Richard Ries, MD

Director, Addictions Division and Outpatient Psychiatry Rehabilitation Program
Director, Addictions Division, Department of Psychiatry
Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington at Harborview Medical Center

325 9th Avenue, PSB-5015
Box 359911
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 897-4216

rries@u.washington.edu

Educational Background:

• BS, Stanford University- Palo Alto, CA, Pre-Med, 1970
• MD, Northwestern Medical School- Evanston, IL, Medicine, 1975
• Residency, University of Washington- Seattle, WA, Psychiatry, 1978

Current Research Interests:

• Suicide and addiction- substance related suicide attempts; induced mood disorders; health services implications; Borderline personality disorders, addiction treatment and recovery; suicide intervention
• Twelve Step Facilitation
• Health services research and treatment outcomes in severely mentally ill dually diagnosed outpatients
• Contingency management models of treatment for methamphetamine and other substance abuse in community mental health center patients
• Medications in addiction recovery- alcohol relapse prevention medication; opiate addictions treatment with suboxone
  

CHAMMP-Related Projects:

Selected Publications:

• McDonell, M.G., Kaufman, E.K., Srebnik, D.S., Ciechanowski, P.S. & Ries, R.K.  (In Press). Barriers to Metabolic care for adults with serious mental illness: Provider perspectives. The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine.
• McDonell, M.G., Howell, D., Srebnik, S., Angelo, F., Sugar, A.M., Rainey, C., Roll, J., Short, R., Ries, R.  (In Press). Evaluation of ethyl glucuronide immunoassay urinalysis in 5 alcohol dependent outpatients. The American Journal on Addictions.
• McDonell, M.G., Hsiao R.C., Russo J., Pasic J., Ries R.K. (2011). Clinical prevalence and correlates of substance use in adolescent psychiatric emergency patients. Pediatric Emergency Care, 27 (5), 384-389.
• Sears, J.M., Krupski, A., Joesch, J., Estee, S., Ho, L., Sha, M.F., Ries, R., Dunn, C., Huber, A., Roy-Byrne, P. (2010). The use of administrative data as a substitute for individual screening scores in observational studies related to problematic alcohol or drug use. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 111;89-96.
• Krupski, A., Sears J., Joesch, J. M., Estee, S., He, L., Dunn, C. W., Roy-Byrne, P., Ries, R. (2010). The impact of brief interventions and brief treatment on admissions to chemical Dependency Treatment. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 110(1-2):126-36.
  
• Dunn C. W., Estee S., Huber A., Ries R. (2010). Screening and Brief Interventions in Medical Settings: A training manual for bringing substance abuse services to hospitals. Department of Health & Human Services, Washington State.
  
• Bell, R., Farmer, S., Ries, R., Srebnik, D. (2009). Metabolic risk factors among Medicaid outpatients with schizophrenia receiving second-generation antipsychotics. Psychiatric Services, 60, 1686–1689.
• McDonell, M.G., Comtois, K.A., Voss, W.D., Morgan, A.H., & Ries, R.K. (2009). Am Global Appraisal of Individual Needs Short Screener (GSS): psychometric properties and performance as a screening measure in adolescents. Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 35(3), 157-160.
• 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.
• Ries, R.K., Yuodelis-Flores, C., Comtois, K.A., Roy-Byrne, P.P., & Russo, J.E. (2008). Substance-induced suicidal admissions to an acute psychiatric service: characteristics and outcomes. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 34, 72-79.
• Pasic, J., Russo, J.E., Ries, R.K., & Roy-Byrne, P.P. (2007). Methamphetamine users in the psychiatric emergency services: a case-control study. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 33(5), 675-686.
• Ries, R.K. (2006). Co-occurring Alcohol Use and Mental Disorders. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 26, (6 Suppl 1), S30-36.
• Comtois, K.A., Russo, J.E., Roy-Byrne, P.P., & Ries, R.K. (2004). Clinicians' assessments of bipolar disorder and substance abuse as predictors of suicidal behavior in acutely hospitalized psychiatric inpatients. Biological Psychiatry, 56, 757-763.
• Ries, R.K., Short, R.A., Dyck, D.A., Srebnik, D., Fisher, A., Snowden, M., et al. (2004). Outcomes of Managing Disability Benefits in Substance Dependent Severely Mentally Ill Patients. Psychiatric Services, 55, 445-447.
• Ries, R.K., Short, R.A., Dyck, D.G., & Srebnik, D.S. (2004). Unlinking disability income, substance use, and adverse outcomes in dually diagnosed severely mentally ill outpatients. American Journal on Addictions, 13, 390-397.
• 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.