ABSTRACT
Introduction by Richard L.Goldman I’d like to welcome everyone and I am gratified by tonight’s attendance. Tonight’s topic is extremely relevant, controversial, and misunderstood. To educate us, we are extremely fortunate to have as our speaker, Dennis P. Cantwell, M.D. who is the Joseph Campbell Professor of Child Psychiatry at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Neuropsychiatric Institute. Dr. Cantwell was a member of the American Association on Mental Deficiency Task Force on Classification of Mental Retardation as well as on the task forces to develop DSM-III, DSM-III-R and DSM-IV. He is the author of numerous journal articles, book chapters and books such as Fundamentals of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. His accomplishments as a clinician, teacher, reseracher, and administrator have been recognized by his receipt of several prestigious awards, honors and prizes, including the American Psychiatric Association Award for Research in Psychiatry.
