Department of Psychiatry, URMC

	Yeates Conwell, M.D. Academic and Clinical Appointments Professor and Vice Chair Director, Senior Health and Research (SHARE) Alliance Co-Director, Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide
Contact Information	University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Psychiatry 300 Crittenden Boulevard Rochester, New York 14642-8409 Phone: 585-275-6739 Fax: 585-273-1066 Yeates_Conwell@urmc.rochester.edu
Education	1976 A.B. Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 1980 MD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 1976-1980 Resident in Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 1984-1985 Geriatric Psychiatry Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT
Research Focus and Interests	Dr. Conwell directs a program of research the long term goal of which is to design and test strategies for suicide prevention across the life course. His studies have emphasized the definition of risk factors for suicide and attempted suicide in later life. More recently his work has incorporated the design, implementation, and testing of preventive, strategies in collaboration with community-based social service agencies. He also collaborates with a wide range of investigators in other ongoing projects in the United States and China.
Professional Overview Yeates Conwell, M.D. received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati and his residency training in psychiatry from Yale University. Following a fellowship year at Yale, he joined the Department of Psychiatry¹s Program in Geriatrics and Neuropsychiatry in 1985. In addition to providing clinical care and conducting research, he served as the Director of Residency Education programs in the Department of Psychiatry from 199399. Since that time, as Associate Chair for Academic Affairs and now as Vice Chair, he has overseen all training and faculty development programs in the Department. He is director of an institutional National Research Service Award (T32) for post-doctoral training in suicide prevention research and acts as mentor and provides consultation in suicide prevention research and research career development to a variety of early career investigators.
Publications Representative Publications since 2007 Lyness JM, Kim JH, Tang W, Tu X, Conwell Y, King DA, Caine ED: The clinical significance of subsyndromal depression in older primary care patients. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 15:214-223, 2007. Ran MS, Chen EYH, Conwell Y, Chan CLW, Yip PSF, Xiang MZ, Caine ED: Mortality in persons with schizophrenia in rural China: A 10-year cohort study. British Journal of Psychiatry 190:237-242, 2007. Hirsch JK, Duberstein PR, Conner KR, Heisel M, Beckman A, Franus N, Conwell Y: Future orientation moderates the relationship between functional status and suicide ideation in depressed adults. Depression and Anxiety 24(3):196-201, 2007 Li C, Friedman B, Conwell Y, Fiscella K: Validity of the PHQ-2 in Identifying Major Depression among the Elderly. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 55:596-602, 2007 Liu KY, Beautrais A, Caine ED, Chan K, Chao A, Conwell Y, Law C, Lee D, Li P, Yip P: Charcoal burning suicides in Hong Kong and urban Taiwan- An illustration of the impact of a novel method of suicide on overall regional rates. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 61(3):248-53, 2007. Conner KR, Duberstein PR, Beckman A, Heisel MJ, Hirsch JK, Gamble S, Conwell Y: Planning of suicide attempts among depressed inpatients ages 50 and over. Journal of Affective Disorders 97:123-128, 2007. Ran MS, Xiang MZ, Li J, Huang J, Chen EY, Chan CL, Conwell, Y: Correlates of lifetime suicide attempts among individuals with affective disorders in a Chinese rural community. Archives of Suicide Research 11(1): 119-127, 2007 Useda JD, Duberstein PR, Conner KR, Beckman A, Franus N, Tu X, Conwell Y: Personality differences in attempted suicide versus suicide in adults 50 years of age or older. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 75:126-133, 2007 Li LW, Conwell Y: Mental health status of home care elders in Michigan. The Gerontologist 47:528-534, 2007 Chan SM, Lyness JM, Conwell Y: Do cerebrovascular risk factors confer risk for suicide in later life? A case-control study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 15(6):541-4, 2007 Ran MS, Chan CL, Chen EY, Tang CP, Lin FR, Li L, Li SG, Mao WJ, Hu SH, Schwab G, Conwell Y: Mortality of geriatric and younger patients with schizophrenia in the community. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior 38(2):143-151, 2008 Erlangsen A, Canudas-Romo V, Conwell Y: Increased use of antidepressants and decreasing suicide rates: A population-based study using Danish register data. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 62:448–454, 2008 Erlangsen A, Zarit S, Conwell Y: Hospital-diagnosed dementia and suicide: a longitudinal study using prospective, nationwide register data. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 16:220 –228 2008 Cui X, Lyness JM, Tan W, Tu XM, Conwell Y: Outcomes and predictors of late-life depression trajectories in older primary care patients. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 16:406-415, 2008 Kuo CJ, Conwell Y, Yu Q, Chiu CH, Chen YY, Tsai SY, Chen CC: Suicide by charcoal burning in Taiwan: implications for means substitution by a case-linkage study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 43(4):286-90, 2008 Dombrovski AY, Szanto K, Duberstein PR, Conner KR, Houck PR, Conwell Y: Sex differences in correlates of suicide attempt lethality in late life. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 16(11):905-913, 2008 Conwell Y, Thompson C*: Suicidal behavior in elders. Psychiatric Clinics of North America 31:333-356, 2008.
Pertinent Web Links www.rochesterpreventsuicide.org

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