Research News & Publications

• Viji Diane Kannan, PhD, and Benjamin Champman, PhD, MPH, alongside Kelly Peters, PhD of the American Institute for Research, published a longitudinal study on the relationship between adolescent reading habits and social engagement in later life.
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor of a paper identifying energy-efficient foods that provide sufficient doses of key micronutrients during pregnancy that could be consumed in lieu of dietary supplements.
• Thomas V. Caprio, MD, and Yeates Conwell, MD were coauthors of an analysis of patients and healthcare providers to identify four essential tasks when deprescribing potentially inappropriate medications during the hospital-to-home transition. 
• J. Steven Lamberti, MD was a coauthor of a study evaluating whether real-time fMRI neurofeedback could lead to control of the neural network behind theory of mind, the process by which we attribute and reason about the mental states of others.
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor of a Project ECHO study examining sociodemographic differences in COVID-19 pandemic-related experiences among children and caregivers.
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor of a paper examining the relationship between neighborhood-level opportunity, social vulnerability, and childhood asthma. 
• Emily Clark, DO and Anton Porsteinsson, MD published an article in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: TRCI evaluating methylphenidate in treating neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease other than apathy.
• Wilfred Pigeon, PhD and Todd Bishop, PhD, alongside colleagues from the University of South Florida, Harvard Medical School, and the University of California Irvine, published a study optimizing digital treatment of co-occurring insomnia and depression.
• Brittany Blose, MS, Adriann Lai, PhD, Judy Thompson, PhD, and Steve Silverstein, PhD, alongside Christen Crosta of Rutgers University, published a study that found earlier and faster retinal thinning and macula volume reduction among those with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. 
• Peter Wyman, PhD, Ian Cero, PhD, Anthony Pisani, PhD, and Karen Schmeelk-Cone, PhD were among the authors of a paper examining the impact of a Sources of Strength intervention, a universal social network-informed intervention, on youth suicide deaths across three trials.
• Michelle Carr, PhD, Rachel Raider, and Wilfred Pigeon, PhD published a pilot alongside Madeline Wary, Sophia Stafford, and Alam Grewal of the University of Rochester finding that having lab-related dreams was associated with better performance on tasks following sleep.
• Autumn Gallegos, PhD, Hugh Crean, PhD, Catherine Cerulli, PhD, Todd Bishop, PhD, Wilfred Pigeon, PhD, and Kathi Heffner, PhD were coauthors on a study examining the effect of nightmares on attrition and symptoms among those receiving CBT-I treatment.

• Mark Oldham, MD was a coauthor on a paper published out of the Delirium Subtyping Initiative which proposed further characterization of delirium features to complement existing diagnostic criteria, particularly in conjunction with biospecimen collection.

• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on a study examining the association between maternal stress during the first year of life of their infant and BMI between ages two to four.

• Lisa Panisch, Iwona Juskiewicz, Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD, Marsha Wittink, MD, MBE, and Ellen Poleshuck, PhD alongside Hugh Crean, PhD of the School of Nursing, published a study examining the interaction between violence exposure and treatment type after psychosocial intervention.
• Ian Cero, PhD and Peter Wyman, PhD, alongside Munmun De Choudhury, PhD of Georgia Tech, published a paper discussing the potential of interventions to modify social networks to prevent deaths by suicide. 
• Tanya Tran, PhD authored a study characterizing trajectories of negative symptoms among those at high risk for psychosis as well as differences based on deficit syndrome, persistence, and transition status.
• Jason Alas, Mia Young, Lyvia Bertolace, MD, Iwona Grzela-Juskiewicz, MD, Yonaton Abrham, Brian Keane, PhD, and Steven Silverstein, PhD were coauthors on a study examining retinal and optic nerve changes after football-related concussions and head impacts.
• Anton Porsteinsson, MD was a coauthor on a trial of methylphenidate's ability to treat apathy among those with Alzheimer's Disease. 
• Steven Silverstein, PhD was a coauthor of a paper providing guidance on the organization and implementation of EEG studies.
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor of a study examining levels of gadolinium, a toxic rare earth element, among mothers after exposure to gadolinium chelates prior to pregnancy.
• Anton Porsteinsson, MD was a coauthor on a paper in CTAD Task Force Paper on the possibility of blood biomarkers as a less burden-intensive entry criteria and drug monitoring tool in clinical trials for Alzheimer's Disease.
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a co-author of a study examining the relationship between exposure to polyfluoroalkyl substances in gestation, BMIs in early childhood, and the risk of obesity among children and adolescents.
• Steven Silverstein, PhD was a coauthor on a paper examining the relationships between depression and reinforcement learning.

• A new study out of the VA Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention by Westley Youngren of the University of Kansas, Kathi Heffner, PhD, Todd Bishop, PhD, Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD, Autumn Gallegos, PhD, Hugh Crane, and Wilfred Pigeon, PhD examined the relationship between fear of sleep and PTSD as well as whether cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia can reduce fear of sleep.

• Cathy Peters, NP, RN, MS published an editorial and retrospective on Dr. Loretta C. Ford's career and how her work connected with the biopsychosocial model. 
• Aileen Aldalur, PhD, alongside Lawrence Pick, PhD of Gallaudet University, published a study examining the effects of accumulative stress experienced by Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing individuals and psychological functioning.
• Kenneth Connor, PsyD, and Aileen Aldalur, PhD were among the authors of a paper in The Journal of Emergency Medicine examining the use of emergency department care practices in Deaf American Sign Language users as well as health care disparities faced. 
• Michael Privitera, MS, MD was a co-author of a commentary in Mayo Clinic Proceedings on the need to design information systems and workflows in healthcare with human factors science and a safety II framework in mind.

• Steven Silverstein, PhD was a co-author of a study examining the use of the Post-Traumatic Cognitions Inventory, a common instrument measuring trauma-related beliefs, in those with serious mental illness who have a greater risk of trauma exposure.

• Peter Wyman, PhD was a coauthor on a study discussing lessons learned, including successes and barriers to implementation, from implementing Sources of Strength, a peer-led suicide prevention program.

• Caroline Silva, PhD was a coauthor of a paper translating, culturally adapting, and validating the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire and the Acquired Capability for Suicide Scale, an assessment of suicide risk factors, for Spanish speakers in Mexico.

• Thomas Caprio, MD was a co-author of a latent class analysis examining whether the Care Transitions Intervention, a transitional care intervention, impacted emergency room revisits among older adults recently discharged from emergency care.

• Peter Wyman, PhD was a coauthor of a paper examining whether adolescents’ comfort in disclosing their feelings and problems to caregivers predicts suicidal thoughts and behaviors and whether difficulties in emotion regulation mediate this association.

• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a co-author of a study examining the impact of adverse childhood experiences on cortisol levels in mothers' saliva, a key measure of prenatal biology previously linked with pregnancy-related health outcomes.

• A February publication by Mark Oldham, MD, and Andrew Francis, PhD, MD was recently featured on the front page of Clinical Psychiatric News. The editorial discussed the need to address prevalent misunderstandings over what catatonia looks like.

• Melissa Heatly, PhD, Corey Nichols-Hadeed, JD, Allison Stiles, PhD, and Linda Alpert-Gillis, PhD published a case study of school-based learning partnership to promote cross-sector collaboration for facilitating students with behavioral health challenges.

• Anthony Pisani, PhD, alongside Edwin Boudreaux, PhD of the University of Massachusetts, published an editorial on systems-based approaches to suicide prevention, providing a case sample of how traditional clinical cases can be framed to highlight the impact of systemic factors

• Marc Swogger, PhD was a coauthor on a chapter of The Oxford Handbook of Opioids and Opioid Use Disorder on the pharmacology and use of kratom.

• Tara Augenstein, PhD was a coauthor on a study examining the psychometric properties of parents’ reports on the Proposed Specifiers for Conduct Disorder assessing impairments across interpersonal, and potentially antisocial and behavioral features.

• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on a new paper finding that secure attachment to parents is associated with lower social and economic costs related to antisocial behavior.
• Electronic medical records (EMR) may serve as a resource for identifying experiences of violence, particularly among transgender people. Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD was a coauthor on a study examining methodologic approaches to determine experiences of violence using EMR.
• Marc Swogger, PhD was a coauthor of an editorial discussing the latest research on kratom dependence and withdrawal.

• Steve Silverstein, PhD was a coauthor of a computational analysis of reinforcement learning impairments among youth at high-risk for psychosis vs those with depression.

• Apathy is a common neuropsychiatric symptom in Alzheimer's disease, affecting up to 70% of patients. Anton Porsteinsson, MD co-authored a study that analyzed the economic effectiveness of treating apathy in patients with Alzheimer's.

• Benjamin Chapman, PhD, MPH, Amali Epa-Llop, PhD, Peter Braick, Navya Bhagat, Elizabeth Ko, Antoinette Nguyen, Rachel Johnson, and Diane Morse, MD were among the authors of a study examining HIV, STI, and hepatitis C risk clusters and hierarchies experienced by women recently released from incarceration.

• Kimberly van Orden, PhD, Julie Lutz, Phd, MS, and Caroline Silva, PhD, alongside Emily Bower, PhD of Pacific University published a study examining Engage Coaching for Caregivers, an intervention for reducing loneliness among older caregivers of those with dementia.

• Daniel Lee, Emily Clark, DO, and Anton Porsteinsson, MD published a review alongside Inga M Antonsdottir, BSN, RN of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing on the state of agitation treatment in Alzheimer's Disease in 2023. 

• Caroline Silva, PhD, and Kimberly van Orden, PhD were coauthors on a paper out of the University of Rochester School of Nursing discussing challenges to enrolling socially disconnected middle-aged and older Latino caregivers of a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
• Mark Oldham, MD was a coauthor on a review of the diagnosis, 
  aetiology, clinical features, and descriptive epidemiology of catatonia.  This review also provides guidelines for catatonia management. 
• Cancer survivors face numerous physical and mental health challenges even after treatment completion. Yeates Conwell, MD was a coauthor on a study on mental health outcomes and correlates in cancer patients in cancer survivors after curative treatment.
• Apathy is a common neuropsychiatric symptom in Alzheimer's disease, affecting up to 70% of patients. Anton Porsteinsson, MD co-authored a study that analyzed the economic effectiveness of treating apathy in patients with Alzheimer's.

• Steve Silverstein, PhD was a coauthor of a paper examining whether deficits in performance and interpretation of communicative nonverbal behaviors such as gestures are specific to those at risk for psychosis.

• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor of a paper examining the doses of supplementation needed to help most pregnant women achieve the recommended intake and identifying US dietary supplements providing these doses.

• Yeates Conwell, MD was a coauthor on a paper out of Stanford University on the influence of affective states on informant impression of neuropsychiatric symptoms in people living with mild cognitive impairment.

• Veterans living with Gulf War Illness are an understudied population in relation to alcohol use behaviors and outcomes. Wilfred Pigeon, PhD coauthored analytical research on risky alcohol use, problem-solving impairment, and disability among them.
• Jennifer Funderburk, PhD and Wilfred Pigeon, PhD were coauthors on a paper examining the benefit of adding emotion-centered problem-solving therapy to safety planning in reducing suicide risk in older veterans.
• Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD, Rachel Missel-Grey, MS, and Wendi Cross, PhD, alongside colleagues in the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology and the National Domestic Violence Hotline published a trial examining the effectiveness of a free, online IPV-Suicide Prevention training to Intimate Partner Violence hotline workers.

• Steve Silverstein, PhD was a coauthor of a paper examining the reliability and validity of the revised Green et al. paranoid thoughts scale, a self-report measure, in individuals clinically at high risk for psychosis.

• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a co-author of a study looking at the relationship between sedentary behavior and emotional support with prenatal psychological distress and birth outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Steve Silverstein, PhD coauthored a paper on the association between visual impairment and psychosis, highlighting the importance of eye care for people with psychotic illnesses.

• A fMRI study coauthored by J. Steven Lamberti, MD aimed to understand neural processing of social awkwardness and its relation to language deficits in people with schizophrenia.

• Marsha Wittink, MD, MBE, and Steve Silverstein, PhD, alongside Aubrey Chan, MD, PhD of the University of Iowa and Susan Padrino, MD of AbsoluteCare, published an editorial on the undervalued potential of medical-psychiatry units to improve care for people with severe mental illnesses, highlighting the work of the National MedPsych Unit consortium.

• Mark Oldham, MD, alongside Andrew Francis, PhD, MD of Penn State College of Medicine, published an editorial on why catatonia is underdiagnosed and the need to address prevalent misunderstandings over what catatonia looks like.

• A new study by Adam Simning, MD, PhD and Thomas Caprio, MD, alongside Kenneth Lam, MD of the University of California San Francisco finds that rehabilitation providers play a significant role in getting adaptive equipment into the homes of older adults.
• Peter Britton PhD, Elizabeth Karras, PhD, Dev Crasta, PhD, Wilfred Pigeon, PhD authored a paper examining the impact of calling the Veterans Crisis Line in connecting veterans to treatment.
• Peer review provides the cultivation of diverse skills that comes from taking on the perspective of both the author and the reader. Mark Oldham, MD, alongside colleagues from Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Washington published a guide on peer-reviewing manuscripts and on being responsive to reviewer comments.
• Daniel Graham, PhD of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and Steve Silverstein, PhD published a paper discussing art by people with schizophrenia and how schizophrenia affects art making processes.
• Anthony Pisani, PhD was a coauthor on a paper out of Safe Side Prevention and Hillside evaluating the InPlace® Learning approach to educate youth service workers on suicide prevention.
• Wendi Cross, PhD was a coauthor of a study on designing training modules for community pharmacy staff to recognize suicide warning signs and refer at-risk individuals.
• Tziporah Rosenberg, PhD was a coauthor on a new study out of the Department of Family Medicine finding that voluntary, interactive skills-development training improved confidence in recognizing, responding, and reporting sexual harassment and gender bias.
• Caroline Silva, PhD, and Kimberly van Orden, PhD authored a study alongside colleagues from the University of South Alabama, Texas State University, and Montefiore Medical Center identifying reliable cut-off scores for the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire to identify social disconnectedness. 
• Anthony Pisani, PhD was a coauthor on this study reviewing AI/ML-enabled state-of-the-art methods in electronic medical records. 
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on a paper examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal outcomes in relation to maternal depression and perceived stress.
• Yeates Conwell, MD was a co-author on a study looking at the risk of and factors for emergency department visits and inpatient hospitalizations related to substance use in older veterans reentering the community after incarceration vs never-incarcerated veterans.
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on a study examining the association between exposure to maternal childhood maltreatment and common childhood physical and mental health problems, neurodevelopmental disorders, and related comorbidities in offspring.
• Kenneth Conner, PsyD, MPH, and Yeates Conwell, MD were coauthors on a prospective study examining China's largest suicide prevention hotline, to develop and validate a structured, comprehensive, uncomplicated, and non-time-consuming tool for suicidal risk assessment.
• Deanna Sams, PhD , David Garrison, MD, Patrick Walsh, PhD, Daniel Maeng, PhD and Wendi Cross, PhD published a pilot study on a brief inpatient intervention that aims to decrease the lengths of stays inpatient and readmissions.
• Marsha Wittink, MD, alongside colleagues from the URMC Department of Medicine, are coauthors on this project from Rutgers University looking at how family dynamics and doctors' emotions impact end-of-life care, particularly last-ditch efforts.
• Rachel Missell-Gray, Kim van Orden, PhD, and Adam Simning, MD, PhD published a paper in Aging and Mental Health examining how living arrangements are associated with depression in late middle-life and older adults after hospitalization.
• Yeates Conwell, MD was the lead author of an editorial discussing protective factors, such as emotional well-being (EWB), against suicidal ideation and behavior in older adults and considerations for the future of EWB research. 
• Ian Cero, PhD and Peter Wyman, PhD, alongside Munmun De Choudhury of Georgia Institute of Technology published a paper highlighting the potential of interventions to social networks in order to target the suicide risk of those embedded within them.
• Daniel Maeng, PhD was a coauthor of a paper examining racial and ethnic disparities in self-perceived health quality of life among men participating in a selenium and vitamin E cancer prevention trial.
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a co-author of a study looking at whether prenatal exposure polyfluoroalkyl substances are linked with child autism-related outcomes.
• Todd Bishop, PhD was a coauthor of a study evaluating a machine learning model targeting those at high risk of suicide after psychiatric discharge. This study found that including clinical notes and public records improved the model's predictions.
• Judy Thompson, PhD coauthored a study in Psychopharmacology examining the role of serotonin transporter availability in trait and state aggression.
• Mark Oldham, MD was a coauthor of a review out of the University of California looking at factors associated with delirium. The study suggests that delirium cannot be restricted to a singular physiological event or sequence of events.
• Marsha Wittink, MD, and Lauren Decaporale-Ryan, PhD were among the coauthors of this paper on the relationship between self-perception of age in older adults and decisions on decisions about adjuvant chemotherapy.
• Anton Porsteinsson, MD, and Kathi Heffner, PhD were coauthors on a pilot study out of Stanford University looking at the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on the left sensorimotor cortex to target neuropsychiatric symptoms among those at risk for dementia.
• Michael Hasselberg, PhD, MS, and Wendi Cross, PhD were coauthors of a study exploring virtual reality to reduce pain and anxiety during oral surgeries.
• Deprescribing, the process of reducing unnecessary medications, can help reduce the rate of polypharmacy in older adults. Yeates Conwell, MD, and Thomas Caprio, MD were coauthors on a review on considerations for implementing such interventions.
• Yeates Conwell, MD and Thomas Caprio, MD were coauthors on a paper examining the prevalence, predictors, and impact of medications associated with geriatric syndromes on hospitalization risk in home health care patients.
• A new study coauthored by Thomas O'Connor, PhD found that neighborhood opportunity and social vulnerability was associated with BMI trajectories and risks of obesity in adolescence.
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on a paper looking at the relationship between mothers' and fathers' moods postpartum and how they affect the quality of child bonding.
• Wilfred Pigeon, PhD was a coauthor on a clinical trial with Syracuse University, the University of Buffalo, and VA Center for Integrated Healthcare colleagues comparing a primary care-based mindfulness training versus a psychoeducational group to reduce PTSD symptoms among veterans.

• Kristen Holderle, PhD and Jeffrey Iler, MD published a chapter in Advances in Online Therapy on adapting the Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy model for telemedicine at UR Medicine's Complex Care Center and patients with developmental and intellectual disabilities. 
• Hochang Ben Lee, MD published an editorial in General Psychiatry on the history of psychosomatic medicine and C-L Psychiatry and how the two fields can find unity under the biopsychosocial model.
• Kimberly van Orden, PhD, Yeates Conwell, MD, Benjamin Chapman, PhD, MPH, April Buttaccio, MPH, Alexandra Van Bergen, PhD, and Ellen Beckwith published study protocol for a clinical trial examining employing the Americorps Senior volunteer program to reduce loneliness.
• There has been a growing push for screening for Adverse Childhood Experiences. Andrea Garroway, PhD was a coauthor on a paper on racial and ethnic differences in how acceptable patients find such screenings.
• Rachel Raider, Wilfred Pigeon, PhD, and Michelle Carr, PhD published a study with colleagues from University of Montreal and Northwestern University examining how memories are incorporated into dreams across different stages of sleep.
• Cathy Peters, NP, MS, Gregory Sherman, MD, and Tara Augenstein, PhD published a review on the experience of providing offsite pharmacy services to a psychiatric inpatient unit during the pandemic and the lessons learned along the way.
• Michelle Carr, PhD, Donna Guardino, PhD and Wilfred Pigeon, PhD published a study examining the characteristics of sleep among deaf individuals.
• Howard Bi, MA, Pamela Butler, PhD, and Brian Keane, PhD published a technical note on avoiding spurious interactions between contrast sensitivity deficits and spatial frequency.
• A new paper by Brian Keane, PhD, Steve Silverstein, PhD, Megan Serody and Judy Thompson, PhD alongside colleagues from Rutgers University  and Washington University at St. Louis found differences in fMRI data on dorsal attention network activity and visual shape completion in those with schizophrenia.
• Marsha Wittink, MD, MBE was a coauthor on a paper outlining a model describing how socioemotional processes fuel end-of-life treatment in the U.S. This model highlights the importance of psychological innovation in healthcare delivery.
• Thomas Caprio, MD, MS was a coauthor on a recent paper which created a scalar version of the Family Caregiver Activation in Transitions, a tool for guiding the care team in better understanding patient and family needs during care transitions.
• While prenatal antidepressant exposure has been associated with increased risk for neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood, a new study coauthored by Thomas O'Connor, PhD found no significant relationships once adjusting prenatal maternal depression.
• Todd Bishop, PhD and Wilfred Pigeon, PhD were coauthors on a paper examining the agreement between, and adherence to, wrist actigraphy and digital sleep diaries for sleep assessment among adolescents after psychiatric discharge.
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on a study comparing metal levels between formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded and frozen human placentae. This study will help scientists better understand physiology, disease, and toxic and diagnostic exposures.
• While psychological aspects of well-being are increasingly recognized as a component of health, research on this topic is fragmented. Yeates Conwell, MD coauthored an editorial on the development of a provisional conceptualization of this form of well-being.
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on a paper on independent associations between maternal exposure to adversity in childhood and pregnancy with children’s anxiety and depression symptoms in a large, sociodemographically diverse sample.
• Benjamin Chapman, PhD, MPH, MS was a coauthor on a paper out of
• the Department of Surgery examining a geriatric assessment intervention and its ability to reduce patient-reported symptomatic toxicity among older adults with advanced cancer.
• Joy Choi, MD, Mark Oldham, MD, Patrick Walsh, PhD, MPH, and Hochang Ben Lee, MD published a case review alongside colleagues from the Departments of Medicine and Surgery examining the effect of LVAD implantation on cognition in patients with heart failure.
• An evaluation by Judy Thompson, PhD and Megan Serody of educational and employment services for young people with psychiatric conditions to determine was chosen as an Editor's Choice paper in Psychiatric Services. This publication analyzed the extent to which these services were adapted for young people, and education and employment outcomes.
• A new paper by Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD, and Diane Morse, MD with colleagues from the University of Buffalo looks at the experiences of women in opioid courts with the medical, legal, and social service sectors and how to close the gap on early intervention.
• Cathy Peters, NP, MS, Gregory Sherman, MD, and Tara Augenstein, PhD published a review alongside colleagues in the Department of Pharmacy on the experience of providing pharmacy services to a psychiatric inpatient unit at an off-site location during the COVID-19 pandemic and the lessons learned along the way.
• Those with serious mental illness have greater trauma exposure and are at increased risk for PTSD. However, PTSD is rarely documented in their clinical records. Steve Silverstein, PhD was a coauthor on an investigation on the predictors of PTSD documentation.
• Yeates Conwell, MD, and Thomas Caprio, MD coauthored a review out of the University of Rochester School of Nursing examining how age-friendly deprescribing trials are.
• Paul Geha, MD was a coauthor on an MRI study identifying central amygdala and trigeminal motor nucleus connectivity in humans.
• Peer involvement in mental health treatment is new to many countries developing outpatient programs. Eric Caine, MD was a coauthor on a paper evaluating the effectiveness of such a program for those with severe mental illness in China.
• Thomas Caprio, MD, MPH, MS was a coauthor on a study testing the effectiveness of a Care Transitions Intervention on decreasing ED and outpatient clinic revisits among older adults who live alone after an emergency room visit.
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on a paper examining the relationship between gestational diabetes mellitus, prenatal depression, and risk for postpartum depression.
• Daniel Maeng, PhD, Zhi-Yang Tsun, MD, Eric Lesch, MD, David Jacobowitz, MA, Robert Weisman, DO, and J. Steven Lamberti, MD published an assessment of the affordability of forensic assertive community treatment programs for those with mental illness in the legal system.
• Marsha Wittink, MD, MBE, Tziporah Rosenberg, PhD, and Susan McDaniel, PhD published an editorial describing cases of real-world implementation of the biopsychosocial approach to healthcare. 
• Mark Oldham, MD published a review of characteristics of catatonia while highlighting distinctions across scales and diagnostic criteria that can introduce variance into catatonia cases.
• A paper by Adam Simning, MD, PhD, Zhi-Yang Tsun, MD, PhD, Nirav Shah, MD, MPH, Elizabeth Santos, MD, MPH, Lara Press-Ellingham, MPA, OT, and et al. discussed our ECHO program and how such programs can be used to optimize limited clinical resources and meet behavioral health needs in nursing homes.
• Donna Kreher, PhD, Shiloh Eastin, and Ellen Poleshuck, PhD published a paper alongside colleagues from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Center for Community Health and Prevention identifying the specific educational needs of patients with chronic pelvic pain.
• Peter Wyman, PhD and Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD were coauthors on an article out of Mt. Hope Family Center proposing a developmental model that integrates principles of developmental psychopathology and current theories of suicide to explain the association between child maltreatment and youth suicide risk.
• Steve Silverstein, PhD was a coauthor on a paper out of the University of Chicago that suggested cortical theta-gamma phase-amplitude coupling is not a memory-specific signal, but instead reflects some other attentional or perceptual processes.
• EJ Santos, MD was a coauthor on this paper describing characteristics, associated factors, and consequences of aggression towards caregivers of those with Parkinson's Disease.
• Donna Kreher, PhD was a coauthor on a study alongside Rui Li, PhD and Tonya Palermo, PhD of Seattle Children’s Research Institute, and Ashley Gubbels, MD of Creighton University identifying profiles of those suffering from chronic pelvic pain using biopsychosocial phenotyping.
• Steven Silverstein, PhD as a coauthor on a paper suggesting that cortical theta-gamma phase-amplitude coupling is not a memory-specific signal, but instead reflects some other attentional or perceptual processes.
• Peter Wyman, PhD was a coauthor on a paper describing a procedure to account for context in randomized trials after assignment. 
• A study by Docia Demmin and Tracey Shors of Rutgers University and Steven Silverstein, PhD found mental and physical training with meditation and aerobic exercise improved mental health and well-being in teachers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Wilfred Pigeon, PhD was a coauthor on an analysis on whether unconscious socioeconomic bias influences evaluations of obstructive sleep apnea via telemedicine.

• Mark Oldham, MD published a reappraisal of Delirium alongside Utretch University, Vanderbilt University, Inova Health Systems, Stanford University, and Northwestern University faculty calling for future delirium classification to characterize the pathophysiological disturbances that underlie it.
• Wilfred Pigeon, PhD was a coauthor on a study using machine learning to predict antidepressant treatment response for veterans with MDD.
• Caroline Silva, PhD was a coauthor on a call-to-action on the need for researchers, clinicians, and policymakers acknowledge the realities of racism and discrimination as leading causes of mental healthcare disparities. 
• Kim van Orden, PhD was a coauthor on a paper testing the safety and effectiveness of a digital mental health intervention in the form of a smartphone app for those with and without suicidal ideation.
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on this paper in Health & Place measuring the effect of environmental hazards and social stressors in neighborhoods on pregnancy and perinatal outcomes across racial groups.
• Among African Americans with Serious Mental Illness (SMI), PTSD is frequently underdiagnosed and untreated. Steven Silverstein, PhD was a coauthor on a paper investigating trauma exposure and rates of undocumented PTSD among African Americans with SMI.
• Marc Swogger, PhD coauthored a study finding multiple factors and motivations describe for use among people who consume kratom. 
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD is a coauthor on a new paper that tests the hypothesis that maternal free fatty acid concentration during pregnancy is associated with newborn hypothalamic microstructure in humans.
• Thomas Caprio, MD was a coauthor on a paper in Prehospital Emergency Care evaluating a community paramedic coach-led Care Transitions Intervention program adapted for patients transitioning from an emergency room visit to discharge.
• Emily Clark, DO and Anton Porsteinsson, MD were recently contributors to Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Development: Research and Development, discussing the role and operations of a Data Safety Monitoring Board in clinical research in their chapter, "Data Safety Monitoring Boards in Alzheimer’s Disease Trials."
• A new paper by Caroline Silva, PhD, Ian Cero, PhD, Nilsa Ricci, BA, Alessandra Pérez, MA, Yeates Conwell, MD, and Kim van Orden, PhD looks at the feasibility and acceptability of using smartphones to assess suicide risk among Spanish-speaking adults in real-time.
• A new paper by Daniel Maeng, PhD, Yue Li, PhD, Michele Lawrence, MPH, Sinead Keane, BA, Wendi Cross, PhD, Kenneth Conner, PsyD, MPH, and Hochang Ben Lee, MD looks at the impact of COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders on substance use calls to rural vs urban poison control centers.
• Despite higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidality, the complex medical needs among patients with left ventricular assist devices often make receiving proper mental health treatment challenging. Joy Choi, MD, Cathy Peters, MS, and Mark Nickels, MD published a paper in Progress in Transplantation looking at a case study on how a collaborative approach across services allowed for treatment and successful discharge.
• Kayla Hunt, PsyD, Aparajita Kuriyan, PhD, Fabienne Bain, PhD, and Linda Alpert-Gillis, PhD examined an evidence-based assessment/treatment seminar for clinicians and trainees and provided considerations for implementing such trainings.
• The 21st Century Cures Act has brought patients immediate digital access to their electronic health records (EHR)s. Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD was a coauthor on a paper discussing the experiences transgender people have when reviewing their EHR. Four themes were identified that cause harm to the patient-clinician relationship and the patient.
• Yeates Conwell, MD, Carol Podgorski, PhD, Kimberly van Orden, PhD were coauthors on a publication identifying different types of social networks among older adults and how each subtype relates to mental health outcomes.
• Ellen Poleshuck, PhD, Jennifer, Funderburk, PhD, Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD and Marsha Wittink, MD were coauthors on a paper exploring a pilot of Personalized Support for Progress, an intervention designed to address unmet needs of women veterans.  
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD coauthored a paper in Sleep examining differences in subjective sleep duration, sleep quality, and sleep disturbances during pregnancy among racial/ ethnic groups. 
• Yeates Conwell, MD coauthored a paper examining changes in hospital re-admissions among older adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in nursing facilities after the launch of The National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care in Nursing Homes. 
• Tom O'Connor, PhD coauthored a paper looking at rates of cardiometabolic risk in children conceived with fertility treatments versus those conceived without. 
• Cost considerations, availability, and stigma impacts the utilization of psychotherapy alongside antidepressants. Wilfred Pigeon, PhD was a coauthor on a clinical trial of the Appalachia Mind Health Initiative, a internet-based cognitive behavior therapy aiming to address these issues.
• A new paper by Steven Silverstein, PhD and Joy Choi, MD with Kyle Green, MD Kristen Bowles-Johnson, OD Rajeev S Ramchandran, MD of the Department of Ophthalmology discusses the mechanisms in which eye structure can serve as a biomarker to brain health, particularly in schizophrenia.
• Anthony Pisani, PhD and Caroline Kelberman were coauthors for a paper looking at surveys completed by those who texted the Crisis Text Line and their perceptions of the effectiveness of the conversation. 
• Steven Silverstein, PhD was a co-author for new paper in Schizophrenia Research finding unique and overlapping utility among three major self-report questionnaires in characterizing those at clinical high-risk for psychosis.
• Peter Wyman, PhD was a co-author on a study alongside Trevor Pickering, PhD, and Thomas Valente PhD of the University of Southern California comparing different methods of selecting peer leaders for Sources of Strength, a high-school-based suicide preventive program.
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on the largest study to date measuring exposure to 89 contemporary and emerging chemicals among pregnant women in the U.S.
• Detection of documented suicide attempts and ideations may help alert medical providers for suicide prevention efforts. Wilfred Pigeon, PhD was a coauthor on a study using machine learning to identify the type of suicidal behavior during a patient's hospital stay.

April 2022

• A new publication by Marc Swogger, Ph.D. and colleagues from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, John Hopkins University, Midwestern University, University of Florida, and Pinney Associates provides guidance for physicians and other providers who work with patients considering or using kratom, a plant native to Southeast Asia.
• Samantha Fradkin and Steven Silverstein, Ph.D., study the predictive coding theory in individuals with Schizophrenia who show resistance to perceiving Depth Inversion Illusions and how this knowledge could be used as a visual biomarker to predict impending changes within the disorder.
• Addie Bardin, M.B.A, Shelley Verma, and Diane Morse, M.D. joined Julia Wagner and Angela Ruffier of the Monroe County Office of Probation to publish a paper discussing FOCUS, a pilot collaboration between probation programs and community health workers.
• Bonnie Strollo, Ed.D., MS, Michael Scharf, M.D., and Sasha Massachi, M.D. were coauthors on this paper with colleagues from Golisano Children's Hospital, Children’s Medical Group, and Colorado Rural Health Center looking at interdisciplinary quality improvement team to address pediatric inpatient aggression and improve reporting of staff safety events.
• Yeates Conwell, M.D. was a co-author on a paper in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health finding a greater risk of heart attack among Chinese adults with depression.

March 2022

• Jennifer Warmingham led a study with colleagues from Mt. Hope Family Center and the Children's Institute examining links between childhood maltreatment and emotional processing and regulation in adulthood.
• A new editorial by Eric Caine, MD, discusses common roots and diverse conditions associated with premature mortality from substance use and suicide.
• Aileen Aldalur, MA, published a paper discussing the “deaf tax” of unique barriers, experiences, and responsibilities disproportionately burdening deaf trainees and faculty and practical steps for institutional leaders when considering equity and inclusion in academic medicine.
• Kimberly van Orden, PhD and Kathi Heffner, PhD published a paper in Gerontologist discussing their work at the Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties and Aging Research developing behavioral interventions to promote social connection in caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias.
• Eric Caine, MD, published an editorial in JAMA Network Open on rethinking how we ask persons seeking care about the safety of their homes when it comes to gun ownership, depression, and preventing suicide.
• Paul Geha, MD, was a co-author on a study using sensory phenotyping to predict responses to treatment in those with nerve injuries following surgery or another traumatic event.
• Diane Morse, MD , and Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD, were coauthors of this article with University of Buffalo colleagues examining factors that support and undermine women's motivation to engage in opioid use disorder treatment while in opioid intervention court.
• Marc Swogger, PhD, was a co-author on a new publication looking at kratom’s role in the self-treatment of substance use disorders.
• Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD, published a paper with colleagues from Ohio State University and Mt. Hope Family Center on individual and contextual risk and protective factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Black adolescents with histories of arrest.

February 2022

• A new publication by Daniel Maeng, PhD, Ellen Poleshuck, PhD, Tziporah Rosenberg, PhD, George Nasra, MD, and Hochang Ben Lee, MD focuses on integrating behavioral health into primary care and how integration alters the treatment patterns away from emergency rooms.
• Knowing the likelihood of responding to psychotherapy can help those with major depressive disorder, and their providers develop a treatment plan. Wilfred Pigeon, PhD, was a co-author on this study using machine learning to predict responses to psychotherapy among veterans.
• Caroline Silva, PhD, Nora Douglas, MD, MPH, and Kimberly van Orden, PhD published a study finding that fostering neighborhood belonging through community engagement may help decrease suicide risk among Hispanic adults.
• Ian Rockett, PhD, MPH and Eric Caine, MD were authors of a paper investigating suicides and drug-related overdoses fatalities across several decades and the social factors associated with Self-injury Mortality.
• Hugh Crean, PhD of the University of Rochester School of Nursing , and Marc Swogger, PhD were co-authors on a recent paper looking at the relationship between depressive symptoms, alcohol and drug use, and history of suicide attempts among those in an urban pretrial jail diversion program.
• Wilfred Pigeon, PhD published a study alongside faculty from the Syracuse Veterans Affairs Medical Center that explored characteristics of nightmares and how they are related to PTSD severity.

January 2022

• Primary care providers must be able to assess and manage patients' suicidal ideation, intent, and behaviors. A new study by Psychiatry faculty looked at whether didactic training helped develop suicide-specific assessment skills. 
• Robyn Dean, PhD of Rochester Institute of Technology NTID and Robert Pollard, PhD recently published a paper on how imparting principled reasoning through case analysis can improve current discourse related to professional ethics among interpreters.
• Alongside colleagues in the Departments of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation and Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Kimberly van Orden, PhD, Julie Lutz, PhD, and Marsha Wittink, MD co-authored a paper analyzing the differences in rates of clinically significant depression across sociodemographic groups and clinical settings against universal depression screens in a large health system.
• Effective collaboration between mental health and criminal justice providers is often challenging due to differences in cultures and methods. Don Kamin, PhD, Robert Weisman, DO, and J. Steven Lamberti, MD discusses barriers to and strategies for collaboration.
• Peter Britton, PhD, Elizabeth Karras, PhD, Dev Crasta, PhD , and Wilfred Pigeon, PhD published a study evaluating the effectiveness of the Veterans Crisis Line in decreasing distress, suicidal ideation, and suicidal urgency among veterans. 
• Brian Keane, PhD, Megan Serody, and Steven Silverstein, PhD, alongside Gennady Erlikhman, PhD of the University of California, published a study that found significant shape completion deficits among those with schizophrenia. These deficits are less severe in bipolar disorder. 
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD, co-authored a paper in Environment International that suggests that antimony, an understudied metalloid, may adversely impact fetal growth.
• Eric Caine, MD, was a co-author on this paper with Shenzhen Kangning Hospital and Sun Yat-Sen University School of Public Health faculty, looking at the ability for brief contact interventions to prevent suicides among discharged psychiatric patients.
• Carol Ann Podgorski, PhD co-authored a paper that introduced a biopsychosocial-ecological framework to dementia care that is person-centered and “family-framed” in comparison to the typical practices that tend to focus exclusively on the individual patient and caregiver levels.
• Peter Wyman, PhD, Anthony Pisani, PhD, Ian Cero, PhD, Bryan Yates, BA, and Karen Schmeelk-Cone, PhD co-authored a paper that examined whether their Wingman-Connect program decreased future suicide vulnerability of Airforce members. 
• Joshua Wortzel, MD, Daniel Maeng, PhD, and Mark Oldham, MD published a paper alongside Andrew Francis, MD of Pennsylvania State University , evaluating the effectiveness of an online educational module to improve theoretical and practical knowledge of the Bush-Francis Catatonia Rating Scale across clinicians and medical students.
• Paul Geha, PhD, was a co-author on a publication in Frontiers in Neurology looking at characteristics or "biomarkers" in the brain that underlie chronic pain. 

October 2021

• Thomas O’Connor, PhD and Allison Ciesla, PhD published this paper which researched the Maternal Immune Activation hypothesis and its effect on understanding prenatal influences on individual differences.
• Yeates Conwell, MD, coauthored this paper aimed at estimating the impact of continuity of care (COC) on successful community discharge after hospitalization in older veterans with dementia.
• The phenomenon of dreaming about one's laboratory experience is common in sleep studies. Michelle Carr, PhD, is a co-author on this paper looking at factors associated with dreams and their phenomenology using a new scoring system.
• Tara Augenstein, PhD, published a paper alongside Lifespan Physician Group, Harvard Medical School, and University of Maryland College Park colleagues on using patterns in multiple informants’ reports to predict suicidal ideation in youths.
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on a Development and Psychopathology study examining whether infant negative and positive emotionality predicted children's ADHD symptoms at 4 to 8 years of age.
• Thomas O’Connor, PhD was a co-author on a paper which concluded that risk behaviors are not reliably or clinically different in youth with Tourette's Syndrome and that ADHD severity was associated with higher rates of experiencing bullying.
• Wilfred Pigeon, PhD, co-authored this paper , finding that among veterans receiving depression treatment, mismatches between treatment preferences and treatment received were common and were associated with worse treatment adherence for psychotherapy. 
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on a SSM-Mental Health paper assessing how youth with cancer interpreted perceived threat related to their diagnosis across age ranges. 
• Yeates Conwell, MD co-authored a paper in The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry examining racial differences in the frequency of schizophrenia diagnoses among nursing home residents with Alzheimer's Disease and dementia after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began to publicly report nursing home antipsychotic use in 2012. 
• Anton P. Porsteinsson, MD was a coauthor on a clinical study looking at β-amyloid-positive and β-amyloid-negative individuals and whether disturbed sleep and altered 24-hour rest/activity rhythms can serve as markers of preclinical Alzheimer's Disease.
• Peter Britton, PhD, Dev Crasta, PhD, and Wilfred Pigeon, PhD co-authored a paper about the shorter and longer-term risk for non-fatal suicide attempts among male U.S. military veterans after discharge from psychiatric hospitalization.

September 2021

• Several Psychiatry researchers were authors on a case study examining our Healing through Health, Education, Advocacy and Law (HEAL) Collaborative as an example of a biopsychosocial approach to addressing family and intimate partner violence and abuse. 
• Robert Q. Pollard Jr., PhD published a paper in Interpreting and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal examining cortisol dysregulation in ASL interpreters in different work settings and what it might mean for health risks and burnout for those in the field.
• Catherine Glenn, PhD published a paper examining thwarted belongingness with family and friends as a potential factor linking interpersonal negative life events to suicidal thoughts in youth. 
• Mark Nickels, MD was a coauthor on a paper with University of Rochester Medical Center and St. John Fisher College faculty examining a new tool, the Rochester Relapse Risk Scale, to predict substance relapse in liver transplant candidates.
• Eric Caine, MD was a coauthor on this paper from the Education Development Center and Colorado Department of Public Health and the Environment looking at the Colorado National Collaborative, a real-world test of the public health approach to suicide prevention by helping community groups deliver evidence-informed activities.
• Wilfred R. Pigeon, PhD and Michelle Carr, PhD were both co-authors in a paper analyzing the influences your dreams may have on your morning mood.
• Anton P. Porsteinsson, MD was a coauthor on a clinical trial looking at whether methylphenidate was associated with a decrease in apathy symptoms in those with Alzheimer's Disease.
• Paul Geha, MD is a co-author on this study examining how recent technology can help quantify clinically relevant facets of human behavior.
• Thomas O' Connor, PhD was a coauthor on this study on how inadequate and excessive micronutrients effect pregnancy outcomes across demographics. 
• Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on this Epidemiology paper examining the relationship between childhood asthma and risk of obesity, and whether asthma medication may help with obesity prevention among children with asthma.
• Peter Wyman, PhD and Karen Schmeelk-Cone, PhD are coauthors on this paper looking at social network factors in teens associated with perpetrating sexual violence and how best to address sexual violence prevention.

June 2021

• Steve Silverstein, PhD was a coauthor on this paper in The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease investigating the effect of reinforcement learning on attention shaping in people with schizophrenia.
• Anton Porsteinsson, MD was a coauthor on a paper published in the American Journal for Geriatric Psychiatry examining the neurobiologic mechanisms for treating apathy in Alzheimer's disease with Methylphenidate.
• Elizabeth Karras, PhD was a coauthor on a paper published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence looking at mortality risk in veterans that have experienced a prior nonfatal opioid overdose.
• Anton Porsteinsson, MD was a coauthor on this study published in the American Journal for Geriatric Psychiatry comparing two instruments used to measure the diagnostic criteria for apathy in Alzheimer's Disease.
• Steve Silverstein, PhD was a coauthor on a paper published in Clinical Ophthalmology discussing unmet mental health needs and treatment options for individuals with vision loss.

July 2021

• Wilfred Pigeon, PhD, Hugh Crean, PhD, Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD, Todd Bishop, PhD and Kathi Heffner, PhD published this article exploring a clinical trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia as a supplement to standard PTSD treatment in survivors of interpersonal violence.
• Leah Reece, MA and Deanna Sams, PhD recently published a paper looking at how often the COVID-19 pandemic was listed as stressor in adolescent psychiatric inpatient admissions 
• Lisham Ashrafioun, PhD, Todd Bishop, PhD, and Wilfred Pigeon, PhD recently discussed the relationship between pain severity, insomnia and suicide attempts in veterans. 
• Steven Silverstein, PhD and Adriann Lai joined colleagues in the Departments of Opthalmology, Psychology, and Public Health Sciences as well as peers from the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience at Rutgers University on a paper looking at retinal microvasculature impairments in individuals with schizophrenia. 
• Wilfred Pigeon, PhD was a coauthor on this paper exploring experiences of institutional betrayal among veterans living with Gulf War Illness and how it can result in giving up on healthcare.
• Steven Silverstein, PhD was a coauthor on this study developing an online assessment for psychosis risk that requires minimal training to administer and looks at the neurobiological systems and computational mechanisms related to psychosis using machine learning.
• Brian Keane, PhD was a coauthor on this paper exploring how atypical brain activity leads to altered activations that produce cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. 
• Miriam Weber, PhD was a coauthor on this paper discussing neurophysiological biomarkers to optimize deep brain stimulation in movement disorders.
• Emily Bower, PhD, Kelsey Simons, PhD, MSW, and Kimberly van Orden, PhD were coauthors on this paper providing resources and recommendations for assessing social functioning in nursing homes.
• Wilfred Pigeon, PhD was a coauthor on a paper published in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry looking at the impact of individual- and country-level factors on worry-related sleep problems and suicide ideation, suicide plans, and suicide attempts in teens. 

April 2021

Mark Oldham, MD, Wilfred Pigeon, PhD, Benjamin Chapman, PhD, Michael Yurcheshen, MD, Peter Knight, MD, and Hochang Benjamin Lee, MD published a feasibility research study on how baseline sleep predicts delirium after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). The research findings include that home type II sleep before SAVR works as a predictor to postoperative delirium and other kinds of postsurgical impacts.

• Oldham, M. A., Pigeon, W. R., Chapman, B., Yurcheshen, M., Knight, P. A., & Lee, H. B. (2021). Baseline sleep as a predictor of delirium after surgical aortic valve replacement: A feasibility study. General Hospital Psychiatry, 71, 43–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2021.04.005 

In this American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry commentary, Kim van Orden, PhD assessed the psychological impacts of loneliness caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on older adults, as well as provided potential protective factors looking forward.

• Van Orden, K. A. (2021). Addressing Loneliness in Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 29(9), 895–898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2021.04.009 

Susan McDaniel, PhD led this study in Patient Education and Counseling looking at empathy and boundary management in challenging conversations between clinicians and patients receiving cancer treatment. Diane Morse, MD was also a coauthor on this paper.

• McDaniel, S. H., Morse, D. S., Edwardsen, E. A., Taupin, A., Gurnsey, M. G., Griggs, J. J., Shields, C. G., & Reis, S. (2021). Empathy and boundary turbulence in cancer communication. Patient Education and Counseling, 104(12), 2944–2951. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.04.002 

Sean Mitchell, PhD, Tuğba Görgülü, PhD, Kenneth Conner, PhD, and Marc Swogger, PhD joined Sarah Brown, PhD of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine to conduct cross-sectional analyses of the public health implications of criminal justice involvement, substance use, and suicide behaviors in high-risk individuals.

• This study from Kimberly van Orden, PhD, Yeates Conwell, MD, and Patricia Areán, PhD of the University of Washington examined the effectiveness of Social Engage Psychotherapy in reducing social disconnection and suicide risk in later life. It did not impact belonging or perceived burden but was effective in reducing depressive symptoms and improving quality of life.

Thomas O'Connor, PhD and Ana Vallejo Sefair, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Intern at URMC, recently were authors in a chapter of Prenatal Stress and Child Development. They discussed models of how prenatal stress may affect child health outcomes.

• O’Conner, T. G., & Sefair, A. V. (2021). Prenatal Stress and Child Development: Immune Models and Mechanisms. In A. Wazana, E. Székely, & T. F. Oberland (Eds.), Prenatal Stress and Child Development (1st ed. 2021 ed., pp. 131–164). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60159-1_7

Anton Porsteinsson, MD was a coauthor on a paper in a leading journal on dementia, Alzheimers & Dementia, listing and expanding on new diagnostic criteria for apathy in neurocognitive disorders.

• Miller, D. S., Robert, P., Ereshefsky, L., Adler, L., Bateman, D., Cummings, J., DeKosky, S. T., Fischer, C. E., Husain, M., Ismail, Z., Jaeger, J., Lerner, A. J., Li, A., Lyketsos, C. G., Manera, V., Mintzer, J., Moebius, H. J., Mortby, M., Meulien, D., . . . Lanctôt, K. L. (2021). Diagnostic criteria for apathy in neurocognitive disorders. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 17(12), 1892–1904. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12358 
• Wilfred Pigeon, PhD and Michelle Carr, PhD joined Thomas Mellman, MD of Howard University on a study looking at dream content that was associated with the development of PTSD.
• Wendi Cross, PhD was a coauthor alongside Delesha Carpenter, PhD, Courtney Roberts MSPH and Jill Lavigne MSPH, PhD on a study examining themes and barriers in online suicide prevention gatekeeper training programs.
• Joshua Wortzel, MD, Christopher Fragassi, MD, Virginia Ramos, MD, and Thomas O'Connor, PhD, performed an analysis of U.S. pediatric interventional mental health trials from ClinicalTrials.gov for studies spanning between 2007 and 2018.
• Yezhe Lin, MD and Paul Geha, MD published an abstract looking at how brain behavior to fatty foods differed in patients with chronic pain.
• Adam Simning, MD, PhD, Thomas Caprio, MD, MPH, and Yeates Conwell, MD, along with Yue Li, PhD of the Department of Public Health Sciences, investigated the role sensory loss plays as a barrier in older adults accessing healthcare.
• Ann Marie White, EdD participated in a Center for Disease Control analysis of validated instruments for measuring a patient's strengths and how with a theory elaboration approach they may be applied to chronic disease management.
• Wilfred Pigeon, PhD was a coauthor on this study The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine examining the treatment of Major Depression in veterans in different settings. Patients with mild symptoms were most likely to be treated in primary care settings, while those with more severe depression were more likely to be treated in specialty mental health settings.
• Steve Silverstein, PhD was a coauthor on a paper using a computational model to quantify the interaction between mood and reinforcement learning.
• Elizabeth Karras, PhD was a coauthor on a study using interviews to examine veterans' attitudes toward discussions about firearms storage safety. Most veterans who participated in this study supported discussing firearms safety in a primary care setting.
• Wilfred Pigeon, PhD was a coauthor on a Life Sciences paper on how veterans with Gulf War Illness self-manage their conditions, and what they view as effective and ineffective self-management strategies.
• Steven Silverstein, PhD was a coauthor on this paper in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging using computer modeling to capture schizophrenia-specific reinforcement learning differences.
• Wilfred Pigeon, PhD was a coauthor on this Journal of Affective Disorders publication examining the rates of depression symptom severity, comorbid mental health disorders, and role impairment in veterans getting treatment in the Veteran's Health Administration system.
• Michelle Carr, PhD was a coauthor on a Frontiers in Psychology paper examining the relationship between discussing dreams and empathy in both the sharer and listener.

February 2021

Anthony Pisani, PhD, Wendi Cross, PhD, Jennifer West, PhD, Hugh Crean, PhD, and Eric Caine, MD published an article analyzing video-based suicide prevention training in primary care, focusing on the effectiveness and implementation in the workspace, and how training may be improved.

• Pisani, A. R., Cross, W. F., West, J. C., Crean, H. F., & Caine, E. D. (2021). Brief Video-Based Suicide Prevention Training for Primary Care. Family Medicine, 53(2), 104–110. https://doi.org/10.22454/fammed.2021.367209 

Ian Rockett, PhD and Eric Caine, MD were among the authors on this study examining national trends of suicide rates and self-injury mortality (SIM) rates, which include suicides and accidental fatalities from drug self-intoxication.

• Rockett, I. R., Caine, E. D., Banerjee, A., Ali, B., Miller, T., Connery, H. S., Lulla, V. O., Nolte, K. B., Larkin, G. L., Stack, S., Hendricks, B., McHugh, R. K., White, F. M., Greenfield, S. F., Bohnert, A. S., Cossman, J. S., D’Onofrio, G., Nelson, L. S., Nestadt, P. S., . . . Jia, H. (2021). Fatal self-injury in the United States, 1999–2018: Unmasking a national mental health crisis. EClinicalMedicine, 32, 100741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100741 

Catherine Cerulli, PhD led this paper published with University of Rochester Department of Psychology and University of Minnesota faculty members discussing the creation of the Translational Research that Adapts New Science FOR Maltreatment Prevention Center for research and intervention. Sheree Toth, PhD was also a coauthor on this paper.

• Cerulli, C., Cicchetti, D., Handley, E., Manly, J., Rogosch, F., & Toth, S. (2021). Transforming the paradigm of child welfare. Development and Psychopathology, 33(2), 377-393. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579420002138 

COVID-19 has had a profound effect on mental health- amplifying feelings of fear, anger, and sadness. In this Mayo Clinic Proceedings publication, Mark Oldham, MD, Andrianna Hitchins, MD, and Mark Nickels, MD discuss strategies for clinicians to mitigate the effects of trauma.

• Oldham, M. A., Hitchins, A., & Nickels, M. W. (2021). Mental Health, COVID-19, and the Invisible Pandemic on the Horizon. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 96(2), 287–290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.11.001 

Yezhe Lin, MD and Paul Geha, MD were coauthors on this preliminary study in Molecular Pain looking at the effects of long-term opioid analgesic treatment on brain structure and function in patients with chronic back pain.

• Murray, K., Lin, Y., Makary, M. M., Whang, P. G., & Geha, P. (2021). Brain Structure and Function of Chronic Low Back Pain Patients on Long-Term Opioid Analgesic Treatment: A Preliminary Study. Molecular Pain, 17, 174480692199093. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744806921990938 

Several Department of Psychiatry faculty members, alongside Martha Bruce, PhD of the Geisel School of Medicine, published a paper in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry synthesizing research discussed during a workshop hosted by the National Institute of Mental Health on social disconnection and late-life suicide.

• Lutz, J., van Orden, K. A., Bruce, M. L., & Conwell, Y. (2021). 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, 29(8), 731–744. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2021.01.137 

Kenneth Conner, PsyD, MPH, Benjamin Chapman, PhD, MPH and Yeates Conwell, MD published this paper developing a checklist to assess the quality of psychological autopsy studies, which assess risk factors for suicide. The checklist combined items from a previously validated checklist with new items and displayed high inter-rater reliability.

• Conner, K. R., Chapman, B. P., Beautrais, A. L., Brent, D. A., Bridge, J. A., Conwell, Y., Falter, T., Holbrook, A., & Schneider, B. (2021). Introducing the Psychological Autopsy Methodology Checklist. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 51(4), 673–683. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12738 

Wilfred Pigeon, PhD was a coauthor on a publication in Life Sciences assessing strategies used by veterans to manage Gulf War Illness, and their perceptions of how successful they are. Many of the self-management strategies that were effective were also consistent with clinical practice guidelines.

• Winograd, D. M., Sullivan, N. L., Thien, S. R., Pigeon, W. R., Litke, D. R., Helmer, D. A., Rath, J. F., Lu, S. E., & McAndrew, L. M. (2021). Veterans with Gulf War Illness perceptions of management strategies. Life Sciences, 279, 119219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119219 

In the past 15 years, there has been an increased focus on oculomics in schizophrenia research. Steven Silverstein, PhD, and Brian Keane, PhD join Philip Corlett, PhD of Yale University in a discussion of the reasons for this increase and its implications on schizophrenia research.

• Silverstein, S. M., Keane, B. P., & Corlett, P. R. (2021). Oculomics in Schizophrenia Research. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 47(3), 577–579. https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbab011

January 2021

Robert Weisman, DO, Gretchen Foley, URMC and Joseph Richard Ciccone, MD published a book chapter in The Wiley International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law, 2nd Edition discussing competence to stand trial and psychopathic disorders.

• Weisman, R.L., Foley, G.N. and Ciccone, J.R. (2020). Competence to Stand Trial and Psychopathic Disorders. In The Wiley International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law (eds A.R. Felthous and H. Saß). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119159322.ch56 

This study from several members of Psychiatry examined the effects of a brief version of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia. Decreases in both insomnia and co-occurring depression were observed over the first two sessions.

• Todd M. Bishop, Hugh F. Crean, Jennifer S. Funderburk & Wilfred R. Pigeon (2021) Initial Session Effects of Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia: A Secondary Analysis of A Small Randomized Pilot Trial, Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 19:6, 769-782, DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2020.1862847 

Adam Simning, MD, PhD and Yeates Conwell, PhD were coauthors on this paper published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looking at care-partner support and its effects on hospitalization in individuals in assisted living.

• Wang, J., Ying, M., Temkin-Greener, H., Caprio, T.V., Yu, F., Simning, A., Conwell, Y. and Li, Y. (2021), Care-Partner Support and Hospitalization in Assisted Living During Transitional Home Health Care. J Am Geriatr Soc, 69: 1231-1239. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17005 

Wilfred Pigeon, PhD was a coauthor on a Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice article looking at relationships between atopic dermatitis and sleep disorders, methods for assessment and therapies.

• Peoples, A. R., Pigeon, W. R., Li, D., Garland, S. N., Perlis, M. L., Inglis, J. E., Vinciguerra, V., Anderson, T., Evans, L. S., Wade, J. L., Ossip, D. J., Morrow, G. R., & Wolf, J. R. (2021). Association Between Pretreatment Sleep Disturbance and Radiation Therapy-Induced Pain in 573 Women With Breast Cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 61(2), 254–261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.07.041 

Erinn Duprey, PhD led a study in Child Abuse and Neglect examining the relationship between child maltreatment, recent stressful life events, and suicide ideation through a stress sensitivity hypothesis.

• Duprey, E. B., Handley, E. D., Manly, J. T., Cicchetti, D., & Toth, S. L. (2021). Child maltreatment, recent stressful life events, and suicide ideation: A test of the stress sensitivity hypothesis. Child Abuse & Neglect, 113, 104926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104926 

Thomas Gift, MD led a study in Journal of Psychiatric Research on the psychometrics, clinical utility and implications of the Wender Utah Rating Scale for ADHD.

• Gift, T. E., Reimherr, M. L., Marchant, B. K., Steans, T. A., & Reimherr, F. W. (2021). Wender Utah Rating Scale: Psychometrics, clinical utility and implications regarding the elements of ADHD. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 135, 181–188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.01.013 

Jennifer Funderburk, PhD and Wilfred Pigeon, PhD published a paper in the Journal of Affective Disorders examining the effectiveness of a brief version of behavioral activation designed for primary care at reducing symptoms of depression in veterans. BA-PC was associated with reduced depressive symptoms and improved mental health and quality of life.

• Funderburk, J. S., Pigeon, W. R., Shepardson, R. L., Wade, M., Acker, J., Fivecoat, H., Wray, L. O., & Maisto, S. A. (2021). Treating depressive symptoms among veterans in primary care: A multi-site RCT of brief behavioral activation. Journal of Affective Disorders, 283, 11–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.01.033  

Mark Nickels, MD was a coauthor on this study with colleagues from the University of Rochester Medical Center Departments of Internal Medicine & Cardiology as well as Eastman School of Music on the potential of musical improvisation to decrease negative thoughts and distress of labile hypertension.

• Corbett, J. A., Nickels, M. W., Azzara, C. D., & Bisognano, J. D. (2021). Brief report: Musical improvisation skills can combat labile hypertension. Current Research in Behavioral Sciences, 2, 100016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crbeha.2021.100016  

Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on this paper examining the association between breastfeeding and children's neurodevelopment while accounting for the effects of prenatal depression.

• Amiel Castro, R., Glover, V., Ehlert, U. et al. Breastfeeding, prenatal depression and children’s IQ and behaviour: a test of a moderation model. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 21, 62 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03520-8

Elizabeth Karras, PhD led a study examining factors that contribute to failed suicide prevention messaging among veterans. During interviews with veterans, participants identified barriers to effective suicide prevention messaging such as language, images, and communication strategies.

• Karras, E., Levandowski, B. A., & McCarten, J. M. (2022). An Exploration of Barriers to Suicide Prevention Messaging With US Veterans. Crisis, 43(1), 28–34. https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000756 

Wilfred Pigeon, PhD was a coauthor on this study examining the association between sleep disturbances and radiation therapy induced pain in breast cancer patients. Results showed that patients who experienced sleep disturbances before radiation treatment experienced more pain after radiation treatment.

• Peoples, A. R., Pigeon, W. R., Li, D., Garland, S. N., Perlis, M. L., Inglis, J. E., Vinciguerra, V., Anderson, T., Evans, L. S., Wade, J. L., Ossip, D. J., Morrow, G. R., & Wolf, J. R. (2021). Association Between Pretreatment Sleep Disturbance and Radiation Therapy-Induced Pain in 573 Women With Breast Cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 61(2), 254–261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.07.041

Elizabeth Karras, PhD was a coauthor on this paper evaluating veterans' opinions about discussing firearms storage safety (FSS) during primary care visits. Participants in this study supported the discussion of FSS during primary care visits but advised primary care staff to provide rationale for FSS discussions.

• Dobscha, S.K., Clark, K.D., Newell, S. et al. Strategies for Discussing Firearms Storage Safety in Primary Care: Veteran Perspectives. J GEN INTERN MED 36, 1492–1502 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-06412-x 

Marc Swogger, Ph.D. co-authored a study on the relationship between kratom initiation and regular consumption of illicit drugs and HIV risk behaviors in Malaysia.

• Saref, A., Suraya, S., Singh, D., Grundmann, O., Narayanan, S., Swogger, M. T., ... & Balasingam, V. (2020). Self-report data on regular consumption of illicit drugs and HIV risk behaviors after kratom (Mitragyna Speciosa Korth.) initiation among illicit drug users in Malaysia. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 52(2), 138-144. doi:10.1080/02791072.2019.1686553​ 

Eric Caine, M.D. published a commentary in Epidemiology and Psychiatric Services on building the foundation for comprehensive suicide prevention and social--ecological challenges that must be confronted to create systematic strategies.

• Caine, E. (2020). Building the foundation for comprehensive suicide prevention – based on intention and planning in a social–ecological context. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 29, E69. doi:10.1017/S2045796019000659

Mark Oldham, M.D., Hochang Ben Lee, M.D., and Khushminder Chahal, M.D. published an article about proactive consultation-liaison psychiatry in Psychiatric Times. Daniel Maeng, Ph.D., Ann Cornell, Psy.D., and George Nasra, M.D., M.B.A. were featured in the Journal of Environmental and Occupational Medicine for their study on the impact of employer-sponsored behavioral health programs on depression and anxiety in employees. Several Department of Psychiatry members including Ellen Poleshuck, PhD, Marsha Wittink, M.D., M.B.E., Iwona Juskiewicz, and Catherine Cerulli, J.D., Ph.D, published in The Journal of Women's Health a study evaluating two interventions aimed at addressing unmet social needs in the context of women's health care delivery. Michael Hasselberg, M.S., Ph.D. was featured in The Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association for his discussion manuscript on the evolution of technology-enabled healthcare and Rochester's digital behavioral healthcare model. The American Psychological Association featured Mark Oldham, MD and his study in General Hospital Psychiatry on how proactive consultation-liaison psychiatry, screening and integrated mental health care delivery can help reduce patients' average length of stay. Psychiatric Services featured as an editor's choice a study led by Wendi Cross, Ph.D. exploring trainer competence as a predictor of crisis counselors' behaviors with callers. Co-authors included Karen Schmeelk-Cone, Ph.D. and Anthony Pisani, Ph.D. Newsweek featured a study led by Anton Porsteinsson, M.D. on the potential of aducanumab as a new drug treatment for Alzheimer's Disease.

• Maeng, D., Cornell, A. E., & Nasra, G. S. (2019). Utilization of an employee behavioral health program and its effects on outcomes for depression and anxiety disorders. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 61(10), 812–817. https://doi.org/10.1097/jom.0000000000001678 
• Poleshuck, E., Wittink, M., Crean, H. F., Juskiewicz, I., Bell, E., Harrington, A., & Cerulli, C. (2020). A comparative effectiveness trial of two patient-centered interventions for women with unmet social needs: Personalized support for progress and enhanced screening and Referral. Journal of Women's Health, 29(2), 242–252. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2018.7640 
• Hasselberg, M. J. (2019). The Digital Revolution in Behavioral Health. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 26(1), 102–111. https://doi.org/10.1177/1078390319879750 
• Oldham, M. A., Chahal, K., & Lee, H. B. (2019). A systematic review of proactive psychiatric consultation on hospital length of stay. General Hospital Psychiatry, 60, 120–126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2019.08.001 
• Cross, W. F., Chen, T., Schmeelk-Cone, K., Tu, X., Kleinman, M., & Gould, M. S. (2017). Trainer fidelity as a predictor of crisis counselors’ behaviors with callers who express suicidal thoughts. Psychiatric services, 68(10), 1083-1087. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600417