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43
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4420
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2110

Richard A. Van Dorn publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard A. Van Dorn sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 167 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Richard A. Van Dorn D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Richard A. Van Dorn sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 43 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Richard A. Van Dorn was affiliated with Policy Research Associates in the United States. Their research primarily focused on areas within psychology and medicine, with a particular concentration in clinical psychology and psychiatry and mental health. Their work also extended into public health, environmental and occupational health, health, and sociology and political science.

The main topics addressed in their research included:

  • Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Crime Patterns and Interventions
  • Psychometric Methodologies and Testing

Richard A. Van Dorn contributed to multiple publications, with a total of six papers spanning journals and institutional repositories. Recent papers included:

  • "Psychometric Properties of the MacArthur Community Violence Screening Instrument," 2020, published in the International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
  • "Estimation of Latent Variable Scores with Multiple Group Item Response Models: Implications for Integrative Data Analysis," 2020, published in Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal
  • "Clinical and Social Functioning Outcomes of Assisted Outpatient Treatment: Results From a Multisite Evaluation," 2025, published in Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice
  • "Reducing Barriers to Completing Psychiatric Advance Directives," 2020, published by UNC Libraries
  • "Psychiatric Advance Directives and Social Workers: An Integrative Review," 2020, published by UNC Libraries

Frequent co-authors in their work included:

  • Sarah L. Desmarais
  • Marvin S. Swartz
  • Kevin J. Grimm
  • Stephen Tueller
  • Kiersten L. Johnson

Richard A. Van Dorn's work was frequently published in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • International Journal of Forensic Mental Health
  • Structural Equation Modeling A Multidisciplinary Journal
  • Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice

Best Publications

  • A National Study of Violent Behavior in Persons With Schizophrenia

    Jeffrey W. Swanson;Marvin S. Swartz;Richard A. Van Dorn;Eric B. Elbogen

  • Risk factors for violence in psychosis: Systematic review and meta-regression analysis of 110 studies

    Katrina Gisela Witt;Richard van Dorn;Seena Fazel

  • Mental disorder and violence: is there a relationship beyond substance use?

    Richard Van Dorn;Jan Volavka;Norman Johnson

  • Facilitated Psychiatric Advance Directives: A Randomized Trial of an Intervention to Foster Advance Treatment Planning Among Persons with Severe Mental Illness

    Jeffrey W. Swanson;Marvin S. Swartz;Eric B. Elbogen;Richard A. Van Dorn

  • Comparison of antipsychotic medication effects on reducing violence in people with schizophrenia

    Jeffrey W. Swanson;Marvin S. Swartz;Richard A. Van Dorn;Jan Volavka

  • Alternative Pathways to Violence in Persons with Schizophrenia: The Role of Childhood Antisocial Behavior Problems

    Jeffrey W. Swanson;Richard A. Van Dorn;Marvin S. Swartz;Alicia Smith

  • Community Violence Perpetration and Victimization Among Adults With Mental Illnesses

    Sarah L. Desmarais;Richard A. Van Dorn;Kiersten L. Johnson;Kevin J. Grimm

  • Substance use in persons with schizophrenia: baseline prevalence and correlates from the NIMH CATIE study.

    Marvin S. Swartz;H. Ryan Wagner;Jeffrey W. Swanson;T. Scott Stroup

  • A comparison of stigmatizing attitudes toward persons with schizophrenia in four stakeholder groups : Perceived likelihood of violence and desire for social distance

    Richard A. Van Dorn;Jeffrey W. Swanson;Eric B. Elbogen;Marvin S. Swartz

  • Psychiatric advance directives and reduction of coercive crisis interventions

    Jeffrey W. Swanson;Marvin S. Swartz;Eric B. Elbogen;Richard A. Van Dorn

  • Measurement of predictive validity in violence risk assessment studies: a second-order systematic review

    Jay P. Singh;Sarah L. Desmarais;Richard A. Van Dorn

  • Psychiatric advance directives among public mental health consumers in five U.S. cities: prevalence, demand, and correlates

    Jeffrey Swanson;Marvin Swartz;Joelle Ferron;Eric Elbogen

  • Treatment engagement and violence risk in mental disorders.

    Eric B. Elbogen;Richard A. Van Dorn;Jeffrey W. Swanson;Marvin S. Swartz

  • Treatment adherence in schizophrenia : A patient-level meta-analysis of combined CATIE and EUFEST studies

    Pál Czobor;Richard A. Van Dorn;Leslie Citrome;Rene S. Kahn

  • Teachers' perspectives of children's mental health service needs in urban elementary schools

    James Herbert Williams;Violet E. Horvath;Hsi-Sheng Wei;Richard A. Van Dorn

  • Assessing Outcomes for Consumers in New York's Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program

    Marvin S. Swartz;Christine M. Wilder;Jeffrey W. Swanson;Richard A. Van Dorn

  • Risk and protective factors in the development of delinquency and conduct disorder

    M Arthur;Richard Van Dorn;Charles Ayers;James Williams

  • Preventing and De-escalating Aggressive Behavior Among Adult Psychiatric Patients: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

    Bradley Neil Gaynes;Carrie L. Brown;Linda J. Lux;Kimberly A Brownley

  • From Risk Assessment to Risk Management: Matching Interventions to Adolescent Offenders' Strengths and Vulnerabilities.

    Jay P. Singh;Sarah L. Desmarais;Brian G. Sellers;Tatiana Hylton

  • Clinical Decision Making and Views About Psychiatric Advance Directives

    Eric B. Elbogen;Marvin S. Swartz;Richard Van Dorn;Jeffrey W. Swanson

  • Correction: Risk Factors for Violence in Psychosis: Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis of 110 Studies

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  • Effects of Outpatient Treatment on Risk of Arrest of Adults With Serious Mental Illness and Associated Costs

    Richard A. Van Dorn;Sarah L. Desmarais;John Petrila;Diane Haynes

Frequent Co-Authors

Marvin S. Swartz
Marvin S. Swartz Duke University
Jeffrey W. Swanson
Jeffrey W. Swanson Duke University
Sarah L. Desmarais
Sarah L. Desmarais North Carolina State University
Eric B. Elbogen
Eric B. Elbogen Duke University
John Monahan
John Monahan University of Virginia
Kevin J. Grimm
Kevin J. Grimm Arizona State University
Jan Volavka
Jan Volavka New York University
Henry J. Steadman
Henry J. Steadman Policy Research Associates
John Petrila
John Petrila University of South Florida
Ross Andel
Ross Andel University of South Florida

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