Faculty Affiliates
William Torrey, MD
William Torrey, MD
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and Dartmouth-Hitchcock
William C. Torrey MD is Professor and Chair for the Department of Psychiatry at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth-Hitchcock. He has devoted much of his professional life to improving the care of adults with severe mental illnesses and integrating psychiatric care into primary care. His work has included clinical care, administration, teaching, and research. He cares for adults with severe mental illnesses, trains medical students, psychiatric trainees, and the public on these topics, leads clinical care systems that aim to offer evidence-based, measurement-informed care, and contributes to services research. His research, writing, and teaching have focused on supported employment, integrated services for adults with co-occurring substance use disorders and severe mental illnesses, evidence-based practice implementation, collaborative care in primary care, and shared decision making in medication management for adults with psychiatric and addictive illnesses.
Selected Publications
- Cubillos L, Bartels SM, Torrey WC, Naslund J, Uribe-Restrepo JM, Gaviola C, Castro Díaz S, John DT, Williams MJ, Cepeda M, Gomez-Restrepo C, Marsch LA. The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of integrating mental health services in primary care in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. BJPsych Bull. 2020 Apr 23:1-13. doi: 10.1192/bjb.2020.35. PMID: 32321610. View Source
- Torrey WC, Cepeda M, Castro S, Bartels SM, Cubillos L, Suárez-Obando F, Camblor PM, Uribe-Restrepo JM, Williams M, Gómez-Restrepo C, Marsch LA. Implementing technology-supported depression and alcohol care in primary care in Colombia: Preliminary findings. Psychiatr Serv. 2020 Mar 10:appips201900457. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201900457. PMID: 32151216. View Source
- Torrey WC, Griesemer I, Carpenter-Song EA. Beyond "med management". Psychiatr Serv. 2017 Jun 1;68(6):618-620. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201600133. PMID: 28245703. View Source
- Carpenter-Song E, Torrey WC. "I always viewed this as the real psychiatry": Provider perspectives on community psychiatry as a career of first choice. Community Ment Health J. 2015 Apr;51(3):258-66. doi: 10.1007/s10597-014-9752-5. PMID: 24989962. View Source
- Aleem S, Torrey WC, Duncan MS, Hort SJ, Mecchella JN. Depression screening optimization in an academic rural setting. Int J Health Care Qual Assur. 2015;28(7):709-25. doi: 10.1108/IJHCQA-01-2015-0012. PMID: 26241092. View Source
- Torrey WC, Bond GR, McHugo GJ, Swain K. Evidence-based practice implementation in community mental health settings: the relative importance of key domains of implementation activity. Administration and Policy in Mental Health. 2012 Sep;39(5):353-64. PMID: 21574016. View Source
- Torrey WC, Tepper M, Greenwold J. Implementing integrated services for adults with co-occurring substance use disorders and psychiatric illnesses: A research review. Journal of Dual Diagnosis. 2011 Aug 5; 7(3): p. 150-161. doi: 10.1080/15504263.2011.592769. View Source