DIANE T. MARSH, PhD, chairs the American Psychological Association Task Force on Serious Mental Illness and Serious Emotional Disturbance and is Professor of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg.
MARY A. FRISTAD, PhD, ABPP, is a member of the Task Force and Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at Ohio State University.
Both have published extensively on professional practice with children and adolescents who have early-onset mental illness and with their families.