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Joseph Richard Ciccone, M.D.

Joseph Richard Ciccone, M.D.

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Professional Background

J. Richard Ciccone, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Founding Director of the Psychiatry and Law Program at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He was the American Psychiatric Association (APA) 2013 Isaac Ray Award recipient for outstanding contributions to forensic psychiatry. He ha...
J. Richard Ciccone, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Founding Director of the Psychiatry and Law Program at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He was the American Psychiatric Association (APA) 2013 Isaac Ray Award recipient for outstanding contributions to forensic psychiatry. He has been described as a visionary leader who played an important role in creating the academic discipline of forensic psychiatry. He was President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (1986-87), and founder of the organization's Forensic Psychiatry Course. He was chair of the APA's Commission on Judicial Action (1993-2000) and chair of the APA Commission on Public Policy, Litigation, and Advocacy (2000 – 2002). He has lectured and published nationally and internationally on forensic psychiatry and ethics, comparative forensic psychiatry and the history of forensic psychiatry. In 2002, in recognition of his work on behalf of forensic psychiatry and patient advocacy, he was awarded an APA Special Presidential Commendation.

Certified Specialties

Psychiatry - American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology

Faculty Appointments

Professor - Department of Psychiatry, Education (SMD)

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Residency, Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center. 1969 - 1972

Internship, Internal Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center-Weiler Division. 1968 - 1969

Education

MD | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. 1968

Awards

Guttmacher Award. 2008

Golden Apple Award. 2005

APA Presidential Commendation. 2002

Outstanding Educator Award. 2000

Red Apple Award. 1997

Who's Who in the World. 1995

Pollack Award. 1992

The Best Doctors in America. 1992 - 2006

Residents' Recognition Award. 1991

Who's Who in America. 1990

Sidney Rubin Memorial Award. 1989

Tri-State AAPL Achievement Award. 1988

Silver Apple Award. 1987

Fellow. 1980

Directory of Medical Specialties.

Publications

Journal Articles

Commentary: forensic education and the quest for truth.

Ciccone JR

The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.. 2013 41 (1):33-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Consent in incompetent patients

T, Houchin; JR, Ciccone;.

2008; 36: 246-248.

Mental retardation and the death penalty

Y, Rolon; JR, Ciccone;.

2008; 36: 250-252.

Commentary: the cost of converting religious morals into politics.

Ciccone JR, Clements C

The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.. 2008 36 (4):485-90. Epub 1900 01 01.

Right to refuse treatment; Civil commitment

JCW, Jones; JR, Ciccone;.

2007; 35: 260-264.

Competence to Stand Trial and Psychopathic Disorders: Legal and Clinical Perspectives from the USA

JR, Ciccone;.

2007; : 189-200.

District court exceeds its statutory authority by scheduling a dangerousness hearing: Defendant ordered released

RP, Peirson; JR, Ciccone;.

2007; 35: 264-266.

Legal fallacies of antipsychotic drugs.

Erickson SK, Ciccone JR, Schwarzkopf SB, Lamberti JS, Vitacco MJ

The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.. 2007 35 (2):235-46. Epub 1900 01 01.

Health insurance and mental illness; ADA and medical examinations

A, Tinwalla; JR, Ciccone;.

2006; 34: 252-257.

Mental illness and the death penalty; Mental illness and Miranda rights

AM, Vuotto; JR, Ciccone;.

2006; 34: 253-258.

Expert testimony in capital sentencing: juror responses

JR, Ciccone; JH, Montgomery;.

2005; 33: 509-518.

Court-ordered Commitment for purpose of mental examination; sexual offenders

C, Deakin; JR, Ciccone;.

2004; 34: 252-257.

The Competence of Adolescents to Consent to Treatment

JR, Ciccone; Forehand L, Jr.;.

2004; : 5-27.

Competence to stand trial; Death penalty: Competency to Waive the right to testify; Right to appointment of a forensic

S, Yerneni; JR, Ciccone;.

2004; 32: 451-452, 461-464.

Death penalty; Mitigating evidence; Death penalty: Ineffective assistance of counsel and mental health history

SK, Erickson; JR, Ciccone;.

2004; 32: 452-457.

ERISA, health care and the courts

JR, Ciccone;.

2003; : 756-760.

Civil Competencies

JR, Ciccone;.

2003; : 308-315.

Disability benefits; Medical licensure; Competence to stand trial: Malpractice; Liability

LM, Leard Hansson; JR, Ciccone;.

2002; 30.

Sexual offenders; Multiple personality disordeer; Workers' compensation; Involuntary civil commitment; Effective assistance of counsel

MA, Swallow; JR, Ciccone;.

2002; 30: 447-456.

Factors predictive of changes in the legal status of psychiatric inpatients

VS, Anand; JR, Ciccone; I, Kashtan; A, Seger;.

2002; 47: 1365-1369.

Forensic psychiatry and ethics--the voyage continues

JR, Ciccone; CD, Clements;.

2001; 29: 174-179.

The United States Supreme Court and Psychiatry in the 1990's.

JR, Ciccone;.

1999; 22: 197-211.

Competence to stand trial: Efforts to clarify the concept and improve clinical evaluations of criminal defendants

JR, Ciccone;.

1999; 12: 647-651.

The treatment of the dying patient: The U.S. Supreme Court challenge to medicine

JR, Ciccone;.

1997; 2.

Expert Testimony

JR, Ciccone;.

1995; II: 796-800.

La Psichiatria forense negli Stati Uniti D'America: Problematiche attuali e prospettive future.

JR, Ciccone; GB, Traverso;.

1995; XVII: 697-711.

Comparative forensic psychiatry: I. Commentary on the Italian system

JR, Ciccone; S, Ferracut;.

1995; .

Comparative forensic psychiatry: I. Commentary on the Italian system

JR, Ciccone; S, Ferracuti;.

1995; 21: 449-452.

Comparative forensic psychiatry: II. The perizia and the role of the forensic psychiatrist in the Italian legal system. (Adapted and translated from Ugo Fornari's Compendium of Forensic Psychiatry)

JR, Ciccone; S, Ferracuti;.

1995; 23: 453-466.

Involuntary hospitalization and police referrals to a psychiatric emergency department

LW, Reinish; JR, Ciccone;.

1995; 23: 289-298.

Teaching forensic psychiatry to psychiatric residents

M, Marrocco; J, Uecker; JR, Ciccone;.

1995; 23: 83-91.

Psychosocial treatment of schizophrenic disorders

MI, Herz; JR, Ciccone;.

1995; 11: 4-10.

Testamentary capacity and guardianship

JR, Ciccone;.

1994; .

The ethical practice of forensic psychiatry: A view from the trenches

JR, Ciccone; CD, Clements;.

1994; 23: 263-277.

Forensic Psychiatry in the United States: Its scopes and its challenges

JR, Ciccone;.

1993; 8: 4-11.

Forensic psychiatry in the United States: Its scope and its challenges

JR, Ciccone;.

1993; 8: 4-11.

Book review of H.O. Doerr and A.S. Carlin (eds.), Forensic Neuropsychology: Legal and Scientific Bases, The Guilford Press: New York, 1991.

JR, Ciccone;.

1993; 50: 566-567.

Medication refusal and judicial activism: A reexamination of the effects of the Rivers decision

JR, Ciccone; JT, Tokoli; CD, Clements; TE, Gift;.

1993; 44: 555-560.

Murder, insanity, and medical expert witnesses

JR, Ciccone;.

1992; 49: 608-611.

The Mental Health Professional and the Legal System

Committee for Psychiatry and Law, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry;.

1991; .

The right to refuse treatment: Impact of Rivers v. Katz

JR, Ciccone; JT, Tokoli; CD, Clements; TE, Gift;.

1990; 18: 203-215.

Book review of R.I. Simon, Clinical Psychiatry and the Law, American Psychiatry Press: Washington, D.C. 1987

JR, Ciccone;.

1989; 146: 269-270.

Competence to stand trial: Clinical and legal considerations

JR, Ciccone;.

1989; .

Guidelines on Confidentiality

Committee on Confidentiality of the American Psychiatric Association.

1987; 144: 1522-1526.

The insanity defense: Asking and answering the ultimate question

JR, Ciccone; CD, Clements;.

1987; 15: 329-338.

The elderly, incompetence, and treatment decisions: The New York experience.

JR, Ciccone; CD, Clements;.

1987; .

The elderly and medicolegal trends in consent to treatment

JR, Ciccone;.

1986; 86: 635-638.

Important forensic issues in psychiatric education

JR, Ciccone;.

1986; 16: 363-369.

A new look at an old problem: Expert witnesses and criminal responsiblility

JR, Ciccone;.

1986; 16: 498-510.

Book review of R. Rosner (ed.), Critical issues in American psychiatry and the law, Vols. 1 and 2, Charles C. Thomas: Springfield, Illinois, 1982 (Vol. 1), Plenum Publishing Corp: New York, 1985 (Vol. 2)

JR, Ciccone;.

1986; 14: 197-198.

Letter to the Editor: Reply to Drs. Stone and Morse

JR, Ciccone; CD, Clements;.

1986; 143: 910.

Applied clinical ethics or universal principles

CD, Clements; JR, Ciccone;.

1985; 36: 121-123.

Book review of M.S. Moore, Law and psychiatry: Rethinking the relationship. Cambridge University Press: London, 1984.

JR, Ciccone; CD, Clements;.

1985; 142: 120.

Ethics and expert witnesses: The troubled role of psychiatrists in court

CD, Clements; JR, Ciccone;.

1984; 12: 127-136.

A case report of a possible interaction between neuroleptics and carbamazepine

G, Kanter; B, Yerevanian; JR, Ciccone;.

1984; 141: 1101-1102.

The antisocial personality

JR, Ciccone;.

1984; 50: 29-30.

Privelege and confidentiality: Psychiatric and legal considerations

JR, Ciccone;.

1984; 2: 273-285.

Book review of J Ziskin, Coping with Psychiatric and Psychological Testimony. Law and Psychology Press: Venice, California, 1981

JR, Ciccone;.

1984; 140: 804-906.

Forensic psychiatry and applied clinical ethics: Theory and practice

JR, Ciccone; CD, Clements;.

1984; 141: 395-399.

Forensic psychiatry handbook

JR, Ciccone; JD, Barry; E, Benedek; P, Resnick; CE, Steinberg; P, Smith;.

1984; .

The APA position on Rennie v. Klein in light of Youngberg v Romeo

JR, Ciccone;.

1983; 8: 25-27.

Standards in fellowship programs in forensic psychiatry. A report by the Joint Committee on Acreditation of Fellowship Programs in Forensic Psychiatry

JR, Ciccone; al., et.;.

1982; 10.

What crime does to victims

JR, Ciccone;.

1981; .

Effects of lithium on evoked potentials and performance during sustained attention

G, Kaskey; L, Salzman; JR, Ciccone; R, Klorman;.

1980; 3: 281-289.

Guest Editorial: The forensic psychiatrist as a teacher

JR, Ciccone;.

1980; 8: 9-11.

Book review of W.H. Reid (ed.)The Psychopath, Brunner/Mazel: New York, 1978

JR, Ciccone;.

1979; 8: 1106.

Life events and antisocial behavior

JR, Ciccone; G, Kaskey;.

1979; 7: 63-68.

The experience of using the DSM-III in a court clinic setting: I. Basic changes in methodology of psychiatric diagnosis

JR, Ciccone; DJ, Barry;.

1978; 6: 23-25.

The experience of using the DSM-III in a court clinic setting: II. Basic changes in the methodology of psychiatric diagnosis

JR, Ciccone; DJ, Barry;.

1978; 6: 26-30.

Collaboration between psychiatry and the law: A study of 100 referrals to a court clinic

JR, Ciccone; DJ, Barry;.

1976; 6: 275-280.

Psychotic depression and hallucinations

JR, Ciccone; J, Racy;.

1976; 37: 26.

Use of depo-provera in the treatment of aggressive sexual offenders: Preliminary report of three cases

DJ, Barry; JR, Ciccone;.

1975; 3: 179-184.

Psychotic depression and hallucinations

JR, Ciccone; J, Racy;.

1975; 16: 223-236.

Psychotic depression and hallucinations

JR, Ciccone; J, Racy;.

1975; 43: 270.

The prison inmate's right to treatment and the general hospital: A case report of acute intermittent porphyria

JR, Ciccone; S, Perez; DJ, Barry;.

1975; 3: 162-164.

Psychotic depression and hallucinations

JR, Ciccone; J, Racy;.

1974; 4.

Competency to stand trial: A difference of opinion

JR, Ciccone; RE, Nadeau;.

1973; 18: 80-3.

Evaluation of the renal toxicity of heme proteins and their derivatives: A role in the genesis of acute tubule necrosis

SR, Braun; FR, Weiss; AI, Keller; JR, Ciccone; HG, Preuss;.

1970; 131: 443-460.

Azotemic inhibition of renal hippurate accumulation in vivo

JR, Ciccone; AI, Keller; SR, Braun; HV, Murdaugh; HG, Preuss;.

1969; 6: 140-148.

Azotemic inhibition of organic acid transport in the liver

JR, Ciccone; AI, Keller; SR, Braun; HV, Murdaugh; HG, Pruess;.

1968; 163: 108-110.

Azotemic inhibition of organic acid transport in the liver

JR, Ciccone; AI, Keller; SR, Braun; HV, Murdaugh; HG, Pruess;.

1968; 163: 108-110.

Expert witness testimony in conservatorship proceedings

Adkins, JA; Ciccone JR.

J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 38(2): 273-275.