Sara Pawlowski, MD

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Measurement-Based Treatment to Target Approaches

Author:: Sara Pawlowski, MD

Publish date: December 9, 2024

Tracking common mental health symptoms with data at baseline and throughout treatment allows a provider to change...

Opinion

Mood disorder? Assessment in primary care

Author:: Sara Pawlowski, MD

Publish date: January 12, 2023

Primary care may be the first setting for a child to present with mood symptoms.

Opinion

Standard of care in suicide prevention in pediatrics: A review of the Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention

Author:: Sara Pawlowski, MD

Publish date: March 17, 2022

The blueprint seeks to provide a “one-stop-shop” for accessible and usable resources in the clinic workflow for suicide prevention.

Opinion

State of the evidence: Treatment-resistant depression in children and adolescents

Author:: Sara Pawlowski, MD

Publish date: February 12, 2021

Making the depression management strategy a family affair can help the entire family shift from seeing the only option as medications or interventi...

Opinion

Psychopharmacology for aggression? Our field’s ‘nonconsensus’ and the risks

Author:: Sara Pawlowski, MD

Publish date: February 18, 2020

What can be done for families whose child is acting aggressively when they come to your office looking for immedi...

Opinion

ADHD: When and how do we choose to start medications?

Author:: Sara Pawlowski, MD

Publish date: February 7, 2019

Deciding when to prescribe ADHD medication is something of a balancing act.

Opinion

How to integrate mental health care into primary care

Author:: Sara Pawlowski, MD

Publish date: February 26, 2018

What can one do in a busy pediatric primary care practice to address mental health imperatives on the individual provider level?