Kirsten Bechtel

Kirsten Bechtel, M.D.

Professor of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine) and of Emergency Medicine
Expertise: Childhood injury prevention, child abuse, violence prevention, child sex trafficking, post-traumatic stress
Field: Health & Medicine

Dr. Bechtel’s clinical research has focused on the evaluation of children with head trauma; the prevention of Abusive Head Trauma, recognition of Child Abuse and neglect by emergency medical service providers; the evaluation of children and adolescents after Sexual Assault; the evaluation of children and adolescents who are involved in Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking; the prevention of Traffic Injury; and the prevention of Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms in children with traumatic injury.

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In the Media

Yale’s Dr. Kirsten Bechtel on what spikes in U.S. school violence tell us about children’s mental health
NBC News

Contact Info

kirsten.bechtel@yale.edu

203-737-7449