John Guy Looney | Scholars@Duke

John Guy Looney
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

John Looney, MD, MBA is a child psychiatrist of national stature, a valued contributor to the School and the University for 30 years. Dr. Looney was recruited to Duke as Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. In that role, he began the development of research in child psychiatry which has expanded into a major enterprise. Dr. Looney is also the Emeritus Director of the Duke Substance Treatment Program for Youth and the Emeritus Director of the Duke Center for Psychiatry and Law. He is Board Certified in many areas: 1) General Psychiatry, 2) Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 3) Addiction Psychiatry, 4) Forensic Psychiatry, and 5) Administrative Psychiatry. Dr. Looney has been selected for Fellowship in the major honorary organizations in American Psychiatry, and is President Elect of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry.

Dr. Looney’s primary interest is in the mental health of college students– helping them develop management skills to be successful in college. Out of that interest he developed the first alcohol and substance abuse program for young people in an academic division of child psychiatry in the United States.

Dr. Looney received Professor Emeritus status in 2015. In 2016, he was elected President of the Southern Psychiatric Association. He remains active at Duke and in the Department with his primary efforts being in the Consortium for the Study of The American College Student and Duke Forensic Psychiatry Associates. He does external consultation in his areas of interest.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2022

Contact Information

1558 Duke South Clinic, Blue Zone, Durham, NC 27710
Box 3313 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
john.looney@duke.edu (919) 684-6457
Duke Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment
Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists
Forensic Psychiatry
Psychiatry Profile
Video: Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment's Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- M.D., University of Texas at Dallas 1969
- B.M.S., Dartmouth College 1966
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2015 - 2022
- Professor in Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 2013 - 2016
- Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2013 - 2015
- Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 1986 - 2013
- Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Clinical Science Departments 1994 - 2013
- Chief, Division of Child Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 1986 - 1994
Expertise
Subject Headings
- Forensic Psychiatry
Global Scholarship
- Teaching
  - Spain (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Preventing Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Young People (PADAYP) awarded by Durham County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board 2020 - 2021
- Drug Abuse Treatment for Adolescents (DATA) awarded by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration 2003 - 2007
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Rush, Christina C., John F. Curry, and John G. Looney. “Alcohol expectancies and drinking behaviors among college students with disordered eating.” J Am Coll Health 64, no. 3 (2016): 195–204. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2015.1107837.
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  - Verhulst, J., R. Gardner, B. Sutton, J. Beahrs, J. Kerbeshian, J. Looney, A. Swann, and F. Wamboldt. “The social brain in clinical practice.” Psychiatric Annals 35, no. 10 (October 1, 2005): 803–11.
  - Bakker, C., R. Gardner, V. Koliatsos, J. Kerbeshian, J. G. Looney, B. Sutton, A. Swann, et al. “The social brain: A unifying foundation for psychiatry [1].” Academic Psychiatry 26, no. 3 (September 1, 2002): 219. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.26.3.219.
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  - Stone, L. A., J. G. Looney, I. Philips, M. Shafii, E. O. Poznanski, C. D. Barnes, G. Faretra, et al. “Position statement on school-based health clinics.” American Journal of Psychiatry 148, no. 6 (January 1, 1991): 820. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.148.6.820.
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  - Blotcky, M. J., T. L. Dimperio, A. D. Blotcky, and J. G. Looney. “A systems model for residential treatment of children.” Residential Treatment for Children and Youth 5, no. 1 (November 6, 1987): 55–66. https://doi.org/10.1300/J007v05n01_06.
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  - Oldham, D. G., J. Hebeler, D. Myers, D. A. Waller, F. Crumley, and J. G. Looney. “Child sexual abuse: recognition and response.” Tex Med 83, no. 10 (October 1987): 23–28.
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  - Looney, J. G., B. L. Howard, and R. K. Harding. “Homoclites revisited: the search for identification in hospitalized young adult patients.” Adolesc Psychiatry 14 (1987): 137–48.
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  - Looney, J. G. “Vertical integration of psychiatric services for youth: A theoretical assessment.” Administration in Mental Health 13, no. 3 (March 1, 1986): 202–11. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00819117.
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  - Looney, J. G., D. G. Oldham, L. Claman, F. E. Crumley, and D. A. Waller. “Suicide by adolescents.” Tex Med 81, no. 8 (August 1985): 45–49.
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  - Looney, J. G. “Research priorities in adolescent psychiatry: report of the committee on research of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry.” Adolesc Psychiatry 12 (1985): 104–14.
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  - Looney, J. G., W. Ellis, E. Benedek, and J. Schowalter. “Training in adolescent psychiatry for general psychiatry residents: elements of a model curriculum.” Adolesc Psychiatry 12 (1985): 94–114.
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  - Looney, J. G. “Treatment planning in child psychiatry.” J Am Acad Child Psychiatry 23, no. 5 (September 1984): 529–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-7138(09)60343-5.
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  - Blotcky, M. J., K. D. Grace, and J. G. Looney. “Treatment of adolescents in family therapy after divorce.” J Am Acad Child Psychiatry 23, no. 2 (March 1984): 222–25. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-198403000-00017.
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  - Looney, J. G., L. Claman, R. Moir, A. J. Costello, P. B. Henderson, and J. C. Steffek. “Data systems in child psychiatry: present status and future promise.” J Am Acad Child Psychiatry 23, no. 1 (January 1984): 99–104. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-198401000-00014.
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  - Looney, J. G., and J. M. Lewis. “Competent adolescents from different socioeconomic and ethnic contexts.” Adolesc Psychiatry 11 (1983): 64–74.
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  - Blotcky, M. J., J. C. Looney, and K. D. Grace. “Treatment of the adopted adolescent: involvement of the biologic mother.” J Am Acad Child Psychiatry 21, no. 3 (May 1982): 281–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-7138(09)60884-0.
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  - Looney, J. G., R. L. Spitzer, and M. R. Lipp. “Classifying psychosomatic disorders in DSM-III.” Psychosomatics 22, no. 1 (January 1981): 6–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0033-3182(81)73556-4.
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  - Blotcky, M. J., and J. G. Looney. “A psychotherapeutic approach to silent children.” Am J Psychother 34, no. 4 (October 1980): 487–95. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1980.34.4.487.
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  - Blotcky, M. J., I. Grossman, and J. G. Looney. “Psychogenic water intoxication: a fatality.” Tex Med 76, no. 1 (January 1980): 58–59.
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  - Blotcky, M. J., and J. G. Looney. “Normal female and male adolescent psychological development: an overview of theory and research.” Adolesc Psychiatry 8 (1980): 184–99.
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  - Looney, J. G., M. J. Blotcky, D. I. Carson, and J. T. Gossett. “A family-systems model for inpatient treatment of adolescents.” Adolesc Psychiatry 8 (1980): 499–511.
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  - Looney, J. G., R. K. Harding, M. J. Blotcky, and F. D. Barnhart. “Psychiatrists' transition from training to career: stress and mastery.” Am J Psychiatry 137, no. 1 (January 1980): 32–36. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.1.32.
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  - Oldham, D. G., J. G. Looney, and M. Blotcky. “Clinical assessment of symptoms in adolescents.” American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 50, no. 4 (1980): 697–703.
  - Looney, J. G., and E. K. Gunderson. “A longitudinal study of neurosis in young men.” Hosp Community Psychiatry 30, no. 7 (July 1979): 470–74. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.30.7.470.
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  - Looney, J., R. Rahe, R. Harding, H. Ward, and W. Liu. “Consulting to children in crisis.” Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 10, no. 1 (1979): 5–14. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01433633.
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  - Knesper, D. J., S. G. Landau, and J. G. Looney. “Psychiatric education in the emergency room: must teaching stop at 5 p.m.?” Hosp Community Psychiatry 29, no. 11 (November 1978): 723–27. https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.29.11.723.
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  - Looney, J., D. Oldham, and M. Blotcky. “Assessing psychologic symptoms in adolescents.” South Med J 71, no. 10 (October 1978): 1197–1202. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-197810000-00005.
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  - Looney, J. G., and E. K. Gunderson. “Transient situational disturbances: course and outcome.” Am J Psychiatry 135, no. 6 (June 1978): 660–63. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.6.660.
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  - Looney, J. G., M. R. Lipp, and R. L. Spitzer. “A new method of classification for psychophysiologic disorders.” Am J Psychiatry 135, no. 3 (March 1978): 304–8. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.3.304.
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  - Binder, J. L., J. Urist, and J. G. Looney. “The use of a ward's history in training psychiatric child care workers.” Child Care Quarterly 7, no. 1 (March 1, 1978): 21–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01642066.
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  - Rahe, R. H., J. G. Looney, H. W. Ward, T. M. Tung, and W. T. Liu. “Psychiatric consultation in a Vietnamese refugee camp.” Am J Psychiatry 135, no. 2 (February 1978): 185–90. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.135.2.185.
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  - Looney, J. G., D. H. Miller, and L. D. Zinn. “The management of pathological peer relationships in the treatment of hospitalized borderline adolescents.” Dis Nerv Syst 38, no. 9 (September 1977): 738–41.
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  - Harding, R. K., and J. G. Looney. “Problems of Southeast Asian children in a refugee camp.” Am J Psychiatry 134, no. 4 (April 1977): 407–11. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.134.4.407.
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  - Lipp, M. R., J. G. Looney, and R. L. Spitzer. “Classifying psychophysiologic disorders: a new idea.” Psychosom Med 39, no. 5 (1977): 285–87. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006842-197709000-00001.
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  - Looney, J. G., J. M. Goffman, and E. K. Gunderson. “Prognosis for psychophysiologic disorders in the naval service.” J Psychosom Res 20, no. 2 (1976): 151–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-3999(76)90042-8.
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  - Looney, J. G., S. J. Engleberg, R. O. Gode, and D. J. Knesper. “The psychiatric chief residency: a preliminary training experience in administrative process.” Am J Psychiatry 132, no. 7 (July 1975): 729–33. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.132.7.729.
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  - Krohn, A., D. Miller, and J. Looney. “Flight from autonomy: problems of social change on an adolescent inpatient unit.” Psychiatry 37, no. 4 (November 1974): 360–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.1974.11023821.
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  - Krohn, A., D. Miller, and J. Looney. “Flight from autonomy: problems of social change on an adolescent inpatient unit.” Psychiatry 37, no. 4 (1974): 360–71.
  - Miller, D., and J. Looney. “The prediction of adolescent homicide: episodic dyscontrol and dehumanization.” Am J Psychoanal 34, no. 3 (1974): 187–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01249989.
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  - Miller, D., and J. Looney. “The prediction of adolescent homicide: episodic dyscontrol and dehumanization.” American Journal of Psychoanalysis 34, no. 3 (1974): 187–98.

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Education, Training, & Certifications

Previous Appointments & Affiliations

Subject Headings

Global Scholarship

Teaching

Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles