Biographical Sketch of Guest Editors: Susan G. Lazar and Frank Elton Yeomans

Susan G. Lazar, M.D. has been systematically reviewing the medical literature, writing, and speaking on the topic of the cost-effectiveness of all kinds of psychotherapy since 1993 when she served as a consultant to Tipper Gore's Mental Health Work Group of the White House Task Force for National Health Care Reform. She edited and coauthored the 2010 volume Psychotherapy Is Worth It: A Comprehensive Review of Its Cost-Effectiveness with The Committee on Psychotherapy of the Group for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, which she served as Chair. Many other publications include coauthoring a 1997 cover article in The American Journal of Psychiatry, “The Economic Impact of Psychotherapy: A Review.” She also edited and coauthored a special issue of the journal Psychoanalytic Inquiry in 1997, “Extended Dynamic Psychotherapy: Making the Case in an Era of Managed Care.” Dr. Lazar is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine, George Washington University School of Medicine, The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, and Supervising and Training Analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. She served as the American Psychoanalytic Association's Visiting Woman Scholar in 2010.

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Frank Elton Yeomans, M.D., Ph.D. is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Director of Training at the Personality Disorders Institute of Weill-Cornell, Adjunct Associate Professor at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, Director of the Personality Studies Institute, and Honorary Member of the American Psychoanalytic Association. Dr. Yeomans has helped establish training programs for psychodynamic therapy of personality disorders internationally. He has authored and coauthored numerous articles and books, including A Primer on Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for the Borderline Patient,