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Overview

Dara Sakolsky is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with significant contributions focused on Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental Health. Additional expertise areas include Speech and Hearing, Education, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics addressed in their work cover Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Early Childhood Education and Development, and themes related to Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, and Cognitive Processes.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Sakolsky include:

  • Role of Polygenic Risk Score in the Familial Transmission of Bipolar Disorder in Youth, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Social media use and prospective suicidal thoughts and behaviors among adolescents at high risk for suicide, 2021, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
  • Do youth anxiety measures assess the same construct consistently throughout treatment? Results are...complicated, 2023, Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • A Longitudinal Study of Psychiatric Disorders in Offspring of Parents With Bipolar Disorder From Preschool to Adolescence, 2021, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • The p Factor Consistently Predicts Long-Term Psychiatric and Functional Outcomes in Anxiety-Disordered Youth, 2020, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Sakolsky frequently publishes in several academic journals, with notable presence in:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • JAMA Psychiatry
  • Child Psychiatry & Human Development

Their most frequent coauthors include:

  • Boris Birmaher
  • Tina R. Goldstein
  • Danella Hafeman
  • John Merranko
  • Benjamin I. Goldstein

Best Publications

  • Clinical Characteristics of Anxiety Disordered Youth

    Philip C. Kendall;Scott N. Compton;John T. Walkup;Boris Birmaher

  • Remission after acute treatment in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders: findings from the CAMS.

    Golda S. Ginsburg;Philip C. Kendall;Dara Sakolsky;Scott N. Compton

  • Diagnostic Precursors to Bipolar Disorder in Offspring of Parents With Bipolar Disorder: A Longitudinal Study.

    David Axelson;Benjamin Goldstein;Tina Goldstein;Kelly Monk

  • Naturalistic Follow-up of Youths Treated for Pediatric Anxiety Disorders

    Golda S. Ginsburg;Emily M. Becker;Courtney P. Keeton;Dara Sakolsky

  • Predictors and moderators of treatment response in childhood anxiety disorders: results from the CAMS trial.

    Scott N. Compton;Tara S. Peris;Daniel Almirall;Boris Birmaher

  • Collaborative care outcomes for pediatric behavioral health problems: a cluster randomized trial.

    David J. Kolko;John Campo;Amy M. Kilbourne;Jonathan Hart

  • Toward the Definition of a Bipolar Prodrome: Dimensional Predictors of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders in At-Risk Youths

    Danella M. Hafeman;John Merranko;David Axelson;Benjamin I. Goldstein

  • Trajectories of change in youth anxiety during cognitive-behavior therapy.

    Tara S. Peris;Scott N. Compton;Philip C. Kendall;Boris Birmaher

  • 24- and 36-week outcomes for the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Study (CAMS).

    John Piacentini;Shannon Bennett;Scott N. Compton;Phillip C. Kendall

  • Results From the Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Extended Long-Term Study (CAMELS): Primary Anxiety Outcomes

    Golda S. Ginsburg;Emily M. Becker-Haimes;Courtney Keeton;Philip C. Kendall

  • Assessment of a Person-Level Risk Calculator to Predict New-Onset Bipolar Spectrum Disorder in Youth at Familial Risk.

    Danella M. Hafeman;John Merranko;Tina R. Goldstein;David Axelson

  • Assessing anxiety in youth with the multidimensional anxiety scale for children.

    Chiaying Wei;Alexandra L Hoff;Marianne A Villabø;Jeremy S Peterman

  • Academic Impairment and Impact of Treatments Among Youth with Anxiety Disorders

    Jennifer E. Nail;Jennifer Christofferson;Golda S. Ginsburg;Kelly Drake

  • Psychometrics of the screen for adult anxiety related disorders (SCAARED)- A new scale for the assessment of DSM-5 anxiety disorders

    Melina Angulo;Brian T. Rooks;MaryKay Gill;Tina Goldstein

  • Defining treatment response and remission in child anxiety: signal detection analysis using the pediatric anxiety rating scale.

    Nicole E. Caporino;Douglas M. Brodman;Philip C. Kendall;Anne Marie Albano

  • Somatic Complaints in Anxious Youth

    Sarah A. Crawley;Nicole E. Caporino;Boris Birmaher;Golda Ginsburg

  • Sleep-Related Problems and the Effects of Anxiety Treatment in Children and Adolescents

    Nicole E. Caporino;Kendra L. Read;Nina Shiffrin;Cara Settipani

  • Mood lability among offspring of parents with bipolar disorder and community controls

    Boris Birmaher;Benjamin I Goldstein;David A Axelson;Kelly Monk

  • The Effects of Parental Mood on Reports of Their Children's Psychopathology

    Hagai Maoz;Tina Goldstein;Benjamin I. Goldstein;David A. Axelson

  • The longitudinal course of sleep timing and circadian preferences in adults with bipolar disorder

    Mohammad A Seleem;John A Merranko;Tina R Goldstein;Benjamin I Goldstein

  • Therapist-Reported Features of Exposure Tasks That Predict Differential Treatment Outcomes for Youth With Anxiety.

    Tara S. Peris;Nicole E. Caporino;Sarah O’Rourke;Philip C. Kendall

Frequent Co-Authors

Boris Birmaher
Boris Birmaher University of Pittsburgh
Golda S. Ginsburg
Golda S. Ginsburg University of Connecticut
Philip C. Kendall
Philip C. Kendall Temple University
Scott N. Compton
Scott N. Compton Duke University
Anne Marie Albano
Anne Marie Albano Columbia University
John Piacentini
John Piacentini University of California, Los Angeles
Tina R. Goldstein
Tina R. Goldstein University of Pittsburgh
John T. Walkup
John T. Walkup Lurie Children's Hospital
James T. McCracken
James T. McCracken University of California, Los Angeles
Tara S. Peris
Tara S. Peris University of California, Los Angeles

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