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Kristin Cadenhead, MD, Psychiatry, La Jolla, CA

KristinCadenheadMD(She/Her)

Psychiatry La Jolla, CA

Professor, Psychiatry, UCSD School of Medicine

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  • Office

    9500 Gilman Drive
    La Jolla, CA 92093
    Phone+1 619-543-7745

Summary

  • I am a professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego. My area of interest is in the early stages of psychosis. I am the director of the CARE Early Psychosis Program that includes both research and clinical components.

Education & Training

  • University of California (San Diego) Medical Center
    University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1971 - 2022
  • University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals
    University of Texas Medical Branch HospitalsInternship, Transitional Year, 1986 - 1987
  • University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine
    University of Texas Medical Branch School of MedicineClass of 1986
  • Rice University
    Rice UniversityBA, Biology/Psychology, 1978 - 1982
  • Rice University
    Rice UniversityBA, Biology/Psychology, 1982

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1988 - 2025
  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 1987 - 1988
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • The Global Functioning: Social and Role Scales—Further Validation in a Large Sample of Adolescents and Young Adults at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis  
    Daniel H Mathalon, Ming T Tsuang, Carrie E Bearden, Kristin S Cadenhead, Diana O Perkins, Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Use of Machine Learning to Determine Deviance in Neuroanatomical Maturity Associated with Future Psychosis in Youths at Clinically High Risk  
    Daniel H Mathalon, Thomas McGlashan, Scott W Woods, Diana Perkins, Ming Tsuang, Carrie E Bearden, Kristin Cadenhead, JAMA
  • Perceived discrimination in those at clinical high risk for psychosis  
    Saleem, M.M., J. Stowkowy, K.S. Cadenhead, T.D. Cannon, B.A. Cornblatt, T.H. McGlashan, D.O. Perkins, L.J. Seidman, M.T. Tsuang, E.F. Walker, S.W. Woods, and J. Addington, Early Interv Psychiatry, 1/1/2014
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Press Mentions

  • Five New CBD Studies Underway at UC San Diego’s Center for Medicinal Cannabis
    Five New CBD Studies Underway at UC San Diego’s Center for Medicinal CannabisOctober 12th, 2019
  • UC San Diego’s Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research Awards Grants for Five Novel Studies
    UC San Diego’s Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research Awards Grants for Five Novel StudiesOctober 10th, 2019

Professional Memberships