UW Psychiatry
@uw-psychiatry.bsky.social
University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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.
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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.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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.
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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.
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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.
🚨No Grand Rounds this Friday, November 7. We'll return next week with Dr. James Murrough from Mount Sinai - New York.
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
🚨No Grand Rounds this Friday, November 7. We'll return next week with Dr. James Murrough from Mount Sinai - New York.
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.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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.
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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.
October 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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.
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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.
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October 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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.
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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.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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.
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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.
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October 1, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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.
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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).
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September 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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).
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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.
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September 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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.
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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.
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September 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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.
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Just published in JAMA Psychiatry - Collaborative Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: A Hybrid Type 2 Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial
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August 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Just published in JAMA Psychiatry - Collaborative Care for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: A Hybrid Type 2 Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial
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How to Encourage Your Man to Get Help From a Doctor
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July 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
How to Encourage Your Man to Get Help From a Doctor
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Congratulations Dr. Katherine Comtois, winner of @afspnational.bsky.social's Annual Research Award at the 2025 Life Savers Gala. This event honored those who have made a significant impact in the fight to prevent suicide. Congrats, Kate!
May 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Congratulations Dr. Katherine Comtois, winner of @afspnational.bsky.social's Annual Research Award at the 2025 Life Savers Gala. This event honored those who have made a significant impact in the fight to prevent suicide. Congrats, Kate!
First of its kind digital mental health faculty position at UW Psychiatry! A unique opportunity for tech-minded psychologists to provide clinical care while implementing new digital tools.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164652
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164652
April 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
First of its kind digital mental health faculty position at UW Psychiatry! A unique opportunity for tech-minded psychologists to provide clinical care while implementing new digital tools.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164652
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164652
Provide clinical care and contribute to program development, training, and scholarship in Neuromodulation. A unique opportunity with UW Psychiatry!
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164705
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164705
April 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Provide clinical care and contribute to program development, training, and scholarship in Neuromodulation. A unique opportunity with UW Psychiatry!
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164705
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164705
A unique partnership between UW Psychiatry and the UW School of Law! Provide clinical care while contributing to scholarship and teaching focused on projects at the interface of mental health and law.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164698
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164698
April 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A unique partnership between UW Psychiatry and the UW School of Law! Provide clinical care while contributing to scholarship and teaching focused on projects at the interface of mental health and law.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164698
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164698
Introducing our next cohort of psychiatry residents! We're excited about welcoming them to UW and our department this summer.
April 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Introducing our next cohort of psychiatry residents! We're excited about welcoming them to UW and our department this summer.