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Extreme risk protection order use in six US states: a descriptive study Open

Leslie M. Barnard, Marian E. Betz, Shannon Frattaroli, Christopher E. Knoepke, Annette Christy , et al. · 2025

Objectives Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) are civil court orders that temporarily prohibit firearm purchase and possession by someone (“respondent”) at imminent risk of harming themselves or others. Despite ERPOs being currently av…

Mental disorders and criminal legal involvement: Evidence from a national diagnostic epidemiological survey Open

Jeffrey W. Swanson, Madeline Stenger, Michele M. Easter, Natalie Bareis, Lydia Chwastiak , et al. · 2025

Large numbers of adults with mental disorders in the United States are incarcerated or otherwise involved with the criminal legal system. Evidence is lacking on prevalence of specific psychiatric diagnoses in this population. This article …

Primary care need and engagement by people with criminal legal involvement: Descriptive and associational analysis using retrospective data on the entire population ever detained in one southeastern U.S. county jail 2014–2020 Open

Michele M. Easter, Nicole L. Schramm‐Sapyta, Marvin S. Swartz, Maria Tackett, Lawrence H. Greenblatt · 2024

More than 7 million people are released each year from U.S. jails or prisons, many with chronic diseases that would benefit from primary care in their returning communities. The objective of this study was to provide an in-depth, payer-agn…

JME volume 52 issue 1 Cover and Front matter Open

James G. Hodge, Erica N. White, Jennifer L. Piatt, C. Laude, Amanda Buster , et al. · 2024

Diversion to Treatment when Treatment is Scarce: Bioethical Implications of the U.S. Resource Gap for Criminal Diversion Programs Open

Deniz Aritürk, Michele M. Easter, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Marvin S. Swartz · 2024

Précis Despite significant scholarship, research, and funding dedicated to implementing criminal diversion programs over the past two decades, persons with serious mental illness and substance use disorders remain substantially overreprese…

Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) in North Carolina: A Longitudinal Analysis of Criminal-Legal Outcomes Open

Allison G. Robertson, Josie Caves Sivaraman, Reginald Lerebours, Michele M. Easter, Reah Siegel · 2024

Violent Experiences and Patterns of Firearm Ownership From Childhood to Young Adulthood Open

Josie Caves Sivaraman, Guangyu Tong, Michele M. Easter, Jeffrey W. Swanson, William Copeland · 2023

Importance Young adults in their 20s are at high relative risk for self- and other-directed firearm injury, but little is known about gun access patterns for this group. Objective To describe the longitudinal patterns of firearm access fro…

Evaluating Extreme Risk Protection Order Laws Open

Jeffrey W. Swanson, Josie J. Caves Sivaraman, Michele M. Easter · 2022

Childhood Gun Access, Adult Suicidality, and Crime Open

William Copeland, Guangyu Tong, Elizabeth J. Gifford, Michele M. Easter, Lilly Shanahan , et al. · 2021

OBJECTIVES: To test the associations of childhood domestic gun access with adult criminality and suicidality. METHODS: Analyses were based on a 20+ year prospective, community-representative study of 1420 children, who were assessed up to …

“That's a good question”: University researchers' views on ownership and retention of human genetic specimens Open

R Jean Cadigan, Michele M. Easter, Allison W. Dobson, Arlene M. Davis, Barbra Bluestone Rothschild , et al. · 2020

To explore the views of university-based investigators conducting genetic research with human specimens regarding ownership and retention of specimens, and knowledge of related institutional review board and university policies.

Gender-specific participation and outcomes among jail diversion clients with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders Open

Allison G. Robertson, Michele M. Easter, Hsiu‐Ju Lin, Dalia Khoury, Joshua Pierce , et al. · 2020

Facilitation of Psychiatric Advance Directives by Peers and Clinicians on Assertive Community Treatment Teams Open

Michele M. Easter, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Allison G. Robertson, Lorna L. Moser, Marvin S. Swartz · 2020

OBJECTIVE: Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) provide a legal mechanism for competent adults to document care preferences and authorize a surrogate to make treatment decisions. In a controlled research setting, an evidence-based interve…

Some sort of larger force at work: meanings and implications of genetics for women with eating disorders Open

Michele M. Easter · 2019

Recent research supports the idea that genes play a role in the development of many complex psychiatric and behavioral disorders, including eating disorders. Although no genes have been linked to anorexia or bulimia nervosa, heritability e…

Criminal Justice and Suicide Outcomes with Indiana's Risk-Based Gun Seizure Law. Open

Jeffrey W. Swanson, Michele M. Easter, Kelly Alanis‐Hirsch, Charles M. Belden, Michael A. Norko , et al. · 2019

This article examines the application and effectiveness of a 2006 Indiana law designed to prevent gun violence by authorizing police officers to separate firearms from persons who present imminent or future risk of injury to self or others…

Medication-Assisted Treatment for Alcohol-Dependent Adults With Serious Mental Illness and Criminal Justice Involvement: Effects on Treatment Utilization and Outcomes Open

Allison G. Robertson, Michele M. Easter, Hsiu‐Ju Lin, Linda K. Frisman, Jeffrey W. Swanson , et al. · 2018

MAT is underused for treating alcohol dependence, especially among adults with serious mental illness. These results suggest that MAT can have important benefits for clinical outcomes in this population. More research is needed to improve …

Associations between pharmacotherapy for opioid dependence and clinical and criminal justice outcomes among adults with co-occurring serious mental illness Open

Allison G. Robertson, Michele M. Easter, Hsiu‐Ju Lin, Linda K. Frisman, Jeffrey W. Swanson , et al. · 2017

Facilitation of Psychiatric Advance Directives by Peers and Clinicians on Assertive Community Treatment Teams Open

Michele M. Easter, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Allison G. Robertson, Lorna L. Moser, Marvin S. Swartz · 2017

Peers and clinicians can play a crucial role in increasing the number of consumers with PADs, an important step toward improving implementation of PADs in mental health care.

Facilitation of Psychiatric Advance Directives by Peers and Clinicians on Assertive Community Treatment Teams Open

Michele M. Easter, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Allison G. Robertson, Lorna L. Moser, Marvin S. Swartz · 2016

OBJECTIVE: Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) provide a legal mechanism for competent adults to document care preferences and authorize a surrogate to make treatment decisions. In a controlled research setting, an evidence-based interve…

Implementation and Effectiveness of Connecticut's Risk-Based Gun Removal Law: Does it Prevent Suicides? Open

Jeffrey W. Swanson, Michael A. Norko, Hsiu‐Ju Lin, Kelly Alanis‐Hirsch, Linda K. Frisman , et al. · 2016

Developing practical, effective, and legally sustainable policies to separate firearms from people at risk of violence or suicide represents a potentially important, but challenging public health opportunity for gun violence prevention in …

Gun Violence, Mental Illness, And Laws That Prohibit Gun Possession: Evidence From Two Florida Counties Open

Jeffrey W. Swanson, Michele M. Easter, Allison G. Robertson, Marvin S. Swartz, Kelly Alanis‐Hirsch , et al. · 2016

Gun violence kills about ninety people every day in the United States, a toll measured in wasted and ruined lives and with an annual economic price tag exceeding $200 billion. Some policy makers suggest that reforming mental health care sy…

Influence of Criminal Justice Involvement and Psychiatric Diagnoses on Treatment Costs Among Adults With Serious Mental Illness Open

Allison G. Robertson, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Hsiu‐Ju Lin, Michele M. Easter, Linda K. Frisman , et al. · 2015

The impact of criminal justice involvement and clinical characteristics on the cost of public treatment services for adults with serious mental illnesses is unknown. The authors examined differential effects of justice involvement on behav…

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