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Allison Gilbert

Allison Gilbert

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
agilbert@psych.duhs.duke.edu
DUMC Box 102505, Durham, NC 27705
DUMC Box 102505, Durham, NC 27701

Overview

Research interests include mental health and substance abuse services and policy; links between mental illness, substance abuse and criminal justice involvement; effectiveness of criminal diversion and prison re-entry programs for adults with serious mental illness; and other legal and policy mechanism as mental health interventions.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences · 2019 - Present Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy · 2019 - Present Sanford School of Public Policy

In the News

Published January 26, 2023
Duke Study Finds Promising Results in Pre-Arrest Diversion Program for People Who Use Drugs

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Recent Publications

NORTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION (LEAD): CONSIDERATIONS FOR OPTIMIZING ELIGIBILITY AND REFERRAL

Journal Article Law and Contemporary Problems · January 1, 2023 In 2011, a diverse group of stakeholders in Seattle, Washington, developed an alternative to repeated arrests and incarceration of people whose low-level unlawful conduct stemmed from unmet behavioral health needs, launching a new model called Law Enforcem ... Cite

A mixed methods study of provider factors in buprenorphine treatment retention.

Journal Article Int J Drug Policy · July 2022 BACKGROUND: Low retention is a persistent challenge in the delivery of buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). The goal of this study was to identify provider factors that could drive differences in treatment retention while accounting for t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Appropriateness of psychiatric advance directives facilitated by peer support specialists and clinicians on Assertive Community Treatment teams.

Journal Article J Ment Health · April 2022 BACKGROUND: Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) are used to document a person's treatment preferences for a future mental health crisis. Peer support specialists have been proposed to facilitate PADs, but little is known about the quality of peer versus ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants

Implementation of Extreme Risk Protection Orders: Experiences of special populations

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Elizabeth K Dollard Charitable Trust · 2025 - 2026

Justice Involvement Population Training and Technical Support Scope of Work Deflection, Diversion and Reentry Community Programming

Public ServicePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2024 - 2026

Mental Disorders Prevalence Study

ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by Research Triangle Institute International · 2019 - 2023

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Education, Training & Certifications

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2009 Ph.D.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor · 2002 M.P.H.

External Links

Psychiatry Profile