Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • NRSA T32 Mental Health Services and Systems Research Training Program, Psychiatry And Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine 2009 - 2012
  • Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 2009
  • M.P.H., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2002
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Social and Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2015 - 2019
  • Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2015 - 2019
  • Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Social and Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2012 - 2014
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • United States of America (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Mental Disorders Prevalence Study awarded by Research Triangle Institute International 2019 - 2022
  • Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Gun Sales: Comparative effectiveness of different minimum age standards for firearm purchase by adults with youthful crime records in North Carolina, Florida, and Virgin awarded by New Venture Fund 2018 - 2021
  • A feasibility study for testing the effects of extended-release naltrexone (Vivitrol) on recidivism and other participant outcomes in drug court settings awarded by Laura and John Arnold Foundation 2016 - 2019
  • Implementation and Effectiveness of "Dangerous Persons" Gun-Seizure Laws in Connecticut and Indiana awarded by New Venture Fund 2014 - 2018
  • Policy and interventions for adults with SMI and criminal justice involvement awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2018
  • Gender differences in jail diversion for adults with co-occurring disorders awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2017
  • Implementing Psychiatric Advance Directives with Peer Specialist Facilitators awarded by Department of Education 2012 - 2016
  • Do brief incarcerations before jail diversion enhance its legal leverage and improve outcomes among people with serious mental illness in CT? awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation 2011 - 2013
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Gertner, Alex K., Allison G. Robertson, Byron J. Powell, Hendree Jones, Pam Silberman, and Marisa Elena Domino. “Primary Care Providers And Specialists Deliver Comparable Buprenorphine Treatment Quality.” Health Aff (Millwood) 39, no. 8 (August 2020): 1395–1404. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01559.
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    • Robertson, Allison G., Michele M. Easter, Hsiu-Ju Lin, Dalia Khoury, Joshua Pierce, Jeffrey Swanson, and Marvin Swartz. “Gender-specific participation and outcomes among jail diversion clients with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders.” J Subst Abuse Treat 115 (August 2020): 108035. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108035.
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    • Gertner, Alex K., Allison G. Robertson, Hendree Jones, Byron J. Powell, Pam Silberman, and Marisa E. Domino. “The effect of Medicaid expansion on use of opioid agonist treatment and the role of provider capacity constraints.” Health Serv Res 55, no. 3 (June 2020): 383–92. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13282.
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    • Easter, Michele M., Jeffrey W. Swanson, Allison G. Robertson, Lorna L. Moser, and Marvin S. Swartz. “Impact of psychiatric advance directive facilitation on mental health consumers: empowerment, treatment attitudes and the role of peer support specialists.” J Ment Health, February 4, 2020, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2020.1714008.
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    • Robertson, Allison G., and Marvin S. Swartz. “Thinking Carefully About Marijuana Legalization: Public Health Considerations for State Policy Makers.” Psychiatr Serv 70, no. 7 (July 1, 2019): 629–30. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900124.
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    • Swanson, Jeffrey W., Michele M. Easter, Kelly Alanis-Hirsch, Charles M. Belden, Michael A. Norko, Allison G. Robertson, Linda K. Frisman, Hsiu-Ju Lin, Marvin S. Swartz, and George F. Parker. “Criminal Justice and Suicide Outcomes with Indiana's Risk-Based Gun Seizure Law.” J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 47, no. 2 (June 2019): 188–97. https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.003835-19.
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    • Robertson, Allison G., Michele M. Easter, HsiuJu Lin, Linda K. Frisman, Jeffrey W. Swanson, and Marvin S. Swartz. “Medication-Assisted Treatment for Alcohol-Dependent Adults With Serious Mental Illness and Criminal Justice Involvement: Effects on Treatment Utilization and Outcomes.” Am J Psychiatry 175, no. 7 (July 1, 2018): 665–73. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.17060688.
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    • Robertson, Allison G., Michele M. Easter, Hsiu-Ju Lin, Linda K. Frisman, Jeffrey W. Swanson, and Marvin S. Swartz. “Associations between pharmacotherapy for opioid dependence and clinical and criminal justice outcomes among adults with co-occurring serious mental illness.” J Subst Abuse Treat 86 (March 2018): 17–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2017.12.003.
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    • Robertson, Allison G., and Marvin S. Swartz. “Extended-release naltrexone and drug treatment courts: Policy and evidence for implementing an evidence-based treatment.” J Subst Abuse Treat 85 (February 2018): 101–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2017.02.016.
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    • Easter, Michele M., Jeffrey W. Swanson, Allison G. Robertson, Lorna L. Moser, and Marvin S. Swartz. “Facilitation of Psychiatric Advance Directives by Peers and Clinicians on Assertive Community Treatment Teams.” Psychiatr Serv 68, no. 7 (July 1, 2017): 717–23. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201600423.
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    • Swartz, Marvin S., Sayanti Bhattacharya, Allison G. Robertson, and Jeffrey W. Swanson. “Involuntary Outpatient Commitment and the Elusive Pursuit of Violence Prevention.” Can J Psychiatry 62, no. 2 (February 2017): 102–8. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743716675857.
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    • Swanson, J. W., M. A. Norko, H. J. Lin, K. Alanis-Hirsch, L. K. Frisman, M. V. Baranoski, M. M. Easter, A. G. Robertson, M. S. Swartz, and R. J. Bonnie. “Implementation and effectiveness of connecticut's risk-based gun removal law: Does it prevent suicides?” Law and Contemporary Problems 80, no. 2 (January 1, 2017): 179–208.
    • Swanson, Jeffrey W., Michele M. Easter, Allison G. Robertson, Marvin S. Swartz, Kelly Alanis-Hirsch, Daniel Moseley, Charles Dion, and John Petrila. “Gun Violence, Mental Illness, And Laws That Prohibit Gun Possession: Evidence From Two Florida Counties.” Health Aff (Millwood) 35, no. 6 (June 1, 2016): 1067–75. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0017.
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    • Swartz, Marvin S., and Allison G. Robertson. “Mental Health Courts: Does Treatment Make a Difference?” Psychiatr Serv 67, no. 4 (April 1, 2016): 363. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.670403.
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    • Robertson, Allison G., Jeffrey W. Swanson, Hsiuju Lin, Michele M. Easter, Linda K. Frisman, and Marvin S. Swartz. “Influence of Criminal Justice Involvement and Psychiatric Diagnoses on Treatment Costs Among Adults With Serious Mental Illness.” Psychiatr Serv 66, no. 9 (September 2015): 907–9. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201500134.
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    • Robertson, Allison G. “Building on the Evidence: Guiding Policy and Research on Police Encounters with Persons with Mental Illnesses.” Criminol Public Policy 14, no. 2 (May 2015): 285–93. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12134.
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    • Robertson, Allison G., Jeffrey W. Swanson, Richard A. Van Dorn, and Marvin S. Swartz. “Treatment participation and medication adherence: effects on criminal justice costs of persons with mental illness.” Psychiatr Serv 65, no. 10 (October 2014): 1189–91. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201400247.
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    • Robertson, Allison G., Hsiu-Ju Lin, Linda K. Frisman, John Petrila, and Marvin S. Swartz. “Mental health and reoffending outcomes of jail diversion participants with a brief incarceration after arraignment.” Psychiatr Serv 65, no. 9 (September 1, 2014): 1113–19. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300286.
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    • Robertson, Allison G., Jeffrey W. Swanson, Linda K. Frisman, Hsiuju Lin, and Marvin S. Swartz. “Patterns of justice involvement among adults with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: key risk factors.” Psychiatr Serv 65, no. 7 (July 2014): 931–38. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300044.
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    • Swanson, Jeffrey W., Linda K. Frisman, Allison Gilbert Robertson, Hsiu-Ju Lin, Robert L. Trestman, Deborah A. Shelton, Kathryn Parr, Eleni Rodis, Alec Buchanan, and Marvin S. Swartz. “Costs of criminal justice involvement among persons with serious mental illness in connecticut.” Psychiatr Serv 64, no. 7 (July 1, 2013): 630–37. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.002212012.
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    • Gilbert, Allison R., Marisa E. Domino, Joseph P. Morrissey, and Bradley N. Gaynes. “Differential service utilization associated with trauma-informed integrated treatment for women with co-occurring disorders.” Adm Policy Ment Health 39, no. 6 (November 2012): 426–39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-011-0362-z.
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    • Swanson, Jeffrey, and Allison R. Gilbert. “Mental illness and firearm violence.” Jama 306, no. 9 (September 7, 2011): 930–31. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2011.1260.
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    • Gilbert, Allison R., Joseph P. Morrissey, and Marisa E. Domino. “Service Utilization Patterns as Predictors of Response to Trauma-Informed Integrated Treatment for Women With Co-occurring Disorders.” J Dual Diagn 7, no. 3 (July 2011): 117–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/15504263.2011.592411.
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    • Wood, Jennifer, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Scott Burris, and Allison G. Robertson. “Monograph: 'Police Interventions with Persons Affected by Mental Illnesses',” March 9, 2011.
    • Gilbert, Allison R., Lorna L. Moser, Richard A. Van Dorn, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Christine M. Wilder, Pamela Clark Robbins, Karli J. Keator, Henry J. Steadman, and Marvin S. Swartz. “Reductions in arrest under assisted outpatient treatment in New York.” Psychiatr Serv 61, no. 10 (October 2010): 996–99. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.2010.61.10.996.
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    • Swanson, Jeffrey W., Richard A. Van Dorn, Marvin S. Swartz, Andrew M. Cislo, Christine M. Wilder, Lorna L. Moser, Allison R. Gilbert, and Thomas G. McGuire. “Robbing Peter to pay Paul: did New York State's outpatient commitment program crowd out voluntary service recipients?” Psychiatr Serv 61, no. 10 (October 2010): 988–95. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.2010.61.10.988.
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    • Swartz, Marvin S., Christine M. Wilder, Jeffrey W. Swanson, Richard A. Van Dorn, Pamela Clark Robbins, Henry J. Steadman, Lorna L. Moser, Allison R. Gilbert, and John Monahan. “Assessing outcomes for consumers in New York's assisted outpatient treatment program.” Psychiatr Serv 61, no. 10 (October 2010): 976–81. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.2010.61.10.976.
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    • Van Dorn, Richard A., Jeffrey W. Swanson, Marvin S. Swartz, Christine M. Wilder, Lorna L. Moser, Allison R. Gilbert, Andrew M. Cislo, and Pamela Clark Robbins. “Continuing medication and hospitalization outcomes after assisted outpatient treatment in New York.” Psychiatr Serv 61, no. 10 (October 2010): 982–87. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.2010.61.10.982.
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    • Close, Kelly, R Gary Rozier, Leslie P. Zeldin, and Allison R. Gilbert. “Barriers to the adoption and implementation of preventive dental services in primary medical care.” Pediatrics 125, no. 3 (March 2010): 509–17. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-1008.
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    • Swanson, Jeffrey W., Marvin S. Swartz, Eric B. Elbogen, Richard A. VAN Dorn, H Ryan Wagner, Lorna A. Moser, Christine Wilder, and Allison R. Gilbert. “Psychiatric advance directives and reduction of coercive crisis interventions.” J Ment Health 17, no. 3 (January 1, 2008): 255–67. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638230802052195.
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    • Cornuz, J., A. Gilbert, C. Pinget, P. McDonald, K. Slama, E. Salto, and F. Paccaud. “Cost-effectiveness of pharmacotherapies for nicotine dependence in primary care settings: a multinational comparison.” Tob Control 15, no. 3 (June 2006): 152–59. https://doi.org/10.1136/tc.2005.011551.
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    • Gilbert, A. R., C. Pinget, P. Bovet, J. Cornuz, C. Shamlaye, and F. Paccaud. “The cost effectiveness of pharmacological smoking cessation therapies in developing countries: a case study in the Seychelles.” Tob Control 13, no. 2 (June 2004): 190–95. https://doi.org/10.1136/tc.2003.004630.
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    • Cornuz, Jacques, Christophe Pinget, Allison Gilbert, and Fred Paccaud. “Cost-effectiveness analysis of the first-line therapies for nicotine dependence.” Eur J Clin Pharmacol 59, no. 3 (July 2003): 201–6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-003-0610-6.
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  • Book Sections

    • Swanson, J. W., A. G. Robertson, L. K. Frisman, M. A. Norko, H. J. Lin, M. S. Swartz, and P. J. Cook. “Preventing gun violence involving people with serious mental illness.” In Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis, 9781421411118:33–51, 2013.

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