Richard C. Veith, M.D., is a board-certified psychiatrist. He is a former Chair, UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and former Chief of Psychiatric Services at UW Medical Center. Dr. Veith has devoted his career to improving the quality of care for the seriously mentally ill, working with faculty colleagues to implement innovative, highly effective models of care that integrate mental health care into primary care settings regionally, nationally and internationally, and training future generations of mental health care providers.

Dr. Veith is fortunate to have earned his M.D., completed his residency training, and served his entire academic career at the UW. He is committed to team-based, interdisciplinary care of individuals with mental illness and to improving access to high quality care in partnership with other medical specialists.

Dr. Veith's clinical interests include adult and geriatric psychiatry with a focus on major depression and telepsychiatry. His past research was focused on the treatment of depression in patients with heart disease and stroke and understanding the mechanism of action of antidepressant medications in humans. More recently, he has conducted research on the implementation of telehealth to improve access to mental health care services in rural, underserved areas. He is active in teaching, research and psychiatric program development in Viet Nam and Cambodia.

Dr. Veith is Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Global Health at the UW School of Medicine.