Publications

Representative Publications and Assessment Measures

Van Orden, K. A., Witte, T. K., Cukrowicz, K. C., Braithwaite, S. R., Selby, E. A., & Joiner, T. E., Jr. (2010). The Interpersonal Theory of Suicide. Psychological Review, 117(2),575-600. PMC3130348.

Van Orden, K. A., Cukrowicz, K. C., Witte, T. K., & Joiner, T. E. (2012). Thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness: Construct validity and psychometric properties of the interpersonal needs questionnaire. Psychological Assessment, 24(1), 197-215. doi: 10.1037/a0025358. PMC3377972.​  

Parkhurst, K. A., Conwell, Y., & Van Orden, K. A. (2015). The Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire with a shortened response scale for oral administration with older adults. Aging & Mental Health, 20(3), 277-283. DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2014.1003288.PMC4520787.
Information on the INQ can be downloaded here: https://rochester.box.com/v/INQ-2012-Info

Van Orden, K. A.,Stone, D. M., Rowe, J., LiKamWa McIntosh, W., Podgorski, C., & Conwell, Y. (2013). The Senior Connection: Design and rationale of a randomized trial of peer companionship to reduce suicide risk in later life. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 35, 117-126. Doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.03.003.PMC3684619.

Van Orden, K. A., & *Deming, C. (2018). Late-Life Suicide Prevention Strategies: Current Status and Future Directions. Current Opinion in Psychology, 22, 79-83. doi:10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.08.033.  PMC5843499

Van Orden, K. A., Silva, C., & Conwell, Y. (2019). Suicide in Later Life. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Psychology (Psychology and Aging). Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.421.
This overview chapter can be downloaded for person use here: https://rochester.box.com/v/preventionchapter2019

All Publications

• 1. Van Orden KA
  Capitalizing on Psychosocial Strengths in Aging.; International psychogeriatrics. 2024 Jan 22.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  Suicide Risk in Caregivers.; International psychogeriatrics. 2023 Sep 05.
• 1. Quiñones MM
  2. Silva C
  3. Ross C
  4. Sörensen S
  5. Serrano R
  6. Van Orden K
  7. Heffner K
  Recruiting Socially Disconnected Latinos Caring for a Person with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned.; Clinical gerontologist. 2023 Apr 02.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  2. Bower E
  3. Lutz J
  4. Silva C
  Engage coaching for caregivers: a pilot trial to reduce loneliness in dementia caregivers.; Aging & mental health. 2023 Mar 10.
• 1. Pisani A
  2. Connor K
  3. Van Orden K
  4. Jordan N
  5. Landes S
  6. Curran G
  7. McDermott M
  8. Ertefaie A
  9. Kelberman C
  10. Ramanathan S
  11. Carruthers J
  12. Mossgraber K
  13. Goldston D
  Effectiveness of a targeted brief intervention for recent suicide attempt survivors: a randomised controlled trial protocol.; BMJ open; Vol 13(3), pp. e070105. 2023 Mar 03.
• 1. Silva C
  2. Smith PN
  3. Rogers M
  4. Joiner TE
  5. Foote B
  6. Van Orden KA
  Clinically Significant Scores for Thwarted Belonging and Perceived Burden from the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ-15).; Crisis. 2023 Feb 10.
• 1. Missell-Gray R
  2. Van Orden K
  3. Simning A
  Hospitalization's association with depression in adults over 50 years old: does living arrangement matter? Findings from the Health and Retirement Study.; Aging & mental health. 2023 Jan 02.
• 1. Jerant A
  2. Duberstein PR
  3. Kravitz RL
  4. Kleiman EM
  5. Rizvi SL
  6. Cipri C
  7. Liu D
  8. Scher L
  9. Freitas M
  10. Jones-Hill M
  11. Oravetz A
  12. Van Orden KA
  13. Franks P
  Ethical and methodological challenges slowing progress in primary care-based suicide prevention: Illustrations from a randomized controlled trial and guidance for future research.; Journal of psychiatric research; Vol 154, pp. 242-251. 2022 Aug 06.
• 1. Meyerhoff J
  2. Kruzan KP
  3. Kim KA
  4. Van Orden K
  5. Mohr DC
  Exploring the Safety of a General Digital Mental Health Intervention to Effect Symptom Reduction among Individuals with and without Suicidal Ideation: A Secondary Analysis.; Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research. 2022 Jul 12.
• 1. Parkhurst KA
  2. Daks JS
  3. Conwell Y
  4. Podgorski CA
  5. Van Orden KA
  Social network subtypes among socially disconnected older adults at risk for suicide: A latent class analysis.; Suicide & life-threatening behavior. 2022 Jun 23.
• 1. Silva C
  2. Cero I
  3. Ricci N
  4. Pérez A
  5. Conwell Y
  6. Van Orden K
  The feasibility and acceptability of using smartphones to assess suicide risk among Spanish-speaking adult outpatients.; Suicide & life-threatening behavior. 2022 Jun 08.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  2. Heffner KL
  Promoting Social Connection in Dementia Caregivers: A Call for Empirical Development of Targeted Interventions.; The Gerontologist. 2022 Mar 02.
• 1. Silva C
  2. Douglas N
  3. Van Orden K
  Neighborhood Belonging and Thoughts of Death Among Hispanics in the United States.; Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research. 2022 Feb 08.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  2. Conwell Y
  3. Chapman BP
  4. Buttaccio A
  5. VanBergen A
  6. Beckwith E
  7. Santee A
  8. Rowe J
  9. Palumbos D
  10. Williams G
  11. Messing S
  12. Sörensen S
  13. Tu X
  The helping older people engage (HOPE) study: Protocol & COVID modifications for a randomized trial.; Contemporary clinical trials communications; Vol 30, pp. 101040. 2022 Jan 30.
• 1. Jonson M
  2. Sigström R
  3. Van Orden KA
  4. Fässberg MM
  5. Skoog I
  6. Waern M
  Life-Weariness, Wish to Die, Active Suicidal Ideation, and All-Cause Mortality in Population-Based Samples of Older Adults.; The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2022 Jan 20.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  2. Bower E
  3. Beckler T
  4. Rowe J
  5. Gillespie S
  The Use of Robotic Pets with Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic.; Clinical gerontologist. 2021 Aug 05.
• 1. Madrigal C
  2. Bower E
  3. Simons K
  4. Gillespie SM
  5. Van Orden K
  6. Mills WL
  Assessing Social Functioning During COVID-19 and Beyond: Tools and Considerations for Nursing Home Staff.; Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2021 Jul 30.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  Addressing Loneliness in Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Commentary on "Understanding Psychological Distress and Protective Factors Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic".; The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2021 Apr 22.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  2. Areán PA
  3. Conwell Y
  A Pilot Randomized Trial of Engage Psychotherapy to Increase Social Connection and Reduce Suicide Risk in Later Life.; The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2021 Apr 01.
• 1. Lutz J
  2. Van Orden KA
  3. Bruce ML
  4. Conwell Y
  Social Disconnection in Late Life Suicide: An NIMH Workshop on State of the Research in Identifying Mechanisms, Treatment Targets, and Interventions.; The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2021 Feb 05.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  2. Lutz J
  3. Conner KR
  4. Silva C
  5. Hasselberg MJ
  6. Fear K
  7. Leadley AW
  8. Wittink MN
  9. Baumhauer JF
  URMC Universal Depression Screening Initiative: Patient Reported Outcome Assessments to Promote a Person-Centered Biopsychosocial Population Health Management Strategy.; Frontiers in psychiatry; Vol 12. 2021.
• 1. Ali R
  2. Hoque E
  3. Duberstein P
  4. Schubert L
  5. Razavi SZ
  6. Kane B
  7. Silva C
  8. Daks JS
  9. Huang M
  10. Van Orden K
  Aging and Engaging: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of an Online Conversational Skills Coach for Older Adults.; The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2020 Nov 22.
• 1. Lutz J
  2. Van Orden KA
  Sadness and Worry in Older Adults: Differentiating Psychiatric Illness from Normative Distress.; The Medical clinics of North America; Vol 104(5). 2020 Sep.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  Considering the Impact of Research Assessments: A Commentary on "COVID-19 Related Loneliness and Psychiatric Symptoms Among Older Adults: The Buffering Role of Subjective Age".; The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2020 Aug 11.
• 1. Conwell Y
  2. Van Orden KA
  3. Stone DM
  4. McIntosh WL
  5. Messing S
  6. Rowe J
  7. Podgorski C
  8. Kaukeinen KA
  9. Tu X
  Peer Companionship for Mental Health of Older Adults in Primary Care: A Pragmatic, Nonblinded, Parallel-Group, Randomized Controlled Trial.; The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2020 Jun 02.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  2. Bower E
  3. Lutz J
  4. Silva C
  5. Gallegos AM
  6. Podgorski CA
  7. Santos EJ
  8. Conwell Y
  Strategies to Promote Social Connections Among Older Adults During 'Social Distancing' Restrictions.; The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2020 May 18.
• 1. Corona CD
  2. Van Orden KA
  3. Wisco BE
  4. Pietrzak RH
  Meaning in life moderates the association between morally injurious experiences and suicide ideation among U.S. combat veterans: Results from the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study.; Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy; Vol 11(6). 2019 Sep.
• 1. Mournet AM
  2. Bower E
  3. Van Orden KA
  Domains of Functional Impairment and Their Associations with Thwarted Belonging and Perceived Burden in Older Adults.; Clinical gerontologist. 2019 Aug 09.
• 1. Conti EC
  2. Jahn DR
  3. Simons KV
  4. Edinboro LPC
  5. Jacobs ML
  6. Vinson L
  7. Stahl ST
  8. Van Orden KA
  Safety Planning to Manage Suicide Risk with Older Adults: Case Examples and Recommendations.; Clinical gerontologist. 2019 May 17.
• 1. Simons K
  2. Van Orden K
  3. Conner KR
  4. Bagge C
  Age Differences in Suicide Risk Screening and Management Prior to Suicide Attempts.; The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 2019 Jan 22.
• 1. Kandasamy D
  2. Platts-Mills TF
  3. Shah MN
  4. Van Orden KA
  5. Betz ME
  Social Disconnection Among Older Adults Receiving Care in the Emergency Department.; The western journal of emergency medicine; Vol 19(6). 2018 Nov.
• 1. Duberstein PR
  2. Ward EA
  3. Chaudron LH
  4. He H
  5. Toth SL
  6. Wang W
  7. Van Orden KA
  8. Gamble SA
  9. Talbot NL
  Effectiveness of interpersonal psychotherapy-trauma for depressed women with childhood abuse histories.; Journal of consulting and clinical psychology; Vol 86(10). 2018 Oct.
• 1. Silva C
  2. Van Orden KA
  Suicide among Hispanics in the United States.; Current opinion in psychology; Vol 22. 2018 Aug.
• 1. Van Orden K
  The Interpersonal Context of Suicide and Self-Harm in Later Life: An Invited Commentary on "Why Do the Very Old Self-Harm? A Qualitative Study".; The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry; Vol 26(8). 2018 Aug.
• 1. Wiktorsson S
  2. Rydberg Sterner T
  3. Mellqvist Fässberg M
  4. Skoog I
  5. Ingeborg Berg A
  6. Duberstein P
  7. Van Orden K
  8. Waern M
  Few Sex Differences in Hospitalized Suicide Attempters Aged 70 and Above.; International journal of environmental research and public health; Vol 15(1). 2018 Jan 16.
• 1. Van Orden K
  2. Deming C
  Late-life suicide prevention strategies: current status and future directions.; Current opinion in psychology; Vol 22. 2017 Sep 08.
• 1. Chu C
  2. Van Orden KA
  3. Ribeiro JD
  4. Joiner TE
  Does the timing of suicide risk assessments influence ratings of risk severity?; Professional psychology, research and practice; Vol 48(2). 2017 Apr.
• 1. Foote B
  2. Van Orden K
  Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for the Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder.; American journal of psychotherapy; Vol 70(4). 2016 Dec 31.
• 1. Smith PN
  2. Stanley IH
  3. Joiner TE
  4. Sachs-Ericsson NJ
  5. Van Orden KA
  An Aspect of the Capability for Suicide-Fearlessness of the Pain Involved in Dying-Amplifies the Association Between Suicide Ideation and Attempts.; Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research; Vol 20(4). 2016 Oct.
• 1. Wiktorsson S
  2. Berg AI
  3. Wilhelmson K
  4. Mellqvist Fässberg M
  5. Van Orden K
  6. Duberstein P
  7. Waern M
  Assessing the role of physical illness in young old and older old suicide attempters.; International journal of geriatric psychiatry; Vol 31(7). 2016 Jul.
• 1. Bamonti P
  2. Lombardi S
  3. Duberstein PR
  4. King DA
  5. Van Orden KA
  Spirituality attenuates the association between depression symptom severity and meaning in life.; Aging & mental health; Vol 20(5). 2016 May.
• 1. Sachs-Ericsson N
  2. Van Orden K
  3. Zarit S
  Suicide and aging: special issue of Aging & Mental Health.; Aging & mental health; Vol 20(2). 2016.
• 1. Parkhurst KA
  2. Conwell Y
  3. Van Orden KA
  The interpersonal needs questionnaire with a shortened response scale for oral administration with older adults.; Aging & mental health; Vol 20(3). 2016.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  2. Conwell Y
  Issues in research on aging and suicide.; Aging & mental health; Vol 20(2). 2016.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  2. O'Riley AA
  3. Simning A
  4. Podgorski C
  5. Richardson TM
  6. Conwell Y
  Passive Suicide Ideation: An Indicator of Risk Among Older Adults Seeking Aging Services?; The Gerontologist; Vol 55(6). 2015 Dec.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  2. Li Y
  3. Podgorski CA
  4. Conwell Y
  The association between higher social support and lower depressive symptoms among aging services clients is attenuated at higher levels of functional impairment.; International journal of geriatric psychiatry; Vol 30(10). 2015 Oct.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  2. Smith PN
  3. Chen T
  4. Conwell Y
  A Case Controlled Examination of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide in the Second Half of Life.; Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research. 2015 Jul 28.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  2. Wiktorsson S
  3. Duberstein P
  4. Berg AI
  5. Fässberg MM
  6. Waern M
  Reasons for attempted suicide in later life.; The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry; Vol 23(5). 2015 May.
• 1. Van Orden KA
  2. Chen S
  3. O'Riley A
  4. Conwell Y
  Course of late-life depression in China is chronic and unremitting.; International journal of geriatric psychiatry; Vol 30(4). 2015 Apr.
• 1. Bamonti PM
  2. Lombardi S
  3. Duberstein PR
  4. King DA
  5. Van Orden KA
  Spirituality attenuates the association between depression symptom severity and meaning in life; Aging & Mental Health. PMC in progress. 2015 Jan 01.