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In Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. Our goal is to reduce harm related to addictive & other health risk behaviors & improve the health of all people through research, training, practice & policy initiatives.
@cshrb.bsky.social#CSHRB co-authored study says using a stratified, design-based clinician-validation approach demonstrated that a chatbot-integrated safety agent detected suicide risk when risk was spontaneously disclosed, especially for imminent risk doi.org/10.21203/rs....
@cshrb.bsky.socialOct 8 Psychiatry & Addictions Case Conference led by #CSHRB's Dr. Kristen Lindgren, 12-1:30 PM via Zoom ictp.uw.edu/registration/ PACC is a weekly teleconference, which includes educational & case presentations, connecting community providers with UW psychiatrists, psychologists & addictions experts
@cshrb.bsky.socialPlease share with your contacts & RSVP. #CSHRB is hosting a virtual event open to anyone interested in psychology & health research, including high schoolers, community members & college students. We have a list of projects at our center that have openings for students this quarter & winter quarter
@cshrb.bsky.socialWelcome to #CSHRB's Antoine Lebeaut, profiled in the PBSCI Sept newsletter. He joined the department in June 2026 as an acting assistant professor with the TRI program. His research focuses on identifying risk & maintenance factors for PTSD & problematic alcohol use among adults & first responders
@cshrb.bsky.social#CSHRB dissertation by Kirstyn Smith-LeCavalier developed & preliminarily validated a daily measure of cannabis protective behavioral strategies & explored machine learning methods to identify factors associated with cannabis use and consequences at the daily level bit.ly/4xO5Rex
@cshrb.bsky.socialWhite House Backtracks on Plan to Exert New Control Over N.I.H. Grants: Democrats and Republicans in Congress opposed the creation of a commission with the power to veto federal research awards www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
@cshrb.bsky.socialSAVE THE DATE: Join BHI every third Friday of the month, Oct-Dec, from 11 AM - 12 PM for the TeleBehavioral Health Training CME/CNE CEU-accredited series of presentations: October 16 – Dr. Michele Bedard-Gilligan, Trauma Focused Therapies via Telehealth, register: bit.ly/3TiarUc
@cshrb.bsky.social“We’ve had so many conversations with first-responders who say that dealing with drug overdoses & repeat drug use isn’t what they were trained to do & yet it constitutes most of their calls,” says #ADAI's Mandy Owens on the eve of the First Responder Wellness Summit on UW campus 9/23 bit.ly/3V4NLHK
@cshrb.bsky.socialThis came out in August, but still relevant. Officials push back on federal changes that could impact WA science news www.knkx.org/government/2...
@cshrb.bsky.socialCome see #CSHRB's Christine Lee & Griselda Martinez at the Seamar Health Conference representing Conéctate contigo mismo/Check in With Yourself between 11am-6pm this Sunday, Sept 20 at Seattle Center's Armory (Main Level) sites.uw.edu/conectate/
@cshrb.bsky.social“To our knowledge, this study is the first to examine how getting secondary treatment may contribute to racial disparities in mortality among prostate cancer patients,” said 1st author #CSHRB's Dr. Jessica Acolin, now affiliate assistant professor in health systems & population health bit.ly/4hiKGfJ
@cshrb.bsky.social#CSHRB co-authored study by E. Dworkin & E. Howe concludes baseline-referenced wearable features combined with daily self-report may help identify near-term PTSD symptom increases among recently discharged veterans with elevated PTSD symptoms & problematic cannabis use bit.ly/3UIxRma
@cshrb.bsky.social"This research, especially around substance use, is really important because we see a lot of underrepresented and marginalized populations really suffer from high rates of mortality," Dr. Sebastian Tong of the UW School of Medicine says bit.ly/4yhWdSp
