Medical Family Therapy and Integrated Care

Susan H. McDaniel, PhD, is the Dr. Laurie Sands Distinguished Professor of Families & Health, the director of the Institute for the Family in the Department of Psychiatry, associate chair of the Department of Family Medicine, and the director of the Patient- and Family-Centered Care Physician Coaching Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center, where she has been since beginning her career in 1980. Her career is dedicated to integrating mental/behavioural health into health care. Dr. McDaniel is the author of numerous journal articles and 13 books, translated into eight languages. She was coeditor of Families, Systems & Health for 12 years, and is now an associate editor of American Psychologist.William J. Doherty, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota, where he directs the Minnesota Couples on the Brink Project and the Citizen Professional Center. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health.Jeri Hepworth, PhD, is a family therapist, and professor and vice-chair of family medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She has taught family physicians, and primary care, psychiatry, and mental health clinicians for more than 30 years, with a focus on collaboration and team development. Dr. Hepworth's scholarly activity has focused on families and health with expertise in psychosocial issues in medicine, and integrating behavioural health into primary care. Among her publications, she is coauthor of three books: Medical Family Therapy, The Shared Experience of Illness, and Family Oriented Primary Care.