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Caroline J. Easton, Ph.D.

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Dr. Caroline Easton is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center, an Academic Division Chief in Addiction Psychiatry, and Director of Digital Therapeutics. Dr. Easton is the former Division Chief of a large Rochester New York Community Behavioral Health Predoctoral Clinical Psychology Training Consortium. Dr. Easton received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Connecticut (1994), a postdoctoral fellowship from the University of Connecticut Health Center in Addiction Psychiatry (1997) as well as a dual Postdoctoral Fellowship Re-specialization in Clinical Psychology at UMass, Amherst (1997). Dr. Easton completed her Predoctoral Internship Program in Clinical Psychology at Yale School of Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry (1998). Dr. Easton has received numerous awards, including Yochelson Scholar Award from Law and Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine (2007), Clinical Innovations Award, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry (2011), Fram Chair Award for Innovations in Technology, RIT (2017 and 2022), Rochester Business Journal Covid-19 Health Care Hero Award (2020) and Name Global Health Longevity Catalyst Award (2020).

Dr. Easton is nationally and internationally known for her expertise on ‘best practice procedures’ for the treatment of clients with co-occurring addiction and interpersonal violence. Dr. Easton has been collaborating with Investigators from Brazil and England regarding the treatment of IPV among substance abusers. More recently, Dr. Easton and her team have collaborated with investigators from India and the U.K. regarding the development of digital therapeutic models of care to treat chronic mental illness, addiction, co-occurring mental health, and medical health (e.g., cardiac health), and Intimate Partner Violence. Their model of care is patent-pending, and they have obtained nearly 15 Million dollars of funding in the last three years.

Faculty Appointments

Interim Professor - Department of Psychiatry, Administration (SMD)

Research

Dr. Easton has been the PI and Co-I on NIH-funded RO1s, Center Grants, and UGUH3 grant mechanisms. Dr. Easton has received numerous funding support from the Department of Human Health Services, including Rural Health Prevention and Treatment Grants (RCORP), Training Predoctoral Training Interns (GPE and BHWET), numerous foundation grants (Patrick Lee, McGowan, Donaghue, Byrne), Criminal Justice Grants (DHMAS Forensic Diversionary Grants) and more recently, Department of Defense Grants. Her primary translational clinical research interests are in: 1) development and deployment of Digital Therapeutics (DTXs) & randomized controlled trials designed to improve treatment outcomes among clients with addiction, trauma, other behavioral health diagnoses and medical comorbidities; 2) biomarker research designed to inform DTXs and treatment outcomes within the addiction and psychiatric field; 3) wearable technology designed to inform the continuous screening and monitoring of behavioral health and addiction symptoms and; 4) the use of AI with DTXs and wearable technology as a method to prevent psychiatric decompensation as well as prevent substance use relapse.

Publications

Journal Articles

The feasibility of delivering the ADVANCE digital intervention to reduce intimate partner abuse by men receiving substance use treatment: protocol for a non-randomised multi-centre feasibility study and embedded process evaluation.

Gilchrist G, Landau S, Dheensa S, Henderson J, Johnson A, Love B, Potts L, Radcliffe P, Zenasni Z, Parrott S, Li J, Thomson K, Dwyer GJ, Turner R, Halliwell G, Berbary C, Bergman C, Feder G, Easton C, Brooks CP, Gilchrist E

Pilot and feasibility studies.. 2022 July 308 (1):163. Epub 07/30/2022.

Online Crowdsourcing as a Quasi-Experimental Method for Collecting Data on the Perpetration of Alcohol-Related Partner Aggression.

Crane CA, Berbary C, Schlauch RC, Easton CJ

Trauma, violence & abuse.. 2022 April 23 (2):331-341. Epub 08/10/2020.

Using the Behaviour Change Wheel to design an intervention for partner abusive men in drug and alcohol treatment.

Gilchrist E, Johnson A, McMurran M, Stephens-Lewis D, Kirkpatrick S, Gardner B, Easton C, Gilchrist G

Pilot and feasibility studies.. 2021 October 287 (1):191. Epub 10/28/2021.

The Impact of Depressive Symptoms on Response to Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders and Intimate Partner Violence.

Kelly LM, Crane CA, Zajac K, Easton CJ

Advances in dual diagnosis.. 2021 August 1014 (3):85-98. Epub 05/21/2021.

ADVANCE integrated group intervention to address both substance use and intimate partner abuse perpetration by men in substance use treatment: a feasibility randomised controlled trial.

Gilchrist G, Potts L, Radcliffe P, Halliwell G, Dheensa S, Henderson J, Johnson A, Love B, Gilchrist E, Feder G, Parrott S, Li J, McMurran M, Kirkpatrick S, Stephens-Lewis D, Easton C, Berbary C, Landau S

BMC public health.. 2021 May 2521 (1):980. Epub 05/25/2021.

A meta-analytic review of the relationship between cyber aggression and substance use.

Crane CA, Wiernik BM, Berbary CM, Crawford M, Schlauch RC, Easton CJ

Drug and alcohol dependence.. 2021 April 1221 :108510. Epub 02/09/2021.

A study protocol to assess the feasibility of conducting an evaluation trial of the ADVANCE integrated intervention to address both substance use and intimate partner abuse perpetration to men in substance use treatment.

Gilchrist G, Landau S, Radcliffe P, McMurran M, Feder G, Easton C, Parrott S, Kirkpatrick S, Henderson J, Potts L, Stephens-Lewis D, Johnson A, Love B, Halliwell G, Dheensa S, Berbary C, Li J, Strang J, Gilchrist E

Pilot and feasibility studies.. 2020 6 :62. Epub 05/11/2020.

Provocation and target gender as moderators of the relationship between acute alcohol use and female perpetrated aggression.

Crane CA, Schlauch RC, Testa M, Easton CJ

Aggression and violent behavior.. 2019 40 :39-43. Epub 03/06/2018.

A Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing the Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance-Dependent Domestic Violence Offenders: An Integrated Substance Abuse-Domestic Violence Treatment Approach (SADV).

Easton CJ, Crane CA, Mandel D

Journal of marital and family therapy.. 2018 July 44 (3):483-498. Epub 11/06/2017.

Problematic alcohol use as a risk factor for cyber aggression within romantic relationships.

Crane CA, Umehira N, Berbary C, Easton CJ

The American journal on addictions. 2018 June 6 Epub 06/06/2018.

Physical Health Conditions and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration Among Offenders With Alcohol Use Diagnoses.

Crane CA, Easton CJ

Journal of interpersonal violence.. 2017 June 32 (11):1678-1691. Epub 06/09/2015.

The proximal effects of acute alcohol use on female aggression: A meta-analytic review of the experimental literature.

Crane CA, Licata ML, Schlauch RC, Testa M, Easton CJ

Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors.. 2017 February 31 (1):21-26. Epub 01/12/2017.

Integrated treatment options for male perpetrators of intimate partner violence.

Crane CA, Easton CJ

Drug and alcohol review.. 2017 January 36 (1):24-33. Epub 01/21/2017.

Interventions to reduce intimate partner violence perpetration among people with substance use disorders.

Easton CJ, Crane CA

International review of psychiatry.. 2016 October 28 (5):533-543. Epub 1900 01 01.

Comorbid substance use diagnoses and partner violence among offenders receiving pharmacotherapy for opioid dependence.

Crane CA, Schlauch RC, Devine S, Easton CJ

Journal of addictive diseases.. 2016 35 (3):205-11. Epub 02/22/2016.

Legal factors associated with change in alcohol use and partner violence among offenders.

Crane CA, Schlauch RC, Hawes SW, Mandel DL, Easton CJ

Journal of substance abuse treatment.. 2014 August 47 (2):151-9. Epub 04/13/2014.

Sub-Clinical Trauma in the Treatment of Partner Violent Offenders with Substance Dependence.

Crane CA, Oberleitner LM, Easton CJ

Advances in dual diagnosis.. 2013 6 (1):5-13. Epub 1900 01 01.

Contingency management treatment in substance abusers with and without legal problems.

Petry NM, Rash CJ, Easton CJ

The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.. 2011 39 (3):370-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Racial differences in treatment effect among men in a substance abuse and domestic violence program.

Scott MC, Easton CJ

The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse.. 2010 November 36 (6):357-62. Epub 10/12/2010.

Neurocognitive performance among alcohol dependent men with and without physical violence toward their partners: a preliminary report.

Easton CJ, Sacco KA, Neavins TM, Wupperman P, George TP

The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse.. 2008 34 (1):29-37. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cigarette smoking and intimate partner violence among men referred to substance abuse treatment.

Easton CJ, Weinberger AH, McKee SA

The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse.. 2008 34 (1):39-46. Epub 1900 01 01.

The cost-effectiveness of four treatments for marijuana dependence.

Olmstead TA, Sindelar JL, Easton CJ, Carroll KM

Addiction.. 2007 September 102 (9):1443-53. Epub 07/23/2007.

Adverse childhood experiences, smoking and mental illness in adulthood: a preliminary study.

Sacco KA, Head CA, Vessicchio JC, Easton CJ, Prigerson HG, George TP

Annals of clinical psychiatry : official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists.. 2007 19 (2):89-97. Epub 1900 01 01.

Beneficial effects of thiamine on recognition memory and P300 in abstinent cocaine-dependent patients.

Easton CJ, Bauer LO

Psychiatry research.. 1997 May 3070 (3):165-74. Epub 1900 01 01.