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EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS

James Alexander

University of Utah

Harlene Anderson

Houston, TX

Joan D. Atwood

Hofstra University

Charles P. Barnard

University of Wisconsin-Stout

W. Robert Beavers

Southwest Family Institute, Dallas

Anna Beth Benningfield

Dallas, TX

Jeffrey J. Block

Baltimore, MD

Barry Bricklin

Widener University

William L. Buchanan

Gainesville, GA

Glenn Ross Caddy

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Jon Carlson

Lake Geneva W ellness Clinic, WI

James W. Croake

U. of S. Alabama Medical School

William J. Doherty

University of Minnesota

Ralph H. Earle

Scottsdale, AZ

Leslie L. Feinauer

Brigham Y oung University

Richard A. Gardner

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Irene Goldenberg

Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA

Eugene Goldin

Long Island University / C.W. P ost Campus, Brookville, NY

Henry Grunebaum

Harvard Medical School and Cambridge Hospital

Michele Harway

California Family Study Ctr

Michael F. Hoyt

Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers, San Raphael, C A

Karin B. Jordan

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Florence W. Kaslow

Florida Couples & Family Institute, West Palm Beach, FL

Nadine J. Kaslow

Emory University

Hillary Katz

Philadelphia, PA

Sandra R. Leiblum

U. of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ

Ronald F. Levant

University of Akron, Akron, OH

David L. Levy

Children’s Rights Council, DC

Jerry M. Lewis

Timberlawn Psych. Hospital and University

of Texas Health Sciences Center

Demosthenes Lorandos

Ann Arb or , M I

Arthur Mandelbaum

Menninger Foundation

Howard J. Markman

University of Denver

Peter E. Maynard

University of Rhode Island

Mark Mays

University of Washington Medical School

Richard H. Mikesell

Washington, DC

David H. Olson

University of Minnesota

Daniel R. Panitz

Hope Internatio nal Ministrie s

Terry Patterson

University of San Francisco

Frank S. Pittman

Emory University

Clifford J. Sager

NY Hospital-Cornell Medical Center

Sylvia Shellenberger

Mercer U. School of Medicine

Douglas K. Snyder

Texas A&M University

Henry I. Spitz

Columbia U. Presbyterian Medical Center

M. Duncan Stanton

Louisville, KY

John P. Vincent

University of Houston

Richard Warshack

Dallas, TX

Robert L. Weiss

University of Oregon

Robert Woody

University of Nebraska-Omaha

Everett L. Worthington, Jr.

Virginia Commonwealth University

BOOK REVIEWS Rebecca A. Jones

Georgia School of Professional Psychology, Atlanta, GA

CONTINUING EDUCATION AND TRAINING Ian Alger

Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Bronx Psychiatric Center

FAMILY BEHA VIORAL M EDICINE AND HEALTH Len Sperry

Medical College of Wisconsin

FAMIL Y MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES Dennis A. Bagarozzi

Atlanta, GA

JOURNAL FILE Amy Baker

New Y ork Fou ndling Hospital, NY , NY

SPECIAL TOPICS David M. Summers

Clearwater, FL

Collette C. Summers

Clearwater, FL

DEPARTMENT EDITORS INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENT

Editor: Luciano L’Abate

Georgia State University

Consultants: Adela G. Garcia

Argent ina

Max Cornwell

Aust rali a

Elsa A. Broder

Canada

A. C. Robin Skynner

Englan d

Basilique Papadimitriou

Greece

Daniel T. L. Shek

Hong Kong

Zwi Hoch

Israe l

Maurizio Andolfi

Italy

Koji Suzuki

Japan

Alfred Lange

Nethe rland s

Thomas Gehring

Switzerland

Helm Stierlin

West Germany

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S. Richard Sauber, Founding Editor,

The American Journal of Family Therapy

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Boca Raton, Florida

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF JOURNAL ADVISOR

Daniel L. Araoz, Founding Editor,