UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
News
New plans would provide lawyers for UW mental health patients
Seattle Times | February 26, 2025
A short-term solution will get involuntarily committed patients the legal representation they’re entitled to, while a longer-term fix is making its way through the state Senate.
Feature
Myra Parker receives Distinguished Staff Award at MLK tribute event
Department News | January 30, 2024
We are thrilled to announce that Myra Parker, JD, MPH, PhD is the School of Medicine’s 2025 Distinguished Service Award Recipient! This award honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by recognizing employees and students who exemplify his call to serve others. For over 30 years, Myra has served as a leader, organizer, and do-er who has a genuine love for Native people. She embodies Dr. King’s legacy of service and truth telling through her mentoring, research, teaching, and traditional practices.
Events
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds - Psychiatrist in the Pain Clinic: Do You Treat the Physical Pain or the Mental Pain
March 14, 2024, 12-1 PM
This presentation will discuss the central role that the UW has played in creating and promoting the discipline of Pain Medicine and the Multidisciplinary Pain Clinic. It will review the clinical role that Mark Sullivan, MD, PhD, has played in the clinic over the past 37 years as well as related past and current research.
