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Michele Easter

Michele Easter

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry
michele.easter@duke.edu
DUMC 102505, Durham, NC 27705
6th Floor Box #11 DUMC Box 102505, Durham, NC 27705

Featured Works

Informing Federal Policy on Firearm Restrictions for Veterans with Fiduciaries: Risk Indicators in the Post-Deployment Mental Health Study.

Journal article Adm Policy Ment Health · July 2018 Featured Publication This article examines the public safety rationale for a federal policy of prohibiting gun sales to veterans with psychiatric disabilities who are assigned a fiduciary to manage their benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The policy was evaluate ... Full text Link to item Cite

Medication-Assisted Treatment for Alcohol-Dependent Adults With Serious Mental Illness and Criminal Justice Involvement: Effects on Treatment Utilization and Outcomes.

Journal article Am J Psychiatry · July 1, 2018 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: Adults with serious mental illness and comorbid alcohol dependence are at high risk for both high utilization of crisis-driven health care services and criminal justice involvement. Evidence-based medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for alcohol ... Full text Link to item Cite

Associations between pharmacotherapy for opioid dependence and clinical and criminal justice outcomes among adults with co-occurring serious mental illness.

Journal article J Subst Abuse Treat · March 2018 Featured Publication Adults suffering from a serious mental illness (SMI) and a substance use disorder are at especially high risk for poor clinical outcomes and also arrest and incarceration. Pharmacotherapies for treating opioid dependence could be a particularly important m ... Full text Link to item Cite

Facilitation of Psychiatric Advance Directives by Peers and Clinicians on Assertive Community Treatment Teams.

Journal article Psychiatr Serv · July 1, 2017 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: Psychiatric advance directives (PADs) provide a legal mechanism for competent adults to document care preferences and authorize a surrogate to make treatment decisions. In a controlled research setting, an evidence-based intervention, the facili ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Implementation and effectiveness of connecticut's risk-based gun removal law: Does it prevent suicides?

Journal article Law and Contemporary Problems · January 1, 2017 Featured Publication Cite

Gun Violence, Mental Illness, And Laws That Prohibit Gun Possession: Evidence From Two Florida Counties.

Journal article Health Aff (Millwood) · June 1, 2016 Featured Publication Gun violence kills about ninety people every day in the United States, a toll measured in wasted and ruined lives and with an annual economic price tag exceeding $200 billion. Some policy makers suggest that reforming mental health care systems and improvi ... Full text Link to item Cite

"Not all my fault": genetics, stigma, and personal responsibility for women with eating disorders.

Journal article Soc Sci Med · October 2012 Featured Publication Medical researchers and clinicians increasingly understand and present eating disorders (anorexia and bulimia nervosa) as biologically-based psychiatric disorders, with genetic risk factors established by high heritability estimates in twin studies. But th ... Full text Link to item Cite