Biography     

Richard Van Dorn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy. Dr. Van Dorn received his Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from Washington University in St. Louis and his Doctor of Philosophy degree, with Distinction, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Van Dorn was awarded two predoctoral research fellowships; the National Institute of Health, through a National Research Service Award supported Dr. Van Dorn’s research at the Carolina Consortium on Human Development at the University of North Carolina and he was a Spencer Fellow in Education Policy Research at Duke University. Dr. Van Dorn also held a two year appointment as a National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral fellow in Mental Health Services and Systems Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical School.

Recent Publications

Van Dorn, R.A., Swanson, J.W., Swartz. M.S., Ferron, J., & Elbogen, E.B. (In-Press). Reducing barriers to completing psychiatric advance directives. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research.

Swanson, J.W., Van Dorn, R.A., Swartz, M.S., Smith, A., Elbogen, E., & Monahan, J. (2008). Alternative pathways to violence in persons with schizophrenia: The role of childhood conduct problems. Law and Human Behavior, 32(3), 228-240.

Swanson, J.W., Swartz, M.S., Van Dorn, R.A., Volavka, J., Monahan, J., Stroup, T.S., McEvoy, J.P., Wagner, H.R., Elbogen, E.B., & Lieberman, J.A. (2008). Effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs for reducing violence in persons with chronic schizophrenia: Findings from the NIMH CATIE study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 193, 37-43.

Swanson, J.W., Van Dorn, R.A., Monahan, J., & Swartz, M.S. (2006). Violence and leveraged community treatment for persons with mental disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 163, 1404-1411.

Swanson, J.W., Swartz, M.S., Van Dorn, R.A., Elbogen, E.B., & Wagner, H.R., Rosenheck, R.A., Stroup, T.S., McEvoy, J.P., & Lieberman, J.A. (2006). A national study of violent behavior in persons with schizophrenia. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63, 490-499.

Van Dorn, R.A., Swartz, M.S., Elbogen, E.B., Swanson, J.W., Kim, M., & Ferron, J., McDaniel, L.A., & Scheyett, A.M. (2006). Clinicians’ attitudes regarding barriers to the implementation of psychiatric advance directives. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 33, 449-460.

Van Dorn, R.A., Elbogen, E.B., Redlich, A.D., Swanson, J.W., Swartz, M.S., & Mustillo, S. (2006). The relationship between mandated community treatment and perceived barriers to care in persons with severe mental illness. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 29, 495-506.

Van Dorn, R.A., Swartz, M.S., Elbogen, E.B., & Swanson, J.W. (2005). Consumer perspectives on the fairness and effectiveness of the use of leverages for mental health treatment. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 4(2), 119-133.

Van Dorn, R.A., Swanson, J.W., Elbogen, E.B., & Swartz, M.S. (2005). A comparison of stigmatizing attitudes toward persons with schizophrenia in four stakeholder groups: Perceived likelihood of violence and desire for social distance. Psychiatry, 68(2), 152-163.