Thomas E. Allen - A Primer on Mental Disorders. A Guide for Educators, Families, and Students

We wish to thank the individuals who contributed to this work:

Eloise Liberty, for her tireless efforts and dedicated production work in collaboration with the authors; Marilyn Mattsson, whose extensive editorial background in psychological and psychiatric publications provided expertise above and beyond that of the authors; Carol Allen, for untold behind-the-scenes advocacy and support work; Carolyn Weaver, for high-quality indexing; Anne Fredenburg Dolan, for initial direction on the formatting of content for both educators and the adolescent reader; Vivia Chang, for providing insight into the use of the book by school counselors and advisors; Patricia Ann Martin, Ed.D., Director, Education for Health and Wellness, Johns Hopkins University, for adding resources pertinent to high school and college students and their families; and Mary Park, President, Information Consultancy, Production Editor of this book and author of appendix D, for coordination and support among all of the above mentioned, and for advice and development of valuable content in the area of electronic resources in the appendixes. Mary has been invaluableher commitment and quiet, gentle, thoughtful manner and wisdom helped solve many knotty problems and made the work more enjoyable than it otherwise would have been. We are very grateful and indebted to her.

Thomas E . Allen
Mayer C. Liebman
Lee Crandall Park
William C. Wimmer