Dimitris N Kiosses, PhD

Overview

Dr. Kiosses is an Associate Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. His research focuses on the relationship of depression, cognitive deficits (including mild cognitive impairment and dementia), and disability in elderly patients. He has published on the effects of cognitive deficits on disability and on poor outcomes in geriatric depression. Specifically, it has been demonstrated that executive dysfunction, a cognitive deficit associated with frontal lobe dysfunction, is associated with impairment in activities of daily living and is a significant predictor of relapse of geriatric depression. Dr. Kiosses has received the following awards to develop and test the feasibility of Problem Adaptation Therapy (PATH), a new home-delivered psychotherapy for elderly depressed with cognitive deficits and disability: a NARSAD 2001 Young Investigator Award, an award from the Weill Wright Center for Aging Research and Clinical Care, and a five-year Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Highlights

1
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2025
DNDimitris N Kiosses LDLisa D. Ravdin SBSamprit Banerjee MCM. Cary Reid
PMID: 39875212PMCID: PMC12001379DOIFirst author1 citations
2
International psychogeriatrics · 2020
DKDora Kanellopoulos LDLisa D. Ravdin DNDimitris N Kiosses
PMID: 31910916PMCID: PMC7165030DOISenior author24 citations
3
Biological psychology · 2023
JNJennifer N. Bress SBSamprit Banerjee GSGeorge S Alexopoulos DNDimitris N Kiosses
PMID: 37499781PMCID: PMC10529097DOISenior author6 citations

Publications

85

Funding

18 View NIH portfolio on RePORTER ↗

Active

5 grants

Co-I
A transdiagnostic study of emotional impulsivity in suicidal ideation and behavior
National Institute of Mental Health · 2024–2029 · via New York University
R01MH136161-01
PI
Emotion Reactivity, Cognitive Reappraisal, and Suicidal Ideation In Middle-aged and Older Adults at High Suicide Risk
National Institute of Mental Health · 2024–2029
R01MH134006-02
Co-I
Target Engagement During Social Reward Psychotherapy for Mid- and Late-Life Suicidality: A Precision Imaging Trial
National Institute of Mental Health · 2023–2028
R01MH133953-01
PI
A Mobile Intervention for Suicide Prevention For Middle-aged And Older Adults After a Suicide-Related Hospitalization
National Institute of Mental Health · 2022–2027
R61MH128516-02
MPI
PATH-Pain: A Primary Care-Based Psychosocial Intervention To Improve Cognitive and Depression Outcomes in Older Adults with MCI and Early Stage AD
National Institute on Aging · 2021–2027
R01AG070055-05

Completed grants (13)

Co-I
Predicting Self-Harm, Suicide Attempt, and Suicidal Death using Longitudinal EHR, Claims and Mortality Data
National Institute of Mental Health · 2019–2025
R01MH119177-01
MPI
A Novel Cognitive Reappraisal Intervention for Suicide Prevention
National Institute of Mental Health · 2018–2024· 2 renewals
R33MH110542-05S1
Co-I
ALACRITY for Late- and Mid-Life Mood Disorders
National Institute of Mental Health · 2017–2024
P50MH113838-01
MPI
Improving Remote Use of Emotion Regulation Techniques in a Psychosocial Intervention For Older Adults With aMCI
National Institute on Aging · 2016–2024· 2 renewals
R01AG050514-05S1
PI
Suicide Prevention in Hospitalized Older Adults With MDD and Cognitive Impairment
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Inc. · 2015–2019
SRG-1-072-14
KP
Cornell Roybal Center Translational Research Institute on Pain in Later Life-II
National Institute on Aging · 2014–2019
P30AG022845-11
Co-I
A Personalized Self-Management Program for Older Adults With Chronic Pain and Negative Emotions
Pfizer Inc. · 2017–2019
28540451 YR 2
PI
A Novel Cognitive Reappraisal Intervention for Suicide Prevention
National Institute of Mental Health · 2016–2018
R61MH110542-02
Co-I
Ecosystem Focused Therapy in Post Stroke Depression
National Institute of Mental Health · 2012–2018
R01MH096685-04
PI
Suicide Prevention in Cognitively Impaired, Older Adults With Treatment Resistant MDD
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation · 2014–2018
22091
PI
Home-Delivered Intervention for Depressed, Cognitively Impaired Elders
National Institute of Mental Health · 2011–2017
R01MH091045-05 EW
KP
Case Management and PST for Depressed, Homebound, Low-Income Elders
National Institute of Mental Health · 2007–2013
R01MH075897-05 EW
PI
Treating Depressed, Cognitively Impaired Elders
NIMH · 2006–2011 · via NIH RePORTER
K23MH074659-05

Clinical research

4

Active

3 studies

PI
Emotion Reactivity, Cognitive Reappraisal, and Suicidal Ideation in Middle-Aged and Older Adults at High Suicide Risk
Weill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2024)
PI
WellPATH-PREVENT: A Mobile Intervention for Middle-Aged and Older Adults Hospitalized for Suicidal Ideation or Attempt
NA · Weill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2022)
Suicide, Attempted; Suicidal Ideation; Depression
NCT05183230
PI
PATH-Pain: A Primary Care-Based Psychosocial Intervention To Improve Cognitive and Depression Outcomes in Older Adults With MCI and Early Stage AD
NA · Weill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2021)
Depression; Pain; Cognitive Impairment
NCT05081596

Completed & closed trials (1)

PI
Relief-Hybrid: A Behavioral Intervention for Depression and Chronic Pain in Primary Care
NA · Weill Medical College of Cornell University · IRB STUDY CLOSURE (as of 2023)
Chronic Pain; Depression
NCT04290845

Mentoring

1

MR
Maxine Riter
MD mentee · Class of 2024