Post Medical School Graduate Education.

• In June 1975, received Certificate of Completion for General Psychiatry from the University of Hawaii Affiliated Psychiatric Residency Program, Honolulu, Hawaii.

• In June 1999, received Certificate of Completion for Geriatric Psychiatry from the University of Kansas Medical School, Wichita, Kansas.

Medical License.

• Full License to Practice Medicine in the State of Washington (License No. MD00038889).

• You can verify Dr. Sterling's License by going to the Health Professions Quality Assurance Credential Look Up Page and type in his full name, Ronald Sterling, or type in his license number.

Association Memberships and Awards.

• Member in good standing in the Washington State Psychiatric Association (WSPA), the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the American Association for Technology in Psychiatry (AATP), and the International Society for Mental Health Online (ISMHO).

• Dr. Sterling is a member in good standing in the Association of Health Care Journalists.

• Dr. Sterling received a 2003 Writer's Award for his "Mind Matters" column written for the monthly Seattle magazine Northwest Prime Time. The award was given to him by the North American Mature Publishers Association.

• Attended the 156th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association May 17-22, 2003, in San Francisco, California. At the meeting, Dr. Sterling was honored with an Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill at a ceremony on May 20, 2003.

• Given special invitation and attended an important National Stigma Roundtable January 29 and 30, 2004, cosponsored by the Geriatric Mental Health Foundation and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The first such roundtable was held in November 2003. The mission of the roundtables is to ramp-up media efforts for reducing stigma related to mental illness and mental health services for older adults.

• Dr. Sterling is a member of the King County Mental Health Advisory Board (KCMHAB) in Washington State. He was Chair of the Board from July 1, 2004 to July 1, 2006.

• Dr. Sterling is also a member of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) through the Greater Seattle Chapter, and a member of the National Mental Health Association. He participates actively in Seattle-area planning committees related to the activities of these organizations, including sponsoring and maintaining the Web site for NAMI Walks Washington which takes place annually in May.

• Dr. Sterling and his Mental Health Matters! Team were featured in an American Psychiatric Association Psychiatric News article posted July 18, 2003, entitled Psychiatrists Run To Reduce Stigma.

Other than the Web sites noted further below, the following are Web pages that contain published content or extended articles which are available for syndication. Dr. Sterling has written recurring columns since 1998 on mental health and good manners.

At MentalHealthNewswire.com, you can conveniently purchase publication rights to articles written by Dr. Sterling or you can order and purchase new, original content.

• Mind Matters -- Award-winning, recurring monthly mental health advice column written for a Seattle older adult magazine, Northwest Prime Time.

• Doctor Debug --a recurring column originally written for Tekbug, a technology and lifestyle magazine published in Seattle. Tekbug died. Doctor Debug is now published in a Montana bi-monthly health magazine.

• Sterling Manners -- original social commentary articles about good manners, civility, ethics, respect, and consideration. As you may know, "Sterling" stands for "excellent, superior, and honorable." Trademarked mottoes are "Be kind and prosper" ™ and "Let's put the 'man' back in manners." ™

• Mental Wellness Web site -- original content about the principles of mental wellness.

• All About Psychotherapy Web site -- original content about psychotherapy.

• All About Grief Web site -- original content about grief, and the grieving process.

• The Aging Brain Web site -- original content about the phases the brain goes through during life, and articles about melatonin, exercise, and adult attention deficit disorder.

• Web pages at DearShrink.com that contain original content include: What About the Words "Shrink" and "Client?"

The following is a list of Dr. Sterling's major Web sites created during the last six years which he continues to host and maintain for professional and consumer use.
• DearShrink.com -- Well-known mental health information Web site whose mission is to provide quality mental wellness and illness information and to facilitate better access to resources and services.

• SeniorMentalHealth.org -- Contains mental health information and resources for older adults, and Dr. Sterling's latest answer about older adult mental health care and caregiver concerns.

• MentalWellness.ws -- Web site contains articles, information, and resources for understanding the factors in mental wellness -- self-appreciation, resilience, affiliation, negotiation, curiosity, exercise and leisure activities.

• LaughterGood.com -- Extensive information and links to help you answer the question "is humor good for your health?"

• CaringTherapy.net -- Read about online counseling and purchase e-Mail, Internet chat, and telephone counseling from Dr. Sterling.

• BellevuePsychiatry.com -- View information about Dr. Sterling's psychiatry and psychotherapy practice in Bellevue, Washington.

• AgingBrain.org -- Web site contains articles, information, and resources for understanding more about the phases that the brain goes through during a lifetime. There are many structural changes that take place in our brains, and they don't all occur during our later years.

• AlcoholAndAging.org -- Links to information and resources about concerns related to the use and misuse of alcohol by older adults.

• AllAboutForgiveness.org -- Links to resources dedicated to helping us understand the power and the psychological principles of the process of interpersonal forgiveness.

• AllAboutDepression.net -- This site is an outgrowth of several articles that Dr. Sterling has written about depression over the past five years. In addition to his most recent articles "Depression Kills" and "How Does Depression Kill?," you will find links to many other resources for understanding mild to severe depression.

• AllAboutGrief.org -- Links to information, articles, organizations and individuals dedicated to helping us understand the processes of grieving and mourning.

• AllAboutPsychotherapy.org -- Links to articles and resources for understanding psychotherapy.

• Hippocampus.us -- This neurobiology of depression Web page contains a PowerPoint presentation (as an Adobe Acrobat document) entitled "How Stress Produces Major Depressive Disorder." It covers the three most important things we currently know about stress and depression. The hippocampus is a small, but very important part of the brain. It is one of the very few brain structures that contains nerve cells that can repair themselves under the right conditions.

• MentalHealthActivist.org -- The place to learn about being a mental health care activist. You can find the latest behavioral health news, links to hot events such as rallies and lectures, and updates on everything from death penalty issues to the cost of medications.

• MentalHealthEvents.org -- The place to learn about fund and awareness raising events related to mental health and substance abuse -- run, walk, march, dance or pray.

• MentalHealthNewswire.com -- At this Web site, you can purchase publication rights to articles written by Dr. Sterling. The mission of Mental Health Newswire is to give publishers and editors a convenient and cost-effective source for quality mental health, substance abuse, and social commentary content written by award-winning author and psychiatrist, Ron Sterling, M.D.

Dr. Sterling launched a new business in late 2005 -- the marketing of fine art photographic prints and media and publication rights to fine art photographs. Please visit SterlingImages.us to learn more.

Dr. Sterling is a strong believer in life-long learning and inner-life development. His Web sites and his focus on "always getting better" are manifestations of his own commitment to taking the next step in personal growth. He is a very active advocate for better access to unbiased mental health information, support, and treatment.

Dr. Sterling's mission for direct and online provision of psychiatric and counseling services is to provide his clients and those who seek mental health care with unbiased, informed, up-to-date, cost-effective, highly-confidential, honest, caring, and responsive services regarding their questions, concerns and personal development. His goal is to assist you with feeling and being your very best.

Dr. Sterling's mission with respect to volunteer work is to put a different face on psychiatry and to campaign vigorously for reducing stigma and discrimination related to mental illness and chemical dependency.

Dr. Sterling's mission with respect to journalism and mental health information is to provide timely, professional, authoritative, and well-written mental health, substance abuse, and social commentary content. To view Dr. Sterling's declaration regarding potential conflicts of interest, please go to his Conflicts of Interest Disclosure Statement.

Thank You for Stopping By!

Best wishes, and have a great day! -- Dr. Sterling