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Welcome to The Washington Institute

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Welcome to The Washington Institute for Mental Health Research and Training (WIMHRT). Since 1989, WIMHRT has provided an independent source of applied research and evaluation, and professional training in the fields of mental health and substance abuse within Washington State. Our training and research office is located on the campus of Western State Hospital in Tacoma, WA (Lakewood), with our administrative headquarters located in Seattle, WA at the Division of Public Behavioral Health and Justice Policy at the University of Washington. 

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NEWS ITEMS:

  • Youth COD Training Dates: 3/2-4. Click here for more info.
  • Adult COD Training Dates: 4/20-22 & 8/3-5. Click here for more info.
  • Peer Support Training Dates: 2/1-5, 4/12-16, 5/17-21, 7/26-30, 8/30-9/3. Click here for more info & registration.
  • Peer Support Testing Dates: 3/1 (Tacoma), 5/12 (Mt. Vernon), 8/25 (Spokane). Check back for more dates . Click here for more info on Peer Support Testing
  • Native American Mental Health Specialist Training--to be held in July. Application information will be available in March. (If you are interested in receiving an email notification when this course opens, please email Roxane Waldron: rwaldron@u.washington.edu).
  • "Marty Smith" Safety Trainings--contact David Kludt (DBHR) at kludtdj@dshs.wa.gov for more info.
  • Powerpoint: 2009 Adult Consumer & Family/Child Consumer Surveys (click here to view or download)
  • Peer Counselor Training Telephone Survey Report --now available! (click here)
  • Peer Counselor Job Announcements--click here for current listings

Washington Institute Partners

WIMHRT is part of the Division of Public Behavioral Health & Justice Policy, which is located in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington. WIMHRT is a state-university collaboration that works closely with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS). For more information about WIMHRT’s history, please click here to go to the About Us webpage.