About the Authors

Renee R. Taylor, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist at DePaul University who currently serves as the Principal Investigator of a chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) research and demonstration project. She has been working in the field of chronic fatigue syndrome research and intervention for over 8 years and has published over 30 articles on this subject.

Fred Friedberg, PhD, is a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry in the Division of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Dr. Friedberg has authored two previous books on CFS and has written articles on CFS and fibromyalgia for a number of professional journals.

Leonard A. Jason, PhD, is a professor of psychology at DePaul University. He has written or edited 14 books, and published over 310 articles and 45 chapters on chronic fatigue syndrome; preventive school-based interventions; the prevention of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse; media interventions; and program evaluation. He received the 1997 CSN ACTION Champion Award from the Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America. Dr. Jason has received grants from NIH to study the epidemiology and treatment of CFS.