
Kristen Laurel Eckstrand MD PhD
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Clinical Assistant Professor, Western Psychiatric Hospital of UPMC Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh
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Western Psychiatric Hospital3811 O'Hara StreetPittsburgh, PA 15213
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Education & Training
UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Psychiatry, 2015 - 2020
Vanderbilt University School of MedicineClass of 2015
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2015 - 2026
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsIdentity in turmoil: Investigating the morally injurious dimensions of minority stress.Andrew A Nicholson, Sandhya Narikuzhy, Jakub Wolf, Mina Pichtikova, Magdalena Siegel
European Journal of Psychotraumatology. 2025-12-01 - Psychotic-like experiences in adolescents enriched for high-risk for developing severe mental illness: change over two-years and associations with neural reward proces...Xiaoying Dong, Tina Gupta, Gretchen Haas, Kristen L Eckstrand, Jennifer S Silk
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 2025-09-06 - An Interview Tool for Identifying Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity and Expression Change Efforts (SOGIECE) in Queer Youth.Lauren Yu, Katharine Dalke, Kristen Eckstrand
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2025-09-03
Press Mentions
The Next Generation of Doctors Will Be Better at Treating Trans PatientsFebruary 20th, 2017
Psychiatry Residents’ JournalJanuary 25th, 2016
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