Dr. Wissow started out in medicine as a general pediatrician and later became an adult and child psychiatrist. He is the Raisbeck Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Washington.  Dr. Wissow has had a long interest in the interface of general medical care and mental health care, and in the parallels between patient-centered primary care and psychotherapy. This began with a study of parent-clinician conversations in primary care that promoted disclosure of child and parent experiences of or risk for family violence. He has been involved in research and programs involving integration of mental health and medical care overseas, in Native American nations, and in the US. Most recently, he has been co-leading the roll-out of integrated care in a practice network in Western Washington and developing a model for supporting integrated care through alliances with community mental health agencies.