Research Associate
on the NRLC project Impulsivity and Biological Markers for Suicidality and Drug Use in Adolescents (R01-MH077684)
Period of Service
February 2008 - May 2013
Research Project
Impulsivity and Biological Markers for Suicidality and Drug Use in Adolescents (R01-MH077684)
After the NRLC
After completing her masters degree in counseling from the University of Texas at San Antonio, Sarah relocated to Chicago, IL to work as a counselor.
Publications/Presentations
Acquisition of rater agreement for the Stressful Life Events Schedule James, L. M., Mathias, C. W., Bray, B. C., Cates, S. E., Farris, S. J., Dawes, M. A., Hill-Kapturczak, N., and Dougherty, D. M. (2013) Journal of Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, 1:125, 1-5. |
Suicidal behavior and suicide risk among adolescent patients who use alcohol Crum, P., Sheftall, A.H., Mathias, C.W., Kuckertz, J.M., Muench, K.B., Farris, S.J., Olvera, R.L., and Dougherty, D.M. (2012, February) Poster presented at the 22nd annual meeting of the Texas Research Society on Alcoholism, College Station, TX |
SERT capacity, efficiency, and uptake potential among adolescents who self-injure Mathias, C.W., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Javors, M., Tian, P.Y., Dawes, M.A., Sheftall, A.H., Cates, S., Farris, S., Richard, D.M., and Dougherty, D.M. (2011, May). Poster presented at the 9th annual retreat of the Center for Biomedical Neuroscience, San Antonio, TX. |
History of stressful events among adolescent suicide attempters. Mathias, C.W., Sheftall, A.H., James, L.M., Farris, S., Alfred, Q., Dawes, M.A., Richard, D.M., and Dougherty, D.M. (2011, April). Poster presented at the 44th annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidology, Portland, OR. |
Reasons for not attempting suicide: An inpatient adolescent perspective. Sheftall, A.H., Mathias, C.W., Dawes, M.A., Daviss, W.B., Farris, S., Alfred, Q., and Dougherty, D.M. (2011, April). Poster presented at the 44th annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidology, Portland, OR. |
Development of Impulse Control in At-Risk Youth. Farris, S., Mathias, C.W., James, L.M., Ballesteros, K., Dawes, M.A., Richard, D.M., Acheson, A., & Dougherty, D.M. (2010, May). |
Training "experts" in consensus ratings of the Stressful Life Events Schedule. Cates, S. Mathias, C.W., Farris, S., Richard, D.M., Dawes, M.A., and Dougherty, D.M. (2009, April). |
Ratings of stressful life events: Acquisition of accurate consensus. Cates, S. Mathias, C.W., Farris, S., Richard, D.M., Dawes, M.A., and Dougherty, D.M. (2009, June). |
Lifetime history of stressful life events in an adolescent inpatient psychiatric sample. Farris, S., Mathias, C.W., Cates, S., Dawes, M.A., Richard, D.M., and Dougherty, D.M. (2009, April). |
Self-reported histories of stressful life events among adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Farris, S., Mathias, C.W., Cates, S., Dawes, M.A., Richard, D.M., and Dougherty, D.M. (2009, June). |