Current research at UCSF
Gathering stakeholder perspectives and modeling emotion regulation to predict youth suicidal behaviors (Sabrina M. Darrow, PhD)
This study is using data collected during Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) to develop models of dynamic near-time predictors of youth suicide and identify patterns of change to improve DBT-A. Stakeholders, including those with lived experience of self-harm, suicide, and DBT, are involved throughout the study to increase the utility of the results in real-world settings.
Refining and evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a telehealth risk management service with parents of suicidal youth (Sabrina M. Darrow, PhD)
Our team has developed a workshop for parents of teens who are at risk of self-harm. The workshop is delivered remotely and aims to help parents keep teens safe at home and engage in outpatient services. This study aims to improve the feasibility and acceptability of this risk management service for future rigorous testing as well as real world implementation.
Recent publications
Gonzales, L., Darrow, SM., Maliken, A, Piatigorsky, A., Shaller, E., Stuart, B. and Todd, N. (2018). DBT for Youth: Who Drops Out of Family-based Programs? Dialectical Behavior Therapy Newsletter, 1, 1.
Haack, L. & Maliken, A. (2020). Risky behaviors associated with ADHD. Attention: Living well with ADHD, 4 – 5.
Tollefsen, TK, Darrow, SM, Lohne, V, & Berg-Nielsen, TS (2020). Experiences with using an idiographic assessment in primary mental health care services for adolescents. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being, 15(1).
Figueroa, C, Hernandez-Ramos, R, Boone, C, Gomez-Pathak, L, Yip, V. Luo, T, Sierra, V, Xu, J, Chakraborty, B, Darrow, SM, Aguilera, A. (2020, online). A text-messaging protocol study to help cope with social distancing: clinical trial protocol for Stay Well at Home study. Journal of Medical Internet Research Research Protocols. Doi:10.2196/23592
Tollefsen, TK, Darrow, SM, Neumer, SP, & Berg-Nielsen (2020). Adolescents' mental health concerns, reported with an idiographic assessment tool. BMC Psychology, 8(117).
Zalewski, M, Maliken, AC, Lengua, LJ, Martin, CG, Roos, LE, and Everett, Y (2020). Integrating dialectical behavior therapy with child and parent training interventions: A narrative and theoretical review. Clinical Psychology Science and Practice,
Armstrong, CC, Odukoya, E, Sundarmurthy, K, Darrow, SM (2021). Youth and provider perspectives on behavior-tracking mobile applications: A qualitative analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research Mental Health, 8(4).
Aguilera, A, Hernandez-Ramos, R, Haro-Ramos, AY, Boone, CE, Luo, TF, Xu, J, Chakraborty, B, Karr, C, Darrow, SM, Figueroa, CA (2021). A text messaging intervention (StayWell at Home) to counteract depression and anxiety during COVID-19 social distancing: pre-post study. JMIR Mental Health, 8(11):e25298.
Darrow, SM, Maliken, AC, Piatigorsky, A, Stuart, BK, Todd, N, Yaeger, AM, Londahl-Shaller, EA. (2022). Effectiveness of the family-based model of dialectical behavior therapy for both suicidal adolescents and young adults in an academic medical center. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 78, 1422-1435
Darrow, SM, Pelot, M, Naeger, S, Ostrow, L (2022) User perspectives on professional support and service use during psychiatric medication discontinuation. Community Mental Health Journal, 58, 1416-1424.
Tolin, D, Sain, K, Davis, E, Gilliam, C, Hannan, S, Springer, K, Stubbing, J, George, J, Jean, A, Goldblum, R, Katz, B, Everhardt, K, Darrow, SM, Ohr, E, Young, M, Serchuk, M. (2023) The DIAMOND-KID: Psychometric Properties of a Structured Diagnostic Interview for DSM-5 Anxiety, Mood, and Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders in Children and Adolescents. Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911221143994
Vogel, EA, Hashemi, R, Ramo, DE, Darrow, SM, Costello, C, Prochaska, JJ (2023). Adolescents' perceptions of nicotine vaping-related social media content. Psychology of Popular Media. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000452
Darrow, SM, Ironside, M, Armstrong, CC, Travis, K, Aguilera, A, & Haack, LM (2023). Feasibility and acceptability of augmenting therapy for youth with automated text messaging during COVID-19. Evidence-Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 8(3) 335-347. https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2023.2224112
Darrow, SM, Pizzagalli, DA, Smoke, M, Mathew, SJ, Numberger, J, Linsanby, SH, Iosifescu, D, Murrough, JW, Yang, H, Weiner, RD, Sanacora, G, Keefe, RSE, Song, A, Goodman, W, Whitton, AE, Potter, WZ, Krystal, AD (2023). Using latent class analyses to classify subjects with anhedonia based on reward-related measures obtained in the FAST-MAS study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 339:584-592. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.081
Haack, LM, Pfiffner, LJ, Darrow, SM, Lai, J, Beltran, DKA, Beltran, JUM, Candil, EM, Garcia, KD, Guerror, MFA, Saldana, DML, Valdez, MEU, & Jimenez, EAA (under review). Enhancing accessibility and scalability of school-based programs to improve youth attention and behavior: open feasibility trial of the remote CLS-R-FUERTE program in Mexico. School Psychology.
Recent presentations
Anamkath, N.S., Darrow, S.M.*, Loondahl-Shaller, E.A., Ozer, E., Piatigorsky, A., Stuart, B., Todd, N., & Yaeger, A.M. (November 2015). Preliminary validation of the measure of adolescent skills confidence (MASC). Poster presented at the annual conference for the International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Chicago, IL
Shaller, E., Darrow, SM, Maliken, A. Todd, N. & Piatigorsky, A. (November 2017). Family therapy in Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents. Workshop presented at the annual meeting for the International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. San Diego, CA.
Reeves, J. & Darrow, SM. (May 2018). Preliminary examination of intraindividual dynamics between suicidal ideation, self-harm urges, and emotions in early sessions of dialectical behavior therapy for adolescents. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Association of Psychological Science.
Shaller, E., Yaeger, A., Maliken, A.C., & Gorraiz, M. (November 2018). #DBT: A live, Annotated Demonstration of DBT with an Adolescent. Mini workshop at The Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy Annual Convention. Washington, D.C.
Haack, L., Darrow, SM, Figueroa, C. Aguilera, A. (October 2019). Let's Text! Improving Engagement in Mental Health Services. Symposium presented at UCSF Sharecase, San Francisco, CA.
Gorraiz, M., Shaller, E., Maliken, A.C., & Yaeger, A. (November 2019). Which way do you go? A live, annotated demonstration of acceptance and change in adolescent DBT. Clinical Grand Rounds at The Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.
Haack, L., Libby, A., Maliken, A., Moreno, G., Todd, N., & Parsons, A. (2020). Preventing provider burnout via the Ekstasis Peer Consultation model. University of California San Francisco Education Showcase. (Conference canceled.)
Darrow, S.M., Maliken, A.C., Haack, L.M., Buckelew, S.M., & Koren, M.K. (March 2020). Risky Business: Effectively assessing adolescent mental health risk related behaviors. Workshop for the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. (Conference canceled.)
Reeves, JW, Tollefsen, TK, Fisher, AJ, & Darrow, SM (November 2020). Using routine outcome monitoring data to identify the timing and proximal risk factors of suicidal ideation. In Reeves, J.W. & Bosley, H.G. (Chairs), Advances in idiographic clinical science: Highlighting the clinical utility of the person-specific approach. Symposium presented at the 54th annual conference for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Reeves, JW, Tollefsen, TK, Fisher, AJ, & Darrow, SM (November 2020). Personalized short-term prediction of suicidal ideation and self-harm urges. In Park, E. (Chair), Novel approaches to explore proximal risk for suicide and self-injury. Symposium presented at the 54th annual conference for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Darrow, SM & Armstrong, CC (January 2021). Using Clinical Data to Improve Mental Health Services for Suicidal Adolescents. Poster presented via Twitter for UCSF's 1st Annual Health Services Research Symposium, San Francisco, CA.
Haack, L.M., Libby, A., Maliken, A.C., Moreno, G., Todd, N., & Prasad, S. (February 2021). Preventing provider burnout to enhance outcomes for high-risk adolescent patients: Introduction and demonstration of the Ekstasis Peer Consultation model. Workshop for the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Annual Meeting, Virtual Conference.
Sandel, D, Pelot, M, Ironside, M, & Darrow, SM (November 2021) Harnessing client self-monitoring for clinical science research: An example from adolescent DBT diary cards. Poster presented at the virtual annual meeting for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
Maliken, A.C., Gorraiz, M., Yaeger, A., & Shaller, E. (November 2021). Movement, speed and flow: A live, annotated demonstration of dialectical and stylistic strategies in adolescent DBT. Mini workshop at The Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapy Annual Convention. Virtual Conference.
Swan, A, Parsons, A, Libby, A, Maliken, A, Jou, J, Haack, L, Moreno, G, Todd, N, & Darrow, SM (November 2022) Lessons learned providing CBT for child and adolescent anxiety via telehealth: A provider survey of barriers, facilitators, and quality of care during the Covid-19 global pandemic and beyond. Poster presented at the 56th annual convention for the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY.
Maliken, A, Darrow, SM, Fordwood, S, Jou, J, Todd, N, & Shaller, E (November 2022) How phone coaching in DBT-A will change (not ruin) your life. Workshop presented at the annual meeting for the International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. New York, NY.
Yaeger, A.M., Maliken, A.C., Gorraiz, M., Shaller, E., & Vijay, A. (November 2022). How can I possibly validate everyone: A live, annotated demonstration of family therapy in DBT-A. Mini workshop at The Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Annual Convention. New York, NY.
