Monday, March 13, 2017 - 17:00
DSHS Office of Communications, Kathy Spears, (253) 756-2667
LAKEWOOD --Dr. Brian Gilfeather, a new member of Western State Hospital’s psychiatric team, brings years of health care experience to Washington’s largest state-operated psychiatric hospital.
Dr. Gilfeather is a graduate of Harvard College and earned his medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine, and comes to Western State Hospital well prepared to address the challenges of mental illness.
He was hired to lead the hospital’s East Campus and Habilitative Mental ...read more
Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 16:00
DSHS Office of Communications, Kelly Stowe, (360) 902-7739
OLYMPIA- U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman today entered an order giving several directives to the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to come into compliance with the court. The order is being reviewed.
The agency continues to work toward compliance with Judge Pechman’s contempt order while meeting the quality care and safety standards that patients need and deserve. Much progress has been made in providing competency evaluations and restoration services to members ...read more
Wednesday, February 15, 2017 - 16:00
DSHS Office of Communications, Kathy Spears, (253)756-2667
LAKEWOOD –The Western State Hospital (WSH) psychology internship program has received the highest standard of accreditation from the American Psychological Association (APA).
The hospital’s psychology department is one of the largest in the state. Its internship program provides participants a unique opportunity to work with children, adolescents, adults, and an elder population with a variety of diagnoses, as well as with people with criminal histories and mental ...read more
Monday, February 6, 2017 - 16:00
DSHS Office of Communications, Mindy Chambers, (360) 902-0265
OLYMPIA – Note to would-be food benefits traffickers.
You’re being watched.
In early February, Puyallup police arrested a Tacoma man after investigators with the Department of Social and Health Services’ Office of Fraud and Accountability saw a social media post offering to trade “great organic” marijuana “for EBT vehicles electronics” (sic).
The investigators notified Puyallup law enforcement, which set up an exchange of an EBT card for the marijuana and made the arrest ...read more
Monday, January 23, 2017 - 16:00
DSHS Office of Communications, Kelly Stowe, (360) 902-7739
New Journeys seeks to identify psychosis and begin treatment earlier for young people
OLYMPIA- On Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, Washington’s third Coordinated Specialty Care program pilot site, New Journeys, launched to help Thurston and Mason County residents ages 15 to 25 who are showing symptoms of early psychosis.
Psychosis is a change to the brain which interferes with a person’s experience of his or her world. A person who is experiencing an episode of psychosis may ...read more
