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J. Richard Ciccone, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Founding Director of the Psychiatry and Law Program at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He was the American Psychiatric Association (APA) 2013 Isaac Ray Award recipient for outstanding contributions to forensic psychiatry. He ha...
J. Richard Ciccone, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry and Founding Director of the Psychiatry and Law Program at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He was the American Psychiatric Association (APA) 2013 Isaac Ray Award recipient for outstanding contributions to forensic psychiatry. He has been described as a visionary leader who played an important role in creating the academic discipline of forensic psychiatry. He was President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (1986-87), and founder of the organization's Forensic Psychiatry Course. He was chair of the APA's Commission on Judicial Action (1993-2000) and chair of the APA Commission on Public Policy, Litigation, and Advocacy (2000 – 2002). He has lectured and published nationally and internationally on forensic psychiatry and ethics, comparative forensic psychiatry and the history of forensic psychiatry. In 2002, in recognition of his work on behalf of forensic psychiatry and patient advocacy, he was awarded an APA Special Presidential Commendation.
Certified Specialties
Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
Faculty Appointments
Professor
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Department of Psychiatry, Education (SMD)
Credentials
Residency & Fellowship
Residency, Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center. 1969 - 1972
Internship, Internal Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center-Weiler Division. 1968 - 1969
Education
MD | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.1968
The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.. 2007 35 (2):235-46. Epub 1900 01 01.
Health insurance and mental illness; ADA and medical examinations
A, Tinwalla; JR, Ciccone;.
2006; 34: 252-257.
Mental illness and the death penalty; Mental illness and Miranda rights
AM, Vuotto; JR, Ciccone;.
2006; 34: 253-258.
Expert testimony in capital sentencing: juror responses
JR, Ciccone; JH, Montgomery;.
2005; 33: 509-518.
Court-ordered Commitment for purpose of mental examination; sexual offenders
C, Deakin; JR, Ciccone;.
2004; 34: 252-257.
The Competence of Adolescents to Consent to Treatment
JR, Ciccone; Forehand L, Jr.;.
2004; : 5-27.
Competence to stand trial; Death penalty: Competency to Waive the right to testify; Right to appointment of a forensic
S, Yerneni; JR, Ciccone;.
2004; 32: 451-452, 461-464.
Death penalty; Mitigating evidence; Death penalty: Ineffective assistance of counsel and mental health history
SK, Erickson; JR, Ciccone;.
2004; 32: 452-457.
ERISA, health care and the courts
JR, Ciccone;.
2003; : 756-760.
Civil Competencies
JR, Ciccone;.
2003; : 308-315.
Disability benefits; Medical licensure; Competence to stand trial: Malpractice; Liability
LM, Leard Hansson; JR, Ciccone;.
2002; 30.
Sexual offenders; Multiple personality disordeer; Workers' compensation; Involuntary civil commitment; Effective assistance of counsel
MA, Swallow; JR, Ciccone;.
2002; 30: 447-456.
Factors predictive of changes in the legal status of psychiatric inpatients
VS, Anand; JR, Ciccone; I, Kashtan; A, Seger;.
2002; 47: 1365-1369.
Forensic psychiatry and ethics--the voyage continues
JR, Ciccone; CD, Clements;.
2001; 29: 174-179.
The United States Supreme Court and Psychiatry in the 1990's.
JR, Ciccone;.
1999; 22: 197-211.
Competence to stand trial: Efforts to clarify the concept and improve clinical evaluations of criminal defendants
JR, Ciccone;.
1999; 12: 647-651.
The treatment of the dying patient: The U.S. Supreme Court challenge to medicine
JR, Ciccone;.
1997; 2.
Expert Testimony
JR, Ciccone;.
1995; II: 796-800.
La Psichiatria forense negli Stati Uniti D'America: Problematiche attuali e prospettive future.
JR, Ciccone; GB, Traverso;.
1995; XVII: 697-711.
Comparative forensic psychiatry: I. Commentary on the Italian system
JR, Ciccone; S, Ferracut;.
1995; .
Comparative forensic psychiatry: I. Commentary on the Italian system
JR, Ciccone; S, Ferracuti;.
1995; 21: 449-452.
Comparative forensic psychiatry: II. The perizia and the role of the forensic psychiatrist in the Italian legal system. (Adapted and translated from Ugo Fornari's Compendium of Forensic Psychiatry)
JR, Ciccone; S, Ferracuti;.
1995; 23: 453-466.
Involuntary hospitalization and police referrals to a psychiatric emergency department
LW, Reinish; JR, Ciccone;.
1995; 23: 289-298.
Teaching forensic psychiatry to psychiatric residents
M, Marrocco; J, Uecker; JR, Ciccone;.
1995; 23: 83-91.
Psychosocial treatment of schizophrenic disorders
MI, Herz; JR, Ciccone;.
1995; 11: 4-10.
Testamentary capacity and guardianship
JR, Ciccone;.
1994; .
The ethical practice of forensic psychiatry: A view from the trenches
JR, Ciccone; CD, Clements;.
1994; 23: 263-277.
Forensic Psychiatry in the United States: Its scopes and its challenges
JR, Ciccone;.
1993; 8: 4-11.
Forensic psychiatry in the United States: Its scope and its challenges
JR, Ciccone;.
1993; 8: 4-11.
Book review of H.O. Doerr and A.S. Carlin (eds.), Forensic Neuropsychology: Legal and Scientific Bases, The Guilford Press: New York, 1991.
JR, Ciccone;.
1993; 50: 566-567.
Medication refusal and judicial activism: A reexamination of the effects of the Rivers decision
JR, Ciccone; JT, Tokoli; CD, Clements; TE, Gift;.
1993; 44: 555-560.
Murder, insanity, and medical expert witnesses
JR, Ciccone;.
1992; 49: 608-611.
The Mental Health Professional and the Legal System
Committee for Psychiatry and Law, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry;.
1991; .
The right to refuse treatment: Impact of Rivers v. Katz
JR, Ciccone; JT, Tokoli; CD, Clements; TE, Gift;.
1990; 18: 203-215.
Book review of R.I. Simon, Clinical Psychiatry and the Law, American Psychiatry Press: Washington, D.C. 1987
JR, Ciccone;.
1989; 146: 269-270.
Competence to stand trial: Clinical and legal considerations
JR, Ciccone;.
1989; .
Guidelines on Confidentiality
Committee on Confidentiality of the American Psychiatric Association.
1987; 144: 1522-1526.
The insanity defense: Asking and answering the ultimate question
JR, Ciccone; CD, Clements;.
1987; 15: 329-338.
The elderly, incompetence, and treatment decisions: The New York experience.
JR, Ciccone; CD, Clements;.
1987; .
The elderly and medicolegal trends in consent to treatment
JR, Ciccone;.
1986; 86: 635-638.
Important forensic issues in psychiatric education
JR, Ciccone;.
1986; 16: 363-369.
A new look at an old problem: Expert witnesses and criminal responsiblility
JR, Ciccone;.
1986; 16: 498-510.
Book review of R. Rosner (ed.), Critical issues in American psychiatry and the law, Vols. 1 and 2, Charles C. Thomas: Springfield, Illinois, 1982 (Vol. 1), Plenum Publishing Corp: New York, 1985 (Vol. 2)
JR, Ciccone;.
1986; 14: 197-198.
Letter to the Editor: Reply to Drs. Stone and Morse
JR, Ciccone; CD, Clements;.
1986; 143: 910.
Applied clinical ethics or universal principles
CD, Clements; JR, Ciccone;.
1985; 36: 121-123.
Book review of M.S. Moore, Law and psychiatry: Rethinking the relationship. Cambridge University Press: London, 1984.
JR, Ciccone; CD, Clements;.
1985; 142: 120.
Ethics and expert witnesses: The troubled role of psychiatrists in court
CD, Clements; JR, Ciccone;.
1984; 12: 127-136.
A case report of a possible interaction between neuroleptics and carbamazepine
G, Kanter; B, Yerevanian; JR, Ciccone;.
1984; 141: 1101-1102.
The antisocial personality
JR, Ciccone;.
1984; 50: 29-30.
Privelege and confidentiality: Psychiatric and legal considerations
JR, Ciccone;.
1984; 2: 273-285.
Book review of J Ziskin, Coping with Psychiatric and Psychological Testimony. Law and Psychology Press: Venice, California, 1981
JR, Ciccone;.
1984; 140: 804-906.
Forensic psychiatry and applied clinical ethics: Theory and practice
Expert witness testimony in conservatorship proceedings
Adkins, JA; Ciccone JR.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 38(2): 273-275.
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