Research and Scholarly Inquiry
The UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health has an active research division, with nationally recognized research programs in basic and clinical neurosciences, molecular biology and genetics, neuro-imaging, epidemiology, autism, addictions, trauma, head injury, chronic pain, serious and persistent mental illnesses, health services, integrated care, dissemination, and implementation research. Visit the UW Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences website to learn more about the UW Medicine Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Division. The Seattle Children's Hospital also has a research center dedicated to behavioral science research. Visit the Seattle Children's Hospital website to learn more about the Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development.
Our Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellows and faculty have a wide range of academic interests including (but not limited to) childhood development, neurodevelopmental and neurocognitive disorders, cultural psychiatry, psychiatry's relationship to structural inequalities and racism, genetics, trauma-related disorders and therapies, medical education, childhood mania and psychosis, gender diverse and transgender youth, academic psychiatry, various models of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care, eating disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, social justice, catatonia and ECT, CBT and DBT, Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder, integrated care and expanding access to care, Native American health, addiction psychiatry, transitional aged youth and consultation liaison psychiatry. Please see our faculty and fellow pages to discover more about our department's broad range of scholarly interests.
Fellows regularly present at national academic conferences and publish journal articles in peer reviewed journals. Some have also pursued other degrees (i.e., Masters level education) while in fellowship. Our faculty are committed to mentoring fellows in achieving their academic goals, building their curriculum vitae, and pursuing scholarly activities.
Fellow Scholarly Inquiry Projects
Our fellows are required to complete a Scholarly Inquiry Project during their two years at the University of Washington. Second year CAP fellows will produce a final academic project which contributes in a meaningful way to the field of child psychiatry. Scholarly inquiry projects will also benefit the individual fellow by promoting evidence-based thinking and lifelong learning. The goal is for this project to be completed (or in a state to be evaluated) by the time of graduation. Prior to graduation, the fellow will present the results of the project to a group of peers, faculty, and staff.
Depending on the career interests of a particular CAP fellow, this project could focus on specific clinical issues or methods of quality improvement (e.g., for fellows interested in private practice and becoming an expert clinician), education (e.g., for fellows in interested in academics with a focus on clinician-teacher track and/or clinical supervision), or research (e.g., for fellows interested in academic research and becoming a physician-scientist).
Below are just a few examples of our fellow's scholarly projects
- Catatonia: A Case Study
- Latino Preschool Anxiety Study: A Review of Qualitative Data
- Improving Care for Catatonia in Pediatric Patients Care
- Tf-CBT Adaptations for Latinx Teenagers and Their Caregivers
- Including Perinatal Mental Health Topics in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Curriculum
- Gender Diversity in Autism Spectrum Disorders‐Opportunities for Improved Screening and Clinical care
- Piloting a Trauma-Informed Parent Behavior Management Training for Children in Foster Care
- Aberrant Behavior Checklist Scores in Youth with Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Equity in Research Opportunity and Participation Among Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Creating a Parenting Elective for Birthing and Non-Birthing Parents
- Fostering Connection: Leading a Psychiatry/Psychology Trainee Process and Support Group
- Bias reduction and structural competency curricula for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellows
- Name of Proposed Project: Infant Mental Health Experience for CAP Fellows
- Presentation for new trainees on eating disorder management at SCH
- PEACE Project: Using Digital Learning Tools to Enhance Emotional Regulation for Youth Hospitalized for Aggressive Crises
- Modified CBT to Alleviate Distress From Racism
- Examining Polypharmacy Rates in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Pediatric Catatonia and ECT: A Review
- Developing and Implementing a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Curriculum
- Exercise in a Clinical Setting for Treatment of Depression
- Easy Access Approaches to Improving Teaching
- Prescribing algorithm for core ASD symptoms in adults