David Avery, MD

Director, Inpatient Psychiatry
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington
University of Washington at Harborview Medical Center

325 9th Avenue, 5WH-124
Box 359896
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 744-4527

averydh@u.washington.edu 

Educational Background:

• BA, Wabash College- Crawfordsville, IN, Religion and Chemistry, 1968
• MD, Washington University School of Medicine- St. Louis, MO, Medicine, 1972

Current Research Interests:

• Affective disorders
• Winter depression
• Circadian rhythms
• Light therapy
• Thermoregulation
• Electroconvulsive therapy
• Suicide
• Transcranial magnetic stimulation
• Chronic pain

CHAMMP-Related Projects:

Selected Publications:

• Avery, D.H., Holtzheimer, P.E., Fawaz, W., Russo, J., Neumaier, J., Dunner, D.L., Haynor, D.R., Claypoole, K.H., Wajdik, C., & Roy-Byrne, P. (2007). Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation reduces pain in patients with major depression: a controlled study. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 195, 378-381.
• Holtzheimer, P.E., Russo, J., Claypoole, K.H., Roy-Byrne, P., & Avery, D.H. (2004). Shorter duration of depressive episode may predict response to repetitive transcranial stimulation (rTMS). Depression and Anxiety, 19, 24-30.
• Avery, D.H., Bolte, M.A., & Ries, R. (1998). Dawn simulation treatment of abstinent alcoholics. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 59, 36-42.
• Roy-Byrne, P., Russo, J., Rabin, L., Fuller, K., Jaffe, C., Avery, D.H., et al. (1998). A brief medical necessity scale for mental disorders: Reliability, validity, and clinical utility. Journal of Behavioral Health Sciences and Research, 25, 412-24.
• Russo, J., Roy-Byrne, P.P., Jaffe, C., Ries, R., Dagadakis, C., & Avery, D.H. (1997) Psychiatric status, quality of life, and level of care as predictors of outcomes of acute inpatient treatment. Psychiatric Services, 48, 1427-1434.