Donna M. Sudak, MD, is a clinician educator with nearly twenty-five years of experience in teaching and patient care, including ten years of experience as a psychiatry residency-training director at Drexel University College of Medicine (DUCOM). Dr. Sudak is on the Speakers Bureau at the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research. She is the current President of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy, the editor of the PIPE examination, and serves on multiple national committees in ABCT and AADPRT.
Perhaps the most valuable aspect of the book, though, are the guidelines for collaborative care and the professional socialization provided as to how important it is for providers to establish trust and communicate well. There is a good discussion of how to set up collaborative relationships and of the kinds of information and policies that providers should share. ( PsycCRITIQUES , Volume 56, Issue 51)