Brooks R. Keeshin
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Brooks R. Keeshin, MD

Languages spoken: English

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Primary Children's Hospital

Safe and Healthy Families
100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
801-662-3600
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  • Dr. Keeshin is a Professor of Pediatrics and the Associate Vice Chair of Research in Child Mental Health at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute. A child abuse pediatrician and child psychiatrist clinician researcher, he provides clinical care to children and adolescents with histories of child abuse and other traumatic experiences at Primary Children’s Center for Safe and Healthy Families. Dr. Keeshin receives funding for research and projects from SAMHSA, PCORI, NIMH and the State of Utah, all in the areas of trauma and suicide prevention.

    Dr. Keeshin directs Pediatric Integrated Post-trauma Services (PIPS), a SAMHSA funded center of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network focused on empowering frontline pediatric providers to detect and respond to youth at risk for traumatic stress and suicide.

    Dr. Keeshin helped to develop and is the director of the Utah Psychotropic Oversight Program (UPOP). UPOP is a statewide program in Utah that proactively ensures that all youth receiving psychiatric care in the foster care and juvenile justice systems are receiving locally delivered care that is safe and evidence based.

    Within the Intermountain Health system, Dr. Keeshin is the Medical Director overseeing the integration of Measurement Based Care within the Behavioral Health Clinical Program.

    Dr. Keeshin is the co-chair of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child Maltreatment and Violence Committee and is a member of the AAP Council on Healthy Mental and Emotional Development Executive Committee.

    Specialties

    Board Certification

    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Child Abuse Pediatrics)
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)

  • Dr. Keeshin is a Professor of Pediatrics and the Associate Vice Chair of Research in Child Mental Health at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute. A child abuse pediatrician and child psychiatrist clinician researcher, he provides clinical care to children and adolescents with histories of child abuse and other traumatic experiences at Primary Children’s Center for Safe and Healthy Families. Dr. Keeshin receives funding for research and projects from SAMHSA, PCORI, NIMH and the State of Utah, all in the areas of trauma and suicide prevention.

    Dr. Keeshin directs Pediatric Integrated Post-trauma Services (PIPS), a SAMHSA funded center of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network focused on empowering frontline pediatric providers to detect and respond to youth at risk for traumatic stress and suicide.

    Dr. Keeshin helped to develop and is the director of the Utah Psychotropic Oversight Program (UPOP). UPOP is a statewide program in Utah that proactively ensures that all youth receiving psychiatric care in the foster care and juvenile justice systems are receiving locally delivered care that is safe and evidence based.

    Within the Intermountain Health system, Dr. Keeshin is the Medical Director overseeing the integration of Measurement Based Care within the Behavioral Health Clinical Program.

    Dr. Keeshin is the co-chair of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Child Maltreatment and Violence Committee and is a member of the AAP Council on Healthy Mental and Emotional Development Executive Committee.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Professor
    Psychiatry -Adjunct Professor
    Academic Divisions Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
    Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine
    Board Certification
    American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
    American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Child Abuse Pediatrics)
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
    American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)

    Education history

    Undergraduate Major: Spanish; Minors: Montessori Education, Natural Sciences - Xavier University B.A.
    Professional Medical Medicine - University of Cincinnati College of Medicine M.D.
    Internship/Residency Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - University of Utah/Primary Children's Hospital Intern/Resident
    Chief Resident Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - University of Utah Chief Resident
    Fellowship Child Abuse Pediatrics - Cincinnati Children¿s Hospital Medical Center Fellow

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Docherty AR, Shabalin AA, DiBlasi E, Monson E, Mullins N, Adkins DE, Bacanu SA, Bakian AV, Crowell S, Chen D, Darlington TM, Callor WB, Christensen ED, Gray D, Keeshin B, Klein M, Anderson JS, Jerominski L, Hayward C, Porteous DJ, McIntosh A, Li Q, Coon H (2020). Genome-Wide Association Study of Suicide Death and Polygenic Prediction of Clinical Antecedents. Am J Psychiatry, 177(10), 917-927. (Read full publication)
    2. Guo JW, Keeshin BR, Conway M, Chapman WW, Sward K (2021). A Scoping Review and Content Analysis of Common Depressive Symptoms of Young People. The Journal of school nursing, 38, 10598405211012680. (Read full publication)
    3. DiBlasi E, Kirby AV, Gaj E, Docherty AR, Keeshin BR, Bakian AV, Coon (2020). Brief Report: Genetic Links Between Autism and Suicidal Behavior-A Preliminary Investigation. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 50(10), 3525-3530. (Read full publication)
    4. Luft MJ, Aldrich SL, Poweleit E, Prows CA, Martin LJ, DelBello MP, Keeshin BR, Ramsey LB, Strawn J (2019). Thyroid Function Screening in Children and Adolescents With Mood and Anxiety Disorders. The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 80(5), (Read full publication)
    5. Keeshin BR, Berkowitz SJ, Pynoos R (2019). Pediatrician's Practical Approach to Sleep Disturbances in Children Who Have Experienced Trauma. Pediatric annals, 48(7), e280-e285. (Read full publication)
    6. Keeshin B, Forkey HC, Fouras G, MacMillan HL, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, COUNCIL ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, COUNCIL ON FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION, AND KINSHIP CARE, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY, COMMITTEE ON CHILD MALTREATMENT AND VIOLENCE, COMMITTEE ON ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE (2020). Children Exposed to Maltreatment: Assessment and the Role of Psychotropic Medication. Pediatrics, 145(2), (Read full publication)
    7. Docherty AR, Bakian AV, DiBlasi E, Shabalin AA, Chen D, Keeshin B, Monson E, Christensen ED, Li Q, Gray D, Coon (2021). Suicide and Psychosis: Results From a Population-Based Cohort of Suicide Death (N = 4380). Schizophrenia bulletin, 48(2), 457-462. (Read full publication)
    8. William N, Reissner C, Sargent R, Darlington TM, DiBlasi E, Li QS, Keeshin B, Callor WB, Ferris E, Jerominski L, Smith KR, Christensen ED, Gray DM, Camp NJ, Missler M, Williams ME, Coon (2021). Neurexin 1 variants as risk factors for suicide death. Molecular psychiatry, 26(12), 7436-7445. (Read full publication)
    9. Keeshin BR, Bryant BJ, Gargaro E (2021). Emotional Dysregulation: A Trauma-Informed Approach. Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America, 30(2), 375-387. (Read full publication)
    10. Keeshin B, Byrne K, Thorn B, Shepard (2020). Screening for Trauma in Pediatric Primary Care. Current psychiatry reports, 22(11), 60. (Read full publication)
    11. Kious BM, Docherty AR, Botkin JR, Brown TR, Francis LP, Gray DD, Keeshin BR, Stark LA, Witte B, Coon (2021). Ethical and public health implications of genetic testing for suicide risk: family and survivor perspectives. Genetics in medicine, 23(2), 289-297. (Read full publication)
    12. Docherty A, Kious B, Brown T, Francis L, Stark L, Keeshin B, Botkin J, DiBlasi E, Gray D, Coon (2021). Ethical concerns relating to genetic risk scores for suicide. American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics, 186(8), 433-444. (Read full publication)
    13. DiBlasi E, Shabalin AA, Monson ET, Keeshin BR, Bakian AV, Kirby AV, Ferris E, Chen D, William N, Gaj E, Klein M, Jerominski L, Callor WB, Christensen E, Smith KR, Fraser A, Yu Z, Gray D, PsychChip Investigators of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium., Camp NJ, Stahl EA, Li QS, Docherty AR, Coon (2021). Rare protein-coding variants implicate genes involved in risk of suicide death. American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics, 186(8), 508-520. (Read full publication)
    14. Sarkadi A, Warner G, Salari R, Fängström K, Durbeej N, Lampa E, Baghdasaryan Z, Osman F, Gupta Löfving S, Perez Aronsson A, Feldman I, Sampaio F, Ssegonja R, Calam R, Bjärtå A, Leiler A, Rondung E, Wasteson E, Oppedal B, Keeshin (2020). Evaluation of the Teaching Recovery Techniques community-based intervention for unaccompanied refugee youth experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms (Swedish UnaccomPanied yOuth Refugee Trial; SUPpORT): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 21(1), 63. (Read full publication)
    15. Ferrafiat V, Soleimani M, Chaumette B, Martinez A, Guilé JM, Keeshin B, Gerardin (2020). Use of Prazosin for Pediatric Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder With Nightmares and/or Sleep Disorder: Case Series of 18 Patients Prospectively Assessed. Frontiers in psychiatry, 11, 724. (Read full publication)
    16. Monson ET, Shabalin AA, Docherty AR, DiBlasi E, Bakian AV, Li QS, Gray D, Keeshin B, Crowell SE, Mullins N, Willour VL, Coon (2021). Assessment of suicide attempt and death in bipolar affective disorder: a combined clinical and genetic approach. Translational psychiatry, 11(1), 379. (Read full publication)
    17. Warner G, Durbeej N, Salari R, Fängström K, Lampa E, Baghdasaryan Z, Osman F, Gupta Löfving S, Perez Aronsson A, Feldman I, Sampaio F, Ssegonja R, Bjärtå A, Rondung E, Leiler A, Wasteson E, Calam R, Oppedal B, Keeshin B, Sarkadi (2020). Evaluation of the teaching recovery techniques community-based intervention for accompanied refugee children experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms (Accompanied refugeeS In Sweden Trial; ASsIST): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ open, 10(7), e035459. (Read full publication)
    18. Coon H, Shabalin A, Bakian AV, DiBlasi E, Monson ET, Kirby A, Chen D, Fraser A, Yu Z, Staley M, Callor WB, Christensen ED, Crowell SE, Gray D, Crockett DK, Li QS, Keeshin B, Docherty A (2022). Extended familial risk of suicide death is associated with younger age at death and elevated polygenic risk of suicide. American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics, 189(3-4), 60-73. (Read full publication)
    19. Rondung E, Leiler A, Sarkadi A, Bjärtå A, Lampa E, Löfving SG, Calam R, Oppedal B, Keeshin B, Warner (2022). Feasibility of a randomised trial of Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) with refugee youth: results from a pilot of the Swedish UnaccomPanied yOuth Refugee Trial (SUPpORT). Pilot and feasibility studies, 8(1), 40. (Read full publication)
    20. Byrne KA, McGuier EA, Campbell KA, Shepard LD, Kolko DJ, Thorn B, Keeshin (2022). Implementation of A Care Process Model for Pediatric Traumatic Stress in Child Advocacy Centers: A Mixed Methods Study. Journal of child sexual abuse, 31(7), 1-21. (Read full publication)
    21. McGuier EA, Rothenberger SD, Campbell KA, Keeshin B, Weingart LR, Kolko D (2022). Team Functioning and Performance in Child Advocacy Center Multidisciplinary Teams. Child maltreatment, 10775595221118933. (Read full publication)
    22. Mirza S, Docherty AR, Monson ET, Coon H, Keeshin B, Fries G (2023). Understanding heterogeneity in suicidal thoughts and behaviours and the implications for genetic studies - a commentary on Lannoy et al. (2022). Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines, 64(6), 968-971. (Read full publication)
    23. McGuier EA, Aarons GA, Byrne KA, Campbell KA, Keeshin B, Rothenberger SD, Weingart LR, Salas E, Kolko D (2023). Associations between teamwork and implementation outcomes in multidisciplinary cross-sector teams implementing a mental health screening and referral protocol. Implementation science communications, 4(1), 13. (Read full publication)
    24. Shepard LD, Campbell KA, Byrne KA, Thorn B, Keeshin B (2023). Screening for & Responding to Suicidality Among Youth Presenting to a Children's Advocacy Center (CAC). Child maltreatment, 10775595231163592. (Read full publication)
    25. Bakian AV, Chen D, Zhang C, Hanson HA, Docherty AR, Keeshin B, Gray D, Smith KR, VanDerslice JA, Yu DZ, Zhang Y, Coon (2023). A population-wide analysis of the familial risk of suicide in Utah, USA. Psychological medicine, 53(4), 1448-1457. (Read full publication)
    26. McGuier EA, Campbell KA, Byrne KA, Shepard LD, Keeshin B (2023). Traumatic stress symptoms and PTSD risk in children served by Children's Advocacy Centers. Frontiers in psychiatry, 14, 1202085. (Read full publication)
    27. Anderst J, Carpenter SL, Abshire TC, Killough E, AAP SECTION ON HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PEDIATRIC HEMATOLOGY/ONCOLOGY, THE AAP COUNCIL ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, Consultants, Mendonca EA, Downs SM, Section on Hematology/Oncology executive committee, 2020¿2021, Wetmore C, Allen C, Dickens D, Harper J, Rogers ZR, Jain J, Warwick A, Yates A, past executive committee members, Hord J, Lipton J, Wilson H, staff, Kirkwood S, Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, 2020¿2021, Haney SB, Asnes AG, Gavril AR, Girardet RG, Heavilin N, Gilmartin ABH, Laskey A, Messner SA, Mohr BA, Nienow SM, Rosado N, cast Council on Child Abuse and Neglect executive committee members, Idzerda SM, Legano LA, Raj A, Sirotnak AP, Liaisons, Forkey HC, Council on Foster Care, Adoption and Kinship Care, Keeshin B, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Matjasko J, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Edward H, Section on Pediatric Trainees, staff, Chavdar M, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Board of Trustees, 2020¿2021, Di Paola J, Leavey P, Graham D, Hastings C, Hijiya N, Hord J, Matthews D, Pace B, Velez MC, Wechsler D, past board members, Billett A, Stork L, staff, Hooker (2022). Evaluation for Bleeding Disorders in Suspected Child Abuse. Pediatrics, 150(4), (Read full publication)
    28. Coon H, Shabalin AA, DiBlasi E, Monson ET, Han S, Kaufman EA, Chen D, Kious B, Molina N, Yu Z, Staley MJ, Crockett DK, Colbert SM, Mullins N, Bakian AV, Docherty AR, Keeshin B (2025). Absence of nonfatal suicidal behavior preceding suicide death reveals differences in clinical risks. Psychiatry research, 347, 116391. (Read full publication)
    29. Wallace MW, Iantorno SE, Moore ZJ, Colton BT, Keeshin B, Swendiman RA, Russell K (2025). Evaluation of New Mental Health Diagnoses After Pediatric Traumatic Injuries at a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center. The American surgeon, 91(3), 374-380. (Read full publication)
    30. DiBlasi E, Kaufman EA, Webster S, Hagn EE, Shabalin AA, Chen D, Han S, Jawish R, Monson ET, Staley MJ, Keeshin BR, Docherty AR, Bakian AV, Okifuji A, Coon (2024). Phenome-wide diagnostic comparison among suicide deaths and living individuals with chronic pain diagnoses. BMC medicine, 22(1), 568. (Read full publication)
    31. Kaufman EA, Coon H, Shabalin AA, Monson ET, Chen D, Staley MJ, Keeshin BR, Docherty AR, Bakian AV, DiBlasi (2024). Diagnostic profiles among suicide decedents with and without borderline personality disorder. Psychological medicine, 54(15), 1-10. (Read full publication)
    32. Kirby AV, Krebs E, Hiatt L, Docherty A, Mihalopoulos NL, Keeshin BR, Peifer E, Craker M, Staley M, Bakian AV, Coon (2024). "It's not the 'being trans,' it's everything around that": Trans Community Perspectives for Suicide Prevention. Bulletin of applied transgender studies, 3(1-2), 69-97. (Read full publication)
    33. Coon H, Shabalin A, DiBlasi E, Monson ET, Han S, Kaufman EA, Chen D, Kious B, Molina N, Yu Z, Staley M, Crockett DK, Colbert SM, Mullins N, Bakian AV, Docherty AR, Keeshin (2024). Absence of nonfatal suicidal behavior preceding suicide death reveals differences in clinical risks. (Read full publication)
    34. Campbell KA, Byrne KA, Thorn BL, Abdulahad LS, Davis RN, Giles LL, Keeshin B (2024). Screening for symptoms of childhood traumatic stress in the primary care pediatric clinic. BMC pediatrics, 24(1), 217. (Read full publication)
    35. Chaplo SD, Shepard Abdulahad LD, Keeshin B (2024). Utilizing screening as a trauma-responsive approach in pediatric health care settings. Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care, 54(2), 101548. (Read full publication)
    36. Monson ET, Shastri S, Chen D, Madden SL, Keeshin B (2023). The Utah psychotropic oversight program: collaboratively addressing antipsychotic use within youth in foster care without prior authorization. Frontiers in psychiatry, 14, 1271165. (Read full publication)
    37. Han S, DiBlasi E, Monson ET, Shabalin A, Ferris E, Chen D, Fraser A, Yu Z, Staley M, Callor WB, Christensen ED, Crockett DK, Li QS, Willour V, Bakian AV, Keeshin B, Docherty AR, Eilbeck K, Coon (2023). Whole-genome sequencing analysis of suicide deaths integrating brain-regulatory eQTLs data to identify risk loci and genes. Molecular psychiatry, 28(9), 3909-3919. (Read full publication)
    38. Keeshin BR, Monson ET, Abdulahad L, Nkoy FL, Davis RN, Duffy T, Eppich K, Presson AP, Chaplo S (2025). Pediatric Traumatic Stress in Primary Care. Pediatrics, 156(5), (Read full publication)
    39. Coon H, Shabalin AA, Monson ET, DiBlasi E, Han S, Baird LM, Kaufman EA, Tharp D, Staley MJ, Yu Z, Li QS, Colbert SM, Bakian AV, Docherty AR, McIntosh AM, Whalley HC, Amaro D, Crockett DK, Mullins N, Keeshin B (2025). Genetic Liabilities to Neuropsychiatric Conditions in Suicide Deaths With No Prior Suicidality. JAMA network open, 8(10), e2538204. (Read full publication)
    40. Kirby AV, Feldman K, Clark W, Darlington AN, Atisme A, Duncan-Ishcomer B, Kripke-Ludwig R, Joyce A, Lee W, Rodriguez K, Siddeek Z, Murthi K, Keeshin B, Coon H, Nicolaidis (2025). Influences on suicidality and suicide-prevention needs for the autistic community: Qualitative insights from multiple perspectives. Autism, 13623613251368019. (Read full publication)
    41. Hiatt L, Ofori-Atta BS, Bakian AV, Mihalopoulos NL, Keeshin BR, Docherty A, Staley M, Fraser A, Sullivan E, Kaufman EA, Coon H, Kirby A (2025). Unveiling health disparities: Diagnostic prevalences in a transgender cohort versus matched controls. PloS one, 20(8), e0329849. (Read full publication)

    Review

    1. Shenk CE, Keeshin B, Bensman HE, Olson AE, Allen (2021). Behavioral and pharmacological interventions for the prevention and treatment of psychiatric disorders with children exposed to maltreatment. Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 211, 173298. (Read full publication)
    2. Keeshin BR, Monson (2022). Assessing and Responding to the Trauma of Child Maltreatment. Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing), 20(2), 176-183. (Read full publication)
    3. Szacilo A, Chaplo SD, Caringi J, Keeshin BR, Vaughn P, Abdulahad (2025). Screening Children for Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences in Primary Care. Pediatric clinics of North America, 72(3), 539-552. (Read full publication)

    Letter

    1. Warner G, Keeshin B, Sarkadi (2020). Mapping trauma support onto the shifting landscape of seeking refuge in Sweden: insights from an ongoing programme of research on refugee minors' mental health. European child & adolescent psychiatry, 30, 1995-1996. (Read full publication)

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