About the Author
Mary Nord Cook, MD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Colorado School of Medicine, and former Medical Director of Outpatient Services for the Department of Psychiatry at the Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHCO). She specializes in working with families having children/teens diagnosed with Disruptive Behavior and Mood Disorders. She has authored books, chapters, review articles, and contributed to the AACAP Practice Parameters on family interventions. Dr. Cook received her doctoral degree (medicine) from Wayne State University. She completed her general psychiatry residency at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA, and her child fellowship training at the University of California, San Diego.