ABSTRACT

James P. Comer, M.D. is a Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale University Child Study Center. He has been a researcher, consultant, and advisor to programs serving children and adolescents nationwide and internationally. He is the author of Maggie’s American Dream and co-author of Raising Black Children. He has won numerous awards, most recently the prestigious 1996 Heinz Award for Service to Humanity.