Dr. Arias is an Assistant Professor (Research) in the Psychosocial Research Program at Butler Hospital, with a faculty appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Her research focuses on the design and implementation of multi- and single-site suicide intervention trials, in addition to informing the development of suicide prevention and intervention work using large-scale national and healthcare databases.
Consortium for Research Innovation in Suicide Prevention
Psychosocial Research Program; Butler Hospital
| Ho ZV, Arias SA, Kunicki ZJ, Sarkar IN, Chen ES. "Characterizing suicidal ideation, suicidal behaviors, and service utilization among unhoused individuals using a health information exchange." Journal of Clinical Psychology, vol. 79, no. 11, 2023, pp. 2542-2555. |
| Brown LA, Boudreaux ED, Arias SA, Miller IW, May AM, Camargo CA Jr, Bryan CJ, Armey MF. "C‐SSRS performance in emergency department patients at high risk for suicide." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, vol. 50, no. 6, 2020, pp. 1097-1104. |
| Schatten, Heather T., Gaudiano, Brandon A., Primack, Jennifer M., Arias, Sarah A., Armey, Michael F., Miller, Ivan W., Epstein-Lubow, Gary, Weinstock, Lauren M. "Monitoring, assessing, and responding to suicide risk in clinical research." Journal of Abnormal Psychology, vol. 129, no. 1, 2020, pp. 64-69. |
| Johnson, Jennifer E., Jones, Richard, Miller, Ted, Miller, Ivan, Stanley, Barbara, Brown, Greg, Arias, Sarah A., Cerbo, Louis, Rexroth, Julie, Fitting, Holly, Russell, Danis, Kubiak, Sheryl, Stein, Michael, Matkovic, Christopher, Yen, Shirley, Gaudiano, Brandon, Weinstock, Lauren M. "Study Protocol: A randomized controlled trial of suicide risk reduction in the year following jail release (the SPIRIT Trial)." Contemporary Clinical Trials, vol. 94, 2020, pp. 106003. |
| Assari S, Schatten HT, Arias SA, Miller IW, Camargo CA, Boudreaux ED. "Higher Educational Attainment is Associated with Lower Risk of a Future Suicide Attempt Among Non-Hispanic Whites but not Non-Hispanic Blacks." Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, vol. 6, no. 5, 2019, pp. 1001-1010. |
| Bozzay, Melanie L., Gaudiano, Brandon A., Arias, Sarah, Epstein-Lubow, Gary, Miller, Ivan W., Weinstock, Lauren M. "Predictors of 30-day rehospitalization in a sample of hospitalized patients with Bipolar I disorder." Psychiatry Research, vol. 281, 2019, pp. 112559. |
| Dunlap LJ, Orme S, Zarkin GA, Arias SA, Miller IW, Camargo CA Jr, Sullivan AF, Allen MH, Goldstein AB, Manton AP, Clark R, Boudreaux ED. "Screening and Intervention for Suicide Prevention: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the ED-SAFE Interventions." PS, vol. 70, no. 12, 2019, pp. 1082-1087. |
| Arias SA, Boudreaux ED, Chen E, Miller I, Camargo CA Jr, Jones RN, Uebelacker L. "Which Chart Elements Accurately Identify Emergency Department Visits for Suicidal Ideation or Behavior?." Archives of Suicide Research, vol. 23, no. 3, 2019, pp. 1-14. |
| Urban C, Arias SA, Segal DL, Camargo CA Jr, Boudreaux ED, Miller I, Betz ME. "Emergency Department patients with suicide risk: Differences in care by acute alcohol use." General Hospital Psychiatry, 2018. |
| Betz ME, Kautzman M, Segal DL, Miller I, Camargo CA Jr, Boudreaux ED, Arias SA. "Frequency of lethal means assessment among emergency department patients with a positive suicide risk screen." Psychiatry Research, vol. 260, 2018, pp. 30-35. |
| Urban, Chantel, Betz, Marian E, Arias, Sarah A, Segal, Daniel L, Miller, Ivan, Camargo, Carlos A, Boudreaux, Edwin D. "16 Emergency department patients with suicide risk: impact of alcohol intoxication." Oral presentations, 2017. |
| Arias SA, Boudreaux ED, Segal DL, Miller I, Camargo CA Jr, Betz ME. "Disparities in Treatment of Older Adults with Suicide Risk in the Emergency Department." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2017. |
| Miller IW, Camargo CA Jr, Arias SA, Sullivan AF, Allen MH, Goldstein AB, Manton AP, Espinola JA, Jones R, Hasegawa K, Boudreaux ED, ED-SAFE Investigators. "Suicide Prevention in an Emergency Department Population." JAMA Psychiatry, vol. 74, no. 6, 2017, pp. 563. |
| Arias, Sarah A., Miller, Ivan, Camargo, Carlos A., Sullivan, Ashley F., Goldstein, Amy B., Allen, Michael H., Manton, Anne P., Boudreaux, Edwin D. "Factors Associated With Suicide Outcomes 12 Months After Screening Positive for Suicide Risk in the Emergency Department." PS, vol. 67, no. 2, 2016, pp. 206-213. |
| Boudreaux, Edwin D., Camargo, Carlos A., Arias, Sarah A., Sullivan, Ashley F., Allen, Michael H., Goldstein, Amy B., Manton, Anne P., Espinola, Janice A., Miller, Ivan W. "Improving Suicide Risk Screening and Detection in the Emergency Department." American Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol. 50, no. 4, 2016, pp. 445-453. |
| Betz, Marian E., Arias, Sarah A., Segal, Daniel L., Miller, Ivan, Camargo, Carlos A., Boudreaux, Edwin D. "Screening for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Older Adults in the Emergency Department." Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol. 64, no. 10, 2016, pp. e72-e77. |
| Arias SA, Dumas O, Sullivan AF, Boudreaux ED, Miller I, Camargo CA Jr. "Substance Use as a Mediator of the Association Between Demographics, Suicide Attempt History, and Future Suicide Attempts in Emergency Department Patients." Crisis, vol. 37, no. 5, 2016, pp. 385-391. |
| Betz, Marian E., Arias, Sarah A., Miller, Matthew, Barber, Catherine, Espinola, Janice A., Sullivan, Ashley F., Manton, Anne P., Miller, Ivan, Camargo, Carlos A., Boudreaux, Edwin D. "Change in Emergency Department Providers’ Beliefs and Practices After Use of New Protocols for Suicidal Patients." PS, vol. 66, no. 6, 2015, pp. 625-631. |
| Arias, Sarah A., Sullivan, Ashley F., Miller, Ivan, Camargo, Carlos A., Boudreaux, Edwin D. "Implementation and use of a crisis hotline during the treatment as usual and universal screening phases of a suicide intervention study." Contemporary Clinical Trials, vol. 45, 2015, pp. 147-150. |
| Filbin MR, Arias SA, Camargo CA Jr, Barche A, Pallin DJ. "Sepsis visits and antibiotic utilization in U.S. emergency departments*." Critical care medicine, vol. 42, no. 3, 2014, pp. 528-35. |
| Rudders SA, Arias SA, Camargo CA Jr. "Trends in hospitalizations for food-induced anaphylaxis in US children, 2000-2009." Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, vol. 134, no. 4, 2014, pp. 960-2.e3. |
| Arias SA, Zhang Z, Hillerns C, Sullivan AF, Boudreaux ED, Miller I, Camargo CA. "Using structured telephone follow-up assessments to improve suicide-related adverse event detection." Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, vol. 44, no. 5, 2014, pp. 537-47. |
| Boudreaux ED, Miller I, Goldstein AB, Sullivan AF, Allen MH, Manton AP, Arias SA, Camargo CA Jr. "The Emergency Department Safety Assessment and Follow-up Evaluation (ED-SAFE): method and design considerations." Contemporary Clinical Trials, vol. 36, no. 1, 2013, pp. 14-24. |
| Caterino JM, Ting SA, Sisbarro SG, Espinola JA, Camargo CA Jr. "Age, nursing home residence, and presentation of urinary tract infection in U.S. emergency departments, 2001-2008." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 19, no. 10, 2012, pp. 1173-80. |
| Thompson SC, Ting SA. "Avoidance denial versus optimistic denial in reaction to the threat of future cardiovascular disease." Health Education & Behavior, vol. 39, no. 5, 2012, pp. 620-9. |
| Ting, Sarah A., Sullivan, Ashley F., Miller, Ivan, Espinola, Janice A., Allen, Michael H., Camargo, Carlos A., Boudreaux, Edwin D. "Multicenter Study of Predictors of Suicide Screening in Emergency Departments." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 19, no. 2, 2012, pp. 239-43. |
| Neuman, Mark I., Ting, Sarah A., Meydani, Ahou, Mansbach, Jonathan M., Camargo, Carlos A. "National Study of Antibiotic Use in Emergency Department Visits for Pneumonia, 1993 Through 2008." Academic Emergency Medicine, vol. 19, no. 5, 2012, pp. 562-568. |
| Ting SA, Sullivan AF, Boudreaux ED, Miller I, Camargo CA Jr. "Trends in US emergency department visits for attempted suicide and self-inflicted injury, 1993-2008." General Hospital Psychiatry, vol. 34, no. 5, 2012, pp. 557-65. |
| THOMPSON, SUZANNE C., TING, SARAH, GONZALEZ, AMELIA, RYAN, ALISON. "Could That Happen to Me?: Individual Differences in Perceptions of Threat and Intentions to Take Protective Action." Journal of Applied Biobehavioral Research, vol. 16, no. 2, 2011, pp. 78-97. |
| Schlehofer, Michèle M., Thompson, Suzanne C., Ting, Sarah, Ostermann, Sharon, Nierman, Angela, Skenderian, Jessica. "Psychological predictors of college students’ cell phone use while driving." Accident Analysis & Prevention, vol. 42, no. 4, 2010, pp. 1107-1112. |
| Siegel, Jason T., Alvaro, Eusebio M., Crano, William D., Lac, Andrew, Ting, Sarah, Jones, Sara Pace. "A quasi-experimental investigation of message appeal variations on organ donor registration rates." Health Psychology, vol. 27, no. 2, 2008, pp. 170-178. |
P50 MH-127512-01 8577 Arias/Johnson (MPI)
Managed care updates of subscriber justice system involvement for suicide prevention
NIMH
The goal of this study is to help a managed care organization ensure that their subscribers are connected to needed community care following jail release and to minimize disruptions of any existing care due to jail detention. Several evidence-based suicide approaches are tested to determine whether there are any effects on subsequent healthcare related suicide events.
Role: Principal Investigator
U54GM115677 Arias (PI)
Developing a Computational Approach for Identifying Suicidal Ideation and Behavior using the Electronic Health Record
NIGMS (Advance-CTR)
The goals of this study are to develop procedures for creating a suicide database and leverage data from the electronic health record to test classification algorithms for identifying suicidal ideation and suicide attempt cases.
Role: Principal Investigator
P50 MH-127512-01A1 Johnson/Ahmedani/Weinstock
The National Center for Health and Justice Integration for Suicide Prevention
NIMH
The National Center for Health and Justice Integration for Suicide Prevention (NCHATS): (1) uses contact with the justice system (e.g., police contact, court involvement, arrest) as an indicator of suicide risk in the general population; (2) demonstrates how big data systems that efficiently track publicly available data on justice involvement can be linked to health system records to identify individuals at risk for suicide and connect them to community care; and (3) examines effectiveness and scalability of suicide prevention approaches using these methods.
Role: Co-Investigator
1P50MH129701-01A1 Boudreaux/Kiefe (MPI)
The Center for Accelerating Practices to End Suicide through Technology Translation (CAPES)
NIMH
The Center for Accelerating Practices to End Suicide through Technology Translation (CAPES)
aims to identify the best evidence-based suicide care technologies and study them systematically to identify key strategies for maximizing their translation to clinical care so they can be more effectively used for suicide prevention.
Role: Co-Investigator
R01 MH-123556-01A1 Spirito/Yen (MPI)
Skills to enhance positivity (STEP) for adolescents at risk for suicide
NIMH
The goals of this study are to examine a multi-modal positive affect intervention involving in-person sessions delivered during an inpatient admission as well as messages delivered via app post-discharge, to adolescents admitted due to suicide risk, to determine whether the program is effective in reducing suicide events; and to examine whether the program is feasible and acceptable to administer in real world settings, as well as whether there are barriers to implementation.
Role: Co-Investigator
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | PhD | Claremont Graduate University |
| 2003 | BA | Smith College |
| Postdoctoral training | Emergency Medicine Network, Massachusetts General Hospital, biostatistics; epidemiology; emergency medicine | 2010-2012 | Boston, MA, USA |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Armey, Michael | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) |
| Chen, Elizabeth | Interim Director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics, Associate Professor of Medical Science, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Eaton, Charles | Professor of Family Medicine, Director of Primary Care and Prevention, Professor of Epidemiology |
| Epstein-Lubow, Gary | Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Associate Professor of Medical Science, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice |
| Gaudiano, Brandon | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences |
| Johnson, Jennifer | Associate Professor of History |
| Jones, Rich | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Professor of Neurology |
| Miller, Ivan | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Schatten, Heather | Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior (Research) |
| Spirito, Anthony | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Uebelacker, Lisa | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Weinstock, Lauren | Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
| Yen, Shirley | Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior |
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