Department of Psychiatry, URMC

J. David Useda, Ph.D.

Academic and Clinical Appointments

Senior Instructor

Contact Information

University of Rochester Medical Center
Department of Psychiatry
300 Crittenden Boulevard
Rochester, New York 14642-8409

(585) 275-7625

Jose_Useda@urmc.rochester.edu

Education

8/01	Ph.D. - University of Missouri-Columbia Focus-Adult Psychopathology/Personality Disorders/Psychometrics Dissertation Title: The Construct Validity of the Paranoid Personality Disorder Features Questionnaire (PDFQ): A Dimensional Assessment of Paranoid Personality Disorder

5/88	BA - State University of New York at Binghamton BA in Psychology, Minor in Art History Graduated with Academic Honors

9/2001 to present	Senior Instructor and Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, present University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide Lab of Personality Development

Research Focus
and Interests

Research Focus - Personality as it relates to suicidal behaviors.

Clinical Focus - Training in and implementation of Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Selected Publications

Miller, M.B., Useda, J.D., Trull, T.J., Burr, R.M., Minks-Brown, C. (2001). Paranoid, Schizoid and Schizotypal Personality Disorders. In H. E. Adams & P. B. Sutker (Eds.), The Comprehensive Handbook of Psychopathology (3rd ed.) (pp. 535-559). New York: Plenum Publishers.

Trull, T.J. & Useda, J.D. (2000). Paranoid Personality Disorder. In The encyclopedia of Psychology (Vol. 6, pp. 39-41). Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Trull, T.J., Widiger, T.A., Useda, J.D., Holcomb, J., Doan, B-T, Axlerod, S.R., Stern, B. & Gershuny, B.S. (1998). Structured interview for the assessment of the five-factor model of personality. Psychological Assessment, 10, 229-240.

Trull, T.J., Useda, J.D., Doan, B.T., Vieth, A.Z., Burr, R., Hanks, A., & Conforti, K.
(1998). Two-year stability of borderline personality measures. Journal of Personality
Disorders, 12, 187-197.

Trull, T.J., Useda, J.D., Conforti, K., & Doan, B. T. Borderline personality disorder
features in nonclinical young adults: 2-year outcome. (1997). Journal of Abnormal
Psychology, 106, 307-314.

Trull, T.J., Useda, J.D., Costa, P. T., & McCrae, R. R. (1995). Comparison of the MMPI-II personality psychopathology five (PSY-5) the NEO and the NEO-PI-R. Psychological Assessment, 7, 508-516.

Bernstein, D. P., Useda, D., & Siever, L. J. (1995). Paranoid Personality Disorder. (APA, Ed.). DSM-IV Sourcebook. (pp. 665-674). Washington D.C.: American Psychiatric Association.

Bernstein, D.P., Useda, D., & Siever, L.J. (1995). Paranoid personality disorder. In John Livesley (Ed.). DSM-IV Personality Disorders (pp. 45-57). New York: Guilford.

Bernstein, D.P., Useda, D., & Siever, L.J. (1993). Paranoid personality disorder: Review of the literature and recommendations for DSM-IV. Journal of Personality Disorders, 7, 53- 62.

Useda, J.D., Duberstein, P.R., Conner, K.R., & Conwell, Y. (2003). Personality and Attempted Suicide in Depressed Adults 50 Years of Age and Older. Manuscript submitted for publication.