Washington State Mental Health Summit 2026

The 2026 summit takes place at Seattle Marriott Waterfront in Seattle, Washington.

The summit is open to stakeholders and anyone committed to improving behavioral health systems and outcomes in their communities.

It fits leaders, policymakers, providers and community partners working on behavioral health and substance use systems in Washington, since the forum gathers stakeholders to share initiatives and partnerships, and the last edition was a joint effort with Harborview's Behavioral Health Institute and the University of Washington psychiatry department. Because the summit runs on a roughly year-and-a-half cycle, with initiatives given a year to develop and then report back, it works as a periodic progress checkpoint, so clinicians wanting frequent skills training would get less from it.

Attendees at behavioral health and public health forums usually wear business casual, with some in more formal attire, and layers suit a Seattle waterfront hotel in late October.