Civil commitment and the mental health care continuum: Historical trends and principles for law and practice.

Jeffrey Swanson is Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine. Swanson holds a PhD in sociology from Yale University. He is a social scientist researcher who collaborates across disciplines to build evidence for interventions, policies and laws to improve outcomes for adults with serious mental illnesses in the community, and to reduce firearm-related violence and suicide.

The Global Health Law and Policy Symposium, held at Duke Law School on Nov. 6, 2015, featured keynote speaker Professor Benjamin Mason Meier, a Scholar at Georgetown Law School's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and a Faculty Fellow at UNC's Institute for Global Health and Infectious Disease. The event also featured two panel discussions on lessons from the recent Ebola outbreak and human rights issues in global health governance. Panelists include Dr. Chris Woods, Dr. Cameron R. Wolfe, Prof. Jerome Reichman, Dr. Michael H. Merson, Prof.

The Global Health Law and Policy Symposium, held at Duke Law School on Nov. 6, 2015, featured keynote speaker Professor Benjamin Mason Meier, a Scholar at Georgetown Law School's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and a Faculty Fellow at UNC's Institute for Global Health and Infectious Disease. The event also featured two panel discussions on lessons from the recent Ebola outbreak and human rights issues in global health governance. Panelists include Dr. Chris Woods, Dr. Cameron R. Wolfe, Prof., Dr. Sulzhan Bali, Dr. Michael H. Merson, Prof.