Research overview

心理健康是整体健康的重要组成部分. But traditional mental health care reaches only a fraction of the millions who could benefit. So, researchers at 2022世界杯下注网站健康世界杯下注网站所 (KPWHRI) are finding practical, patient-centered ways to reach people affected by conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder, and anxiety.

“Many of the ideas that are changing American mental health care were first tested here at 凯撒永久医疗机构华盛顿,” said 格雷戈里·西蒙，医学博士，公共卫生硕士, senior investigator at KPWHRI and a 凯撒永久医疗机构华盛顿 psychiatrist. “We’re now working to spread those innovations to large health systems across the country.”

Some of the mental health research group’s current projects include:

• Conducting research to optimize firearm suicide prevention in health care
• Developing methods to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in suicide risk prediction
• Expanding a program to reduce the burden for caregivers of patients with a dementia diagnosis
• Testing an intervention to guide earlier access to services for youth with symptoms or concerns related to their mental health
• 减少高危青少年和年轻人的自杀企图
• 测试与痴呆风险相关变量的干预措施, 比如抑郁和社会孤立, in elderly patients
• Developing a model to predict risk of a psychosis spectrum disorder diagnosis
• Improving tailoring of depression care using customized clinical decision support
• Studying how peer support is being used to support youth mental health

Innovative patient-centered mental health programs developed at KPWHRI include:

• Using collaborative care to integrate depression mental health care with general medical care
• Developing flexible, patient-centered psychotherapy programs organized around people’s preferences and values and delivered online or by phone
• Identifying and addressing racial and ethnic disparities in mental health treatment
• Tailoring depression programs for people with other health conditions (diabetes, heart disease, obesity)
• Using technology such as the web and secure email for outreach and care coordination
• Facilitating earlier identification of people at risk for self-harm or suicide attempts
• Improving physical health in people with severe mental health problems
• Combining peer support with professional treatment for mood disorders
• Broadening the focus of mental health treatment from symptom management to recovery
• Activating mental health patients to be more knowledgeable and assertive
• Reducing use of high-risk medications in both children and older adults
• 与卫生系统合作，通过国家 心理健康世界杯下注网站网络 系统地衡量和改善护理结果

“We are partnering with health care leaders at 凯撒永久医疗机构华盛顿 and other health systems to test innovative programs and implement treatments that work,” Simon said. “我们希望‘学习医疗体系’不仅仅是一个口号.” 

精神健康的附属世界杯下注网站人员

Paul Crane, MD, MPH
内科教授
华盛顿大学

帕特里克·希格蒂博士
生物统计学系教授兼系主任
华盛顿大学

Laura P. Richardson, MD, MPH
Adolescent Medicine
西雅图儿童医院
儿科学教授
华盛顿大学

Noah R. Simon, PhD
助理教授，生物统计学
华盛顿大学
治疗发展首席世界杯下注网站员
西雅图儿童世界杯下注网站所

艾米丽·威廉姆斯博士，公共卫生硕士
Investigator
卫生服务世界杯下注网站 & Development
VA普吉特海湾医疗保健系统