cheung will examine a model called “Six Core Strategies for Reducing Seclusion and Restraint Use” and highlight how UCLA has effectively implemented this framework. psychiatry.uw.edu/who-we-are/n...

Join us for Grand Rounds this Friday noon! Dr. Negar Fani will discuss brain and behavior adaptations to social stress, with a focus on racial discrimination, in racially minoritized populations. psychiatry.uw.edu/who-we-are/n...

Narcan saves lives. But what if there was a way to prevent fentanyl overdose deaths that didn't require a bystander being present? One biotech startup thinks it has a solution — a fentanyl vaccine that would provide year-long protection. My latest for @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/a-fent...

Congratulations to our chair, Jürgen Unützer, for being named Doctor of the Year at Puget Sound Business Journal's Health Care Leadership Awards! He is among 14 leaders recognized for being at the forefront of innovative solutions to some of the regions most pressing health care challenges.

Brain’s ‘plumbing’ inspires new Alzheimer’s strategies—and controversial surgeries | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

ADHD diagnoses are growing. What’s going on? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

ADAI's cannabis expert, Beatriz Carlini, PhD, MPH, has been interviewed by multiple news orgs in the last week -- learn more about the implications of the new CHS code here: UW Medicine: newsroom.uw.edu/blog/disabli... KOMO: komonews.com/news/local/u...

HUGE news for UW Psychiatry & Beh. Sci. & the SMART Cntr!🎉 Congrats to our Director Dr. Aaron Lyon for making the Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list! His papers are significantly influencing the scientific community globally. Well-deserved recognition for high-impact, influential research!

The emotion is hard-wired into the human condition, explained UW Medicine psychiatrist Kristen Lindgren. It’s an evolutionary function, and most may not realize the elaborate internal mechanisms at play when a shiver runs down their spine. #Halloween #scares https://bit.ly/3JeWXUt

🚨No Grand Rounds this Friday, November 7. We'll return next week with Dr. James Murrough from Mount Sinai - New York.

Study Finds Evidence That Text-Based Therapy Eases Depression www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/h...

“Only one-third of patients with #PTSD receive specialty mental health care,” said Dr. John Fortney @uwmedicine.bsky.social. New study in @jamapsychiatry.com highlights opportunity to expand access to care for millions of Americans.

Join us for Grand Rounds this Friday at noon. Dr. Majid Afshar will explore how artificial intelligence tools that process clinical notes are being implemented in real-world hospital settings. psychiatry.uw.edu/who-we-are/n...

Great news! We're thrilled to share that our chair, Dr. Jürgen Unützer, has been named Doctor of the Year by Puget Sound Business Journal! He is one of 14 healthcare leaders who will be featured in a special report in the Dec. 5 edition of PSBJ.

Join us Friday at noon for Grand Rounds. UW faculty members Dr. Eric Trupin and Dr. Ben Danielson will explore and contextualize the issue of youth incarceration. psychiatry.uw.edu/who-we-are/n...

Join us tomorrow at noon for Grand Rounds with Dr. Jennifer Forsyth. She will discuss her lab's work investigating the relationship between genetic and clinical heterogeneity in schizophrenia, and work investigating early markers of risk for schizophrenia. psychiatry.uw.edu/who-we-are/n...

World Mental Health Day takes place every year on 10 October. It’s a reminder of the importance of good mental health and the need to prioritise and invest in good mental health. www.mentalhealth.org.uk/our-work/pub...

Join us for Grand Rounds on October 10, at noon. Dr. Stephen Thielke will summarize key results about factors that influence well-being across the lifespan and offer suggestions for working with older patients and for living our own lives to the fullest. psychiatry.uw.edu/who-we-are/n...

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday, October 3! Dr. Shannon Simons and Dr. Alysha Thompson will provide an overview of advances in inpatient psychiatry for children and adolescents. psychiatry.uw.edu/who-we-are/n...

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday, September 26, at noon Pacific. Dr. Jeff Daskalakis from UC San Diego will discuss repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and magnetic seizure therapy (MST). psychiatry.uw.edu/who-we-are/n...

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday, Sept 19, at noon. Michael Compton, MD, MPH, will join us to speak about the problem of over-representation of individuals with serious mental illnesses in the criminal legal system. psychiatry.uw.edu/who-we-are/n...

Join us for Grand Rounds on Friday, 9/12, at noon. Lydia Chwastiak, Larry Wissow, and Ian Bennett will share information about the UW Consortium for Global Mental Health. psychiatry.uw.edu/who-we-are/n...

Scientific American: How Your Brain’s Nightly Cleanse Keeps It Healthy -- Washing waste from the brain is an essential function of sleep, and it could help ward off dementia www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

ADAI's EmpathyLens.org collection features free photos related to drug/alcohol use & harm reduction that aims to help reduce stigma against people who use drugs & the services available to support them. Learn more about it in this short film from NNLM: vimeo.com/1062129827/6...

Just published in JAMA Psychiatry - Collaborative Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: A Hybrid Type 2 Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

ADAI's Susan Stoner, director of the WA Parent-Child Assistance Program, has an op-ed in the Seattle Times about the impending impacts of budget cuts on the safety of children and what policymakers should & shouldn't do to protect them: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/chil...

Seattle Times: Medicaid work requirements may threaten mental health care www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Busy & inspiring wk @ UConn’s #2025TrainingInstitutes! SMARTies Nikki York & Rachel Barrett shared WA’s Workforce for Student Wellbeing Initiative. Bonus: Cookie Monster joined our co-Director Eric Bruns & the BH-SAP Team, reminding us all of the vital role we play in helping #YoungPeopleThrive!