Sarah T Stahl, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara Street

Pittsburgh

15213

Email sts80@pitt.edu

Website

WELL Study

Education & Training

PhD

West Virginia University Developmental Psychology

University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineGeriatric Psychiatry

Professional Affiliations

Member, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

Member, American Psychosomatic Society

Member, Gerontological Society of America

Selected Honors & Awards

Early Stage Investigator Award, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research

Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

Excellence in Research in the Field of Aging and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh Aging Institute

Research Interests

Bereavement and aging; Late-life depression; Behavioral health interventions

Selected Research Publications & Products

Stahl ST, Smagula SF, Dew MA, Albert SM, Schulz RA, Reynolds, CF. Digital monitoring of sleep, meals, and physical activity for reducing depression in older spousally-bereaved adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2020; In press.
Smagula SF, Hall TM, Stahl ST. Rest-activity rhythms and depression symptoms in older bereaved adults. Int Psychogeriatr. 2019; 14: 1-2.
Stahl ST, Schulz R. Feeling relieved after the death of a family member with dementia: Associations with post-bereavement adjustment. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2019; 27: 408-416.
Stahl ST, Emanuel J, Albert SM, Dew MA, Schulz R, Robbins-Welty G, Reynolds III CF. Design and rationale of a technology-based healthy lifestyle intervention in older adults grieving the loss of a spouse. Contemp Clin Trials Comm. 2017; 8: 99-105.
Stahl ST, Schulz R. Changes in routine health behaviors following late-life bereavement: A systematic review. J Behav Med. 2014; 37: 736-755.

Clinical Interests

Selected Clinical Publications & Products

Stahl ST, Changgi J, Weiner D, Pecina, M, Karp J. Opioid use negatively affects antidepressant response to venlafaxine in older adults with chronic low back pain and depression. Pain Med. 2020; In press.
Altmann H, Stahl ST, Gebara MA, Lenze EJ, Mulsant B, Blumberger D, Reynolds CF, Karp JF. Co-prescribed benzodiazepines in older adults receiving antidepressants for anxiety and depressive disorders: Association with treatment outcomes. J Clin Psychiatry. 2020; In press.

May 1, 2020

Department

COVID-19 Coping Strategies from Pitt Psychiatry

Physical distancing, stay-at-home orders and economic uncertainty resulting from the current COVID-19 pandemic have raised behavioral health concerns for many people. Below is a selection of strategies from Department of Psychiatry faculty and trainees on how to cope with the drastic alteration of our home, social and professional lives. For Kids and Adolescents Rameshwari Tumuluru, MD, an expert in helping...

February 18, 2020

Publications

How Opioids Affect Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor Venlafaxine Treatment for Depression & Chronic Pain in Older Adults

Chronic low back pain and depression are common and frequently co-occurring in late life. Yet treatment can be challenging as these conditions are risk factors for each other, and both interfere with the other’s treatment response. Opioids may be a marker of poor treatment response for both depression and pain. In addition, there is limited evidence of the efficacy of opioids for patients with chronic pain, and...

April 18, 2017

Faculty

AAGP Early Career Scientist Award

Sarah T. Stahl, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, has been presented with the 2017 Barry Lebowitz Early Career Scientist Award by the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP). The award is presented by the AAGP to an early career scientist who demonstrates an outstanding academic track record in the field of geriatric mental health. Dr. Stahl?s research focuses on developing and testing lifestyle...

January 28, 2015

Faculty

Sarah Stahl, PhD Joins Faculty

Please join us in welcoming Sarah T. Stahl, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry to the Department of Psychiatry faculty. Dr. Stahl earned her PhD in Life-span Developmental Psychology in 2011 from West Virginia University. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Clinical Research Training in Geriatric Psychiatry program (T32) at the University of Pittsburgh prior to her appointment to the Department of...