Jeffrey W. Swanson

National American Psychiatric Association Foundation and American Academy of Psychiatry and Law · 2020 This award recognizes outstanding contributions to law and psychiatry and the psychiatric aspects of jurisprudence.

Raymond W. Waggoner Lecture on Ethics and Values in Medicine

University University of Michigan School of Medicine · 2016

P. Browning Hoffman Memorial Lecture in Law and Psychiatry

University University of Virginia School of Law · 2015

Carl Taube Award

National American Public Health Association · 2011 This award recognizes distinguished career contributions to mental health services research.

Eugene C. Hargrove Award

State North Carolina Psychiatric Foundation · 2010 This award recognizes outstanding contributions to mental health research in North Carolina.

In the News

Published August 22, 2024

Red Flag Laws Removing Firearms Save Lives

Published January 26, 2023

Duke Study Finds Promising Results in Pre-Arrest Diversion Program for People Who Use Drugs

Published June 9, 2022

Medical Sociologist Jeffrey Swanson on Reducing Gun Violence and Suicide

Published March 8, 2018

Risk Warrants: A New Tool for Keeping Guns Out of Dangerous Hands

Published November 17, 2016

One States Temporary Gun Removal Law Shows Promise in Preventing Suicides

Published September 8, 2016

Laws that allow for temporarily removing guns from high-risk people linked to a reduction in suicides

Published June 7, 2016

Jeffrey Swanson: The problem with trying to solve gun violence by going after the mentally ill

Published June 7, 2016

Untangling gun violence from mental illness

Published June 6, 2016

The Link Between Mental Illness, Guns & Suicide

Published April 15, 2016

Suicide is ‘forgotten’ in the campus carry debate, researchers say

Published January 15, 2016

Jeffrey Swanson comments: Majority of gun deaths in U.S. are suicides

Published January 12, 2016

Jeffrey Swanson comments: How politics trumps science when it comes to U.S. gun violence

Published December 17, 2015

Jeffrey Swanson comments: N.C. doubles reporting of mentally ill to federal gun database

Published December 14, 2015

Since Sandy Hook, an American kid has died by a gun every other day

Published December 4, 2015

Jeffrey Swanson: What (little) we know about couples who kill, like Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik

Published November 4, 2015

Jeffrey Swanson comments: Why can't we study gun violence?

Published October 5, 2015

Jeffrey Swanson comments: Mass murderers fit profile, as do many others who don’t kill

Published October 5, 2015

Jeffrey Swanson: Why the U.S. has done almost nothing to stop mass shootings

Published July 28, 2015

Duke professor says systemic issues in mental health system are ignored

Published July 27, 2015

Mass shootings: Debate is about gun availability vs. mental health

Published June 24, 2015

Jeffrey Swanson: Inside the mind of someone like Dylann Roof

Published April 23, 2015

Editorial: To reduce gun violence, tighten gun ownership standards

Published April 10, 2015

Nearly 1 in 10 Americans have severe anger issues and access to guns