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Archive: November 2020

Swartz: Closing Coverage Gaps to Promote Successful Prison Reentry for Persons with Mental Illness

November 25, 2020

Dr. Marvin S. Swartz, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke and a faculty member at the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at the Duke School of Law recently wrote a piece for Care4Carolina … Continue Reading →

Wilson Center’s Dr. Marvin Swartz Helps with New Mental Health Crisis App

November 16, 2020

Dr. Marvin Swartz, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University and part of the Wilson Center’s Behavioral Health Core, served as a consultant for a new My Mental Health Crisis Plan app and SAMHSA’s psychiatric advanced directive … Continue Reading →

Introducing a New Blog Series: Growing Above and Beyond

November 13, 2020

Editor’s Note: This is the first installment of an occasional series from the Wilson Center’s Michele Easter examining the intersection of nature and agriculture to support recovery, resilience, and community success within justice-involved communities. The logo for this series was … Continue Reading →

Upcoming SAMHSA Webinar Offers Advice for Drug Treatment Courts During Pandemic

August 13, 2020

There are currently 59 recovery courts in 32 counties in North Carolina, and thousands more across the nation designed to help criminal defendants who have alcohol and other substance use disorders. Many of those courts have been successfully using teleservices … Continue Reading →

Faculty from Duke CSJ Behavioral Health Core Looking for PostDoc

August 6, 2020

The Duke Service Effectiveness Research Program in the Duke Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences is currently recruiting for a Postdoctoral Associate to join their research team.

The candidate will work under the supervision of senior faculty members (and Duke … Continue Reading →