Sabrina Darrow, PhD
Working Title
Clinical Professor
Preferred Pronouns
She/Her/Hers
Biography
Dr. Sabrina Darrow is a Professor and licensed psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She is passionate about improving the link between research and mental health services with the goal of empowering individuals to reach their personal goals. She has a particular interest in helping youth struggling with depression, anxiety, and suicide.
Dr. Sabrina Darrow is a Professor and licensed psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She is passionate about improving the link between research and mental health services with the goal of empowering individuals to reach their personal goals. She has a particular interest in helping youth struggling with depression, anxiety, and suicide. Dr. Darrow's expertise is in clinical behavior analysis and her primary research interests include the clinical utility of assessments, mechanisms of action in psychotherapy, and implementation science.
Dr. Darrow directs the Wavefront program at UCSF. The Wavefront Program provides evidence-based treatment, training, and research to improve emotion regulation for young people impacted by mood, anxiety, suicide, trauma, and OC-related disorders. In this role, she leads the evaluation and research embedded in the Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy clinics. Dr. Darrow is also leading a collaboration with San Francisco County’s Child, Youth and Family System of Care to implement and evaluate Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents in the public mental health system.
Dr. Darrow is also a clinician within the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program for Adolescents and Young Adults (http://psych.ucsf.edu/DBTprogram) where she works with high risk, multiproblem youth and their families. She also supervises trainees’ clinical work with youth.
Dr. Darrow obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Doctorate in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of Nevada, Reno. She completed her internship at the Southern Arizona Veterans Health Care System and postdoctoral studies, including the T32 Clinical Services Research Training Program, at UCSF.
Dr. Darrow directs the Wavefront program at UCSF. The Wavefront Program provides evidence-based treatment, training, and research to improve emotion regulation for young people impacted by mood, anxiety, suicide, trauma, and OC-related disorders. In this role, she leads the evaluation and research embedded in the Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy clinics. Dr. Darrow is also leading a collaboration with San Francisco County’s Child, Youth and Family System of Care to implement and evaluate Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents in the public mental health system.
Dr. Darrow is also a clinician within the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program for Adolescents and Young Adults (http://psych.ucsf.edu/DBTprogram) where she works with high risk, multiproblem youth and their families. She also supervises trainees’ clinical work with youth.
Dr. Darrow obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Doctorate in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of Nevada, Reno. She completed her internship at the Southern Arizona Veterans Health Care System and postdoctoral studies, including the T32 Clinical Services Research Training Program, at UCSF.
- Fellowship, Clinical Services Research Training Program, 2013 - Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
- PhD, 2011 - Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno
- BA, 2003 - Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno
Feeding And Eating Disorders
Text Messaging
Tic Disorders
Self-Injurious Behavior
Reward
Social Environment
Borderline Personality Disorder
Diagnostic Techniques And Procedures
Family Relations
Tourette Syndrome
Endophenotypes
Anhedonia
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
Telomere Shortening
Mechanisms Of Action In Psychotherapy
Clinical Behavior Analysis
Emotion Regulation
Implementation Science
Adolescent And Young Adult Mental Health
Clinical Utility Of Assessments
October 1, 2020 - September 30, 2022 - Gathering stakeholder perspectives and modeling emotion regulation to predict youth suicidal behavior , PI . Sponsor: American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Sponsor Award ID: unknown
July 1, 2019 - December 30, 2020 - Let’s Text! Improving Engagement in Depression Services for Diverse Teens , Co-PI . Sponsor: UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP) Digital Mental Health Award, Sponsor Award ID: RAP
June 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020 - Getting parents what they need, when they need it: A mixed methods pilot study to improve parent engagement in mental health services for suicidal youth , PI . Sponsor: UCSF CTSI, NCATS, Sponsor Award ID: RAP