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Jeffrey S Forrest, MD Staff Psychiatrist, Orange County Health Care Agency

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Colleen A Kraft, MD, FAAP Medical Director, Health Network by Cincinnati Children’s, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Colleen A Kraft, MD, FAAP is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, Academic Pediatric Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association for Physician Leadership, American Medical Association, Medical Society of Virginia

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Caroly Pataki, MD Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine

Caroly Pataki, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Academy of Sciences, Physicians for Social Responsibility

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Edwin S Rogers, PhD, ABPP Clinical Psychologist, Director of Behavioral Medicine Fellowship, Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine

Edwin S Rogers, PhD, ABPP is a member of the following medical societies: Association for Behavioral Science and Medical Education, North American Primary Care Research Group, and Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

Disclosure: Nothing to disclose. Steven L Spalding, MD Staff Physician, Family Medicine, Norton Community Medical Associates

Steven L Spalding, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Medical Association, and American Psychiatric Association

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Mary L Windle, PharmD Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape Drug Reference

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