JessicaAnn(Layne)MerrittMD(She/Her)

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

PHP/IOP Medical Director; Assistant Training Director, Adult Psychiatry Residency

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Dr. Jessica "Jessie" Merritt is a psychiatrist in Nashville, TN and is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). She received her medical degree from Marshall University School of Medicine and has been in practice 3 years. She specializes in child & adolescent psychiatry. She has 1 publication and 1 citing. Her passions include PHP/IOP service provision and working with youth experiencing homelessness as well as LGBTQ+ populations. Dr Merritt has additional training in psychodynamic therapy through the St Louis Psychoanalytic Institute.

Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2018 - 2020
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 2015 - 2019
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of MedicineClass of 2015

PubMed

7 citations
Medical Etiologies of Secondary Psychosis in Children and Adolescents
Jessica Merritt, Yasas Tanguturi, Catherine Fuchs, Allyson Witters Cundiff> ;Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2020 Jan 1
2 citations
Lessons From the Street Through a Homeless Youth With Depression.
Jessica Merritt, Margaret M. Benningfield> ;Psychiatric Services. 2019 Apr 30
Autism Spectrum Disorder in Say-Barber-Biesecker-Young-Simpson Syndrome
Jessica Merritt, Joseph C. Hart, Tracy L LeGrow> ;BMJ Case Reports. 2017 Jul 14