Peter Roy-Byrne, MD

Chief of Psychiatry, Harborview Medical Center
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington at Harborview Medical Center

325 9th Avenue, 2HH-8
Box 359911
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 897-4201

roybyrne@u.washington.edu

Educational Background:

• BA, Vassar College- Poughkeepsie, NY, Psychology, 1974
• MD, Tufts University School of Medicine- Boston, MA, Medicine, 1978
• Residency, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute- Los Angeles, CA, Psychiatry, 1982
• Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health- Bethesda, MD, Biologic Psychiatry, 1986
  

Current Research Interests:

• Dissemination of evidence based treatments for anxiety and depression in the primary care setting
• Improving quality of care for disadvantaged patients with depression and anxiety
• Use of genetic markers to predict treatment outcome in anxiety and depression

CHAMMP-Related Projects:

Selected Publications:

• Roy-Byrne, P., Joesch, J., Wang, P., & Kessler, R. (2009). Socioeconomic
  disadvantage and mental health care use in patients with anxiety and
  depression in the NCS-R. Psychiatric Services, 60, 1190-1197.
• Krupski, A., Campbell, K., Joesch, J.M., Lucenko, B.A., & Roy-Byrne, P. (2009). Impact of access to recovery services on alcohol/drug treatment outcomes. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 37(4), 435-442.
• Feeny, N.C., Zoellner, L.A., Mavissakalian, M.R., & Roy-Byrne, P.P. (2009). What would you choose? Sertraline or prolonged exposure in community and PTSD treatment seeking women. Depression and Anxiety, [Epub ahead of print]
• Cristofalo, M., Boutain, D., Schraufnagel, T.J., Bumgardner, K., Zatzick, D., & Roy-Byrne, P.P. (2009). Unmet need for mental health and addictions care in urban community health clinics: frontline provider accounts. Psychiatry Services, 60(4), 505-511.
• Lipsky, S., Caetano, R., & Roy-Byrne, P. (2009). Racial and ethnic disparities in police-reported intimate partner violence and risk of hospitalization among women. Women’s Health Issues, 19(2), 109-118.
• Roy-Byrne, P., Veitengruber, J.P., Bystritsky, A., Edlund, M.J., Sullivan, G., Craske, M.G., Welch, S.S., et al. (2009). Brief intervention for anxiety in primary care patients. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 22(2), 175-186.
• Bennett, W.R., Joesch, J.M., Mazur, M., & Roy-Byrne, P. (2009). Characteristics of HIV-positive patients treated in a psychiatric emergency department. Psychiatry Services, 60(3), 398-401.
• Ries, R.K., Yuodelis-Flores, C., Roy-Byrne, P.P., Nilssen, O., & Russo, J. (2009). Addiction and suicidal behavior in acute psychiatric inpatients. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 50(2), 93-99.
• Craske, M.G., Rose, R.D., Lang, A., Welch, S.S., Campbell-Sills, L., Sullivan, G., Sherbourne, C., Bystritsky, A., Stein, M.B., & Roy-Byrne, P.P. (2009). Computer-assisted delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders in primary-care settings. Depression and Anxiety, 26(3), 235-242.
• Roy-Byrne, P.P. (2008). Depression and Anxiety. Message from the editor. Depression and Anxiety, 25(9), 725.
• Sawchuk, C.N., Charles, S., Wen, Y., Goldberg, J., Forquera, R., Roy-Byrne, P., & Buchwald, D. (2008). A randomized trial to increase physical activity among native elders. Preventive Medicine, 47(1), 89-94.
• Sawchuk, C.N., Bogart, A., Charles, S., Goldberg, J., Forquera, R., Roy-Byrne, P., & Buchwald, D. (2008). Education is associated with physical activity among American Indian elders. American Indian and Alaskan Native Mental Health Research, 15(1), 1-17.
• Roy-Byrne, P., Davidson, K., Kessler, R.C., Amundson, G., Goodwin, R., Kubansky, L., et al. (2008). Anxiety disorders and comorbid medical illness. General Hospital Psychiatry, 30(3), 208-225.
• Sullivan, G., Craske, M.G., Sherbourne, C., Edlund, M.J., Rose, R.D., Golinelli, D., Chavira, D.A., Bytstritsky, A., Stein, M.B., & Roy-Byrne, P. (2007). Design of the Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (CALM) Study: innovations in collaborative care for anxiety disorders. General Hospital Psychiatry, 29, 379-387.
• Strachan, E.D., Bennett, W.R.M., Russo, J., & Roy-Byrne, P.P. (2007). Disclosure of HIV status and sexual orientation independently predict increased absolute CD4 cell counts over time for psychiatric patients. Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 74-80.
• 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.
• Zatzick, D., Russo, J., Rajotte, E., Uehara, E, Roy-Byrne, P., Ghesquiere, A., Jurkovich, G. & Rivara, F. (2007). Strengthening the patient-provider relationship in the aftermath of physical trauma through an understanding of the nature and severity of posttraumatic concerns. Psychiatry, 70, 260-273.
• Roy-Byrne, P.P., Sherbourne, C.D., Miranda, J., Stein, M., Craske, Golinelli, D., et al. (2006). Poverty and response to treatment in primary care panic disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 1419-1425.
• Mukherjee S., Perry D., Sullivan G., Verdugo B., Means-Christensen, A., Roy-Byrne, P., et al. (2006). Patient beliefs and attitudes associated with adherence to evidence-based CBT and medication treatment. Psychiatric Services, 57, 1745-1750.
• Roy-Byrne, P.P., Noonan, C., Afari, N., Buchwald, D., & Goldberg, J. (2006). Is the association between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and poor health due to a common familial or genetic factor? General Hospital Psychiatry, 28(5), 408-13.
• Schraufnagel, T., Wagne,r A., Miranda, J., & Roy-Byrne, P. (2006). Treating Anxiety and Depression in Minority Patients: What Does the Evidence Tell Us? General Hospital Psychiatry, 28, 27-36.
• Bystritsky, A., Wagner, A.W., Russo, J., Stein, M.B., Sherbourne, C.D., Roy-Byrne, P.P., et al. (2005). Assessment of beliefs about psychotropic medication and psychotherapy: development of a measure for patients with anxiety disorders. General Hospital Psychiatry, 27, 313-318.
• Roy-Byrne, P.P., Craske, M.G., Stein, M.B., Sullivan, G., Bystrisky, A., Katon, W., et al. (2005). A randomized trial of cognitive behavior therapy and medication for primary care panic disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 290-298.
• Holtzheimer, P.E., Russo, J., Bundy, C., Zatzick, D., & Roy-Byrne, P.P. (2005). The impact of comorbid PTSD on short term outcome and pre-admission quality of life in hospitalized patients with depression. American Journal of Psychiatry, 62, 970-976.
• Roy-Byrne, P.P., Bystritsky, A., Russo, J., Craske, M.C., Sherbourne, C.D., & Stein, M.B. (2005). Herbal medicine use in primary care patients with mood and anxiety disorders. Psychosomatics, 46, 117-122.
• Stein, M.B., Roy-Byrne, P.P., Craske, M.G., Engelhart, R., Bystritsky, A., Sullivan, G., et al. (2005). Functional impact of anxiety disorders in primary care. Medical Care, 43, 1164-1170.
• Zatzick, D.F., Russo, J., Pittman, R., Rivara, F.P., Jurkovich, G.J., & Roy-Byrne, P. (2005). Reevaluating the association between emergency department heart rate and the development of PTSD: A public health approach. Journal of Psychiatry, 57, 91-95.
• Zatzick, D.F., Russo, J., Rivara, F.P., Jurkovich, J., Roy-Byrne, P., & Katon, W. (2005). The detection and treatment of patients with posttraumatic distress and substance intoxication in the acute care medical setting. General Hospital Psychiatry, 27, 57-62.
• Zatzick, D.F., Roy-Byrne, P.P., Russo, J., Rivara, F., Droesch, R., Dunn, C., et al. (2004). A randomized effectiveness trial of stepped collaborative care for acutely injured trauma survivors. Archives of General Psychiatry, 61, 498-506.
• Roy-Byrne, P.P., Smith, W., Goldberg, J., Afari, N., & Buchwald, D. (2004). Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder among patients with chronic pain and chronic fatigue. Psychological Medicine, 34, 363-368.
• Stein, M.B., Sherbourne, C.D., Craske, M.G., Means-Christenson, A., Bystristsky, A., & Roy-Byrne, P.P. (2004). Quality of care for primary care patients with anxiety disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 161, 2230-2237.
• Snowden, M., Walaszek, A., Russo, J., Comtois, K., Srebnik, D., Ries, R., & Roy-Byrne P. (2004). Geriatric patients improve as much as younger patients from hospitalization on general psychiatric units. Journal of the American Geriatric Society, 52, 1676-1680.