Lisa L. Giles
· Professor (Clinical)VerifiedUniversity of Utah · Psychiatry
Active 1994–2025
About
Lisa L. Giles, MD, is a Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at the University of Utah School of Medicine and serves as the Division Chief of Child Psychiatry and Behavioral Health in the Department of Pediatrics. She received her medical degree from the University of Utah School of Medicine and completed a combined residency in Pediatrics, Adult Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center. Dr. Giles is the senior medical director for Intermountain Children’s Health Behavioral Health Service Line. As a board-certified pediatrician and child psychiatrist, her interests include the behavioral and psychiatric comorbidities of youth with chronic physical illness, primary care treatment of psychiatric illness, improving integration between pediatrics and child psychiatry, and preventing youth suicide. She works with youth hospitalized at Primary Children’s Hospital, in the Pediatric Behavioral Health Clinic at Eccles, and at Hillcrest Pediatrics.
Research topics
- Medicine
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Psychiatry
- Internal medicine
- Family medicine
- Business
- Nursing
- Pediatrics
- Medical emergency
Selected publications
4.84 Adolescent Engagement With a Mobile Application for Mental Health Monitoring
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · 2025-10-01
articleSenior authorUNC Libraries · 2025-05-13
articleOpen accessCorrection: Variability of Safe Sleep Practices Among Missouri PRAMS Participants 2016–2022
Maternal and Child Health Journal · 2025-12-23
articleOpen accessVariability of Safe Sleep Practices Among Missouri PRAMS Participants 2016-2022
Maternal and Child Health Journal · 2025-11-05
articleBEYOND THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: INNOVATIVE MODELS FOR PEDIATRIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS CARE
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · 2024-10-01
articleOpen accessSenior authorScreening for symptoms of childhood traumatic stress in the primary care pediatric clinic
BMC Pediatrics · 2024-03-27 · 9 citations
articleOpen accessBACKGROUND: Childhood traumatic experiences may result in post-traumatic stress disorder. Although pediatricians are encouraged to address these traumas in clinical encounters, measures of childhood traumatic stress have not been adopted by primary care clinicians. In this study, we describe the feasibility and potential utility of the UCLA Brief Screen, a validated screener for childhood traumatic stress symptoms, in pediatric primary care clinics. METHODS: Children 6-17 years of age presenting for routine well-child care in community-based pediatric clinics were eligible for traumatic stress screening. We described the feasibility and acceptability of screening based on screener adoption by eligible pediatric clinicians. We assessed the potential utility of screening based on prevalence and distribution of potentially traumatic events and traumatic stress symptoms in this general pediatric population. Finally, we compared results of the UCLA Brief Screen with those of the Patient Health Questionnaire-A to evaluate associations between symptoms of traumatic stress, depression, and suicidality among adolescents in this community setting. RESULTS: 14/18 (77.8%) pediatric clinicians in two clinics offered an adapted UCLA Brief Screen during 2359/4959 (47.6%) eligible well-child checks over 14 months. 1472/2359 (62.4%) of offered screeners were completed, returned, and scored. One-third (32.5%) of completed screeners captured a potentially traumatic event experience described by either children or caregivers. Moderate to severe traumatic stress symptoms were identified in 10.7% and 5.2% of patients, respectively. Concurrent depression screening revealed that 68.3% of adolescents with depressive symptoms reported a potentially traumatic event (PTE) and 80.5% had concurrent traumatic stress symptoms. Adolescents reporting a PTE were 3.5 times more likely to report thoughts of suicide or self-harm than those without this history. CONCLUSIONS: Results from this pilot study suggest that traumatic stress screening in the pediatric primary care setting may be feasible and may identify and classify mental health symptoms missed with current screening practices for depression. The prevalence of PTEs and traumatic stress symptoms associated with PTEs support the potential utility of a standardized screening in early identification of and response to children with clinically important symptoms of childhood traumatic stress. Future research should evaluate meaningful clinical outcomes associated with traumatic stress screening.
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · 2024-10-01 · 4 citations
articleSenior authorJournal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry · 2023-06-08 · 30 citations
articleOpen accessJournal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry · 2023-10-01
articleOpen accessJournal of Perinatology · 2023-09-08 · 9 citations
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Frequent coauthors
- 21 shared
Claire De Souza
- 16 shared
Khyati Brahmbhatt
- 13 shared
Maryland Pao
National Institutes of Health
- 11 shared
Daniela Martini
University of Milan
- 10 shared
Sigita Plioplys
Lurie Children's Hospital
- 10 shared
Nasuh Malas
- 10 shared
Patricia Ibeziako
Boston Children's Museum
- 8 shared
Maalobeeka Gangopadhyay
Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Education
M.D.
University Of Utah School Of Medicine
Other, Pediatrics, Adult Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center
Awards & honors
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Psychiatry)
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Child & Adolescent…
- American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
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