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Task Force on Serious Mental Illness and Serious Emotional Disturbance

The Task Force on Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) was established in 1994 by the APA Council of Representatives.

The goals of the Task Force include:

  • Defining and supporting the unique contributions of psychologists in working with these populations within the changing mental health marketplace;
  • Making recommendations to CAPP concerning practice, research, and training issues in the treatment of SMI and SED;
  • Strengthening relationships with consumer groups, family groups, and other advocacy groups;
  • Identifying ways that psychologists can function most effectively in treating individuals with SMI and SED in organized systems of care;
  • Finding ways to emphasize and publicize to the public the fact that psychologists have major contributions to make in the recovery process for individuals diagnosed with SMI and SED; and
  • Identifying practical community-based alternatives to institutionalization.

Staff Liaisons

  • Daniel J. Abrahamson, PhD (email)
  • Susan Lazaroff, JD (email)

Members

Jennifer Snyder, PhD, Chair (20011-2013)
Adult Acute Unit
Central Regional Hospital
300 Veazey Road
Butner, NC 27509

Susan McCammon, PhD, Chair-Elect (2011-2015)

Charles Faltz, PhD (2012)
Steven Genden, PhD (2012)
Shirley M. Glynn, PhD (2013)
Bruce Graunke, PhD (2013)
Robert W. Johnson, PhD
Karen Kangas, EdD (2013)
Linda K. Knauss, PhD (2013)
Victor A Molinari, PhD, ABPP (2014) 
William A. Newbill, PhD (2013)
Susan A. Pickett, PhD
Sandra G Resnick, PhD (2012)
Linda M. Richardson, PhD
Sandra Wilkniss, PhD  (2012)

Additional Resources

APA Convention 2010, Symposium: Serious Mental Illness — Emerging Interventions and New Training Models for Psychologists