PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder)

April 3, 2023

In a pilot clinical trial, THRIVE offered coping skills training and coaching for recent sexual assault survivors.

April 19, 2022

A trial will test three evidence-based counseling therapies to see if one, or more than one in combination, results in better outcomes.

October 7, 2019

Individual acts of violence have cumulative, far-reaching physical and mental effects on victims and communities, researchers write.

October 23, 2018

Murray Raskind, a psychiatrist and researcher at the University of Washington School of Medicine, has helped service veterans get a good night's sleep after dealing with years of nightmares brought on by combat.

May 8, 2018

Michele Bedard-Gilligan, assistant professor of psychiatry in the University of Washington School of Medicine, is the lead investigator of Project BRITE ( A Brief Restructuring Intervention following Trauma Exposure).

October 17, 2017

"I have so much admiration for any victim who actually comes forward. They're not wrong," Lucy Berliner says.

picture of Lucy Berliner
October 16, 2017

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 1 in 20 women and men (5.6% and 5.3%, respectively) reported experiencing sexual violence other than rape in a nationally represented survey of adults.   

Shanda Taylor-Boyd appears the picture of health, far more youthful than her 53 years suggest. But she suffers from “the silent epidemic,” traumatic brain injury. 

In the aftermath of the slayings of nine people at Umpqua College in Oregon, Doug Zatzick shares advice on how to cope with tragedy and talk with family members about it. 

[The third paragraph's reference to the shortage of mental-health care in Washington has been clarified.]

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