Eric Caine, MD

Academic and Clinical Appointments

Chair of Psychiatry
John Romano Professor of Psychiatry
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology

Contact Information

Education

On-going work:

Risk factors for suicide, attempted suicide, and violence

Suicide prevention: Implementation, evaluation, and policy

Novel approaches to delivering mental health services

Professional Overview

Dr. Caine is the John Romano Professor and Chair of the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry, and Co-Director, Center for the Study of Prevention of Suicide.

Publications

Kim, S.Y.H., Karlawish, J.H.T., Caine, E.D.: Current state of research on decision-making competence of cognitively impaired elderly persons. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 10:151-165, 2002.

Conner, K.R., Cerulli, C., Caine, E.D.: Threatened and attempted suicide by partner-violent male respondents petitioned to family violence court. Violence and Victims 17: 115-125, 2002.

Lyness, J.M., Caine, E.D., King, D.A., Conwell, Y., Duberstein, P.R., Cox, C: Depressive disorders and symptoms in older primary care patients. One-year outcomes. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 10: 275-282, 2002.

Lyness, J.M., Caine, E.D.: Cerebrovascular risk factors and depression: Data, deductions, and directions. In Chiu, E., Ames, D., Katona, C. (Eds.): Vascular Disease and Affective Disorders. London, Dunitz, 2002, pp. 161-170.

Conwell, Y., Duberstein, P.R., Conner, K., Eberly, S., Cox, C., Caine, E.D.: Access to firearms and risk for suicide in middle-aged and older adults. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 10: 407-416, 2002.

Conwell, Y., Duberstein, P.R., Caine, E.D.: Risk factors for suicide in later life. Biological Psychiatry 52:193-204, 2002.

Caine, E.D.: Psychiatric diagnosis and old age: New perspectives for “DSM-IV-TR” and beyond. In Copeland, J.R.M., Abou-Saleh, M.T., Blazer, D.G. (Eds.): Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2nd ed. UK: Wiley, 2002, pp. 117-121.

Lyness, J.M., Caine, E.D.: Depression in older primary care patients: Diagnosis and course. In Copeland, J.R.M., Abou-Saleh, M.T., Blazer, D.G. (Eds.): Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2nd ed. UK: Wiley, 2002, 393-395.

Kim, S.Y.H., Caine, E.D.: Utility and limits of the mini mental state examination in evaluating consent capacity in Alzheimer's disease. Psychiatric Services 53: 1322-1324, 2002.

Caine, E.D. Determining Causation in Psychiatry. In Phillips, K.A., First M.B., Pincus, H.A.: Advancing DSM—Diagnostic Dilemmas. Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, 2002, 1-22.

Caine, E.D., Schwid, S.R.: Multiple sclerosis, depression, and the risk of suicide. Neurology 59: 662-663, 2002.

Duberstein, P.R., Sorensen, S.M., Lyness, J.M., King, D.A., Conwell, Y., Seidlitz, L., Caine, E.D.: Personality is associated with perceived health and functional limitations in older primary care patients. Psychology and Aging 18 (1): 25-37, 2003.

Knox, K.L., Litts, D.A., Talcott, G.W., Feig, JC, Caine, E.D.: Risk of suicide and related adverse outcomes after exposure to a suicide prevention programme in the US Air Force: Cohort study. British Medical Journal 327:1376-1380, 2003.

Yip P.S., Chi I., Chiu H., Chi Wai K., Conwell Y., Caine E.D.: A prevalence study of suicide ideation among older adults in Hong Kong SAR. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 18(11):1056-1062, 2003.

Lyness, J.M., King, D.A., Conwell, Y., Duberstein P.R., Eberly, S., Sörensen, S.M., Caine, E.D.: Self-rated health, depression, and one-year health outcomes in older primary care patients. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 12:110-113, 2004.

Knox, K.L., Conwell, Y., Caine, E.D.: If suicide is a public health problem, what are we doing to prevent it? American J Public Health 94:37-45, 2004.

Duberstein, P.R., Conwell, Y., Conner, K.R., Eberly, S., Caine, E.D.: Suicide at 50 years of age and older: perceived physical illness, family discord and financial strain. Psychological Medicine, 34:137-146, 2004.

Kim S.Y., Millard R.W., Nisbet P., Cox C., Caine E.D.: Potential research participants’ views regarding researcher and institutional financial conflicts of interest. Journal of Medical Ethics. Journal of Medical Ethics 30:73-79, 2004

Chiu H., Yip P.S.F., Chi I., Chan S., Tsoh J.M., Kwan C.W., Li S.F., Conwell Y., Caine E.D.: Elderly suicide in Hong Kong - a case-controlled psychological autopsy study. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 109(4): 299-305.

Duberstein P.R., Conwell Y., Conner K.R., Eberly S., Evinger J.S., Caine ED.: Social integration and suicide risk: Fact or artifact? Psychological Medicine (in press)

Lyness J.M., Moynihan J.A., Caine E.D.: Inflammatory markers, depression, and cardiac disease. Am J Psychiatry (in press)