News & Stories

KOMO | November 22, 2024

ECT is not only an effective treatment for severe depression, but Randall Espinoza, MD says it's one of the safest treatments in all of medicine. 

Department news | November 20, 2024

The UW Medicine Garvey Institute for Brain Health Solutions is funding ten new projects that will either test innovative ways to apply artificial intelligence for behavioral health, or develop innovations in discharge and community integration after inpatient psychiatric hospitalization.

The Huddle | November 13, 2024

New Center for Behavioral Health and Learning (CBHL) addresses WA's need for mental health care with treatments including neuromodulation therapies, an intensive outpatient program, and support for caregivers.

Right as Rain | September 18, 2024

Randall Espinoza, MD, MPH and Brandon Thomas, MD, PhD talk about two effective neuromodulation therapies, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).

UW Magazine | September 17, 2024

After years of advocating, planning and building, and a $244 million investment from the state, UW Medicine has opened the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning, an expansion of existing services on UW Medical Center’s Northwest campus.

UW Magazine | September 17, 2024

After years of advocating, planning and building, and a $244 million investment from the state, UW Medicine has opened the Center for Behavioral Health and Learning, an expansion of existing services on UW Medical Center’s Northwest campus.

UW Magazine | September 12, 2024

With a $244 million investment from the state, CBHL adds 150 psychiatric hospital beds and is part of an ambitious new approach to caring for individuals living with mental illness.

Department News | September 3, 2024

We are pleased to announce that Randall Espinoza, MD, MPH, has been named the inaugural holder of the Garvey Family Endowed Professorship for Technology and Brain Health and is serving as the Medical Director of the Garvey Institute Center for Neuromodulation located in CBHL. We are also pleased to announce that Rebecca Hendrickson, MD, PhD, has been named the inaugural holder of the Denise L. Tabbutt Endowed Professorship for Trauma and Brain Health. Dr. Hendrickson cares for patients in the VA Puget Sound's outpatient posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) clinic.

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.

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.