UWMC Roosevelt opens new clinical rooms, includes space for research trials

Department News | October 31, 2024

After years of advocacy, our outpatient psychiatry clinic at UWMC Roosevelt has opened more space for patient care and clinical research. The pandemic increased demand for mental health services and at the same time allowed us to pivot to telemedicine. That change increased access to care three-fold, and now, with the public health emergency behind […]








WA authorizes UW study of ‘magic mushrooms’ as PTSD treatment

MyNorthwest | May 17, 2023

Governor Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5263 into law, which mandated a study into psilocybin as well as the creation of a regulatory body for the possible recreational and medical use of the drug. Leading the upcoming study will be Dr. Nathan Sackett, with the University of Washington’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.