Dr. Roxanne Dryden-Edwards is an adult, child, and adolescent
psychiatrist. She is a former Chair of the Committee on
Developmental Disabilities for the American Psychiatric
Association, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins
Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and Medical Director of the
National Center for Children and Families in Bethesda, Maryland.
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic
Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of
Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational
background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the
University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North
Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology
at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship
training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology. To
diagnose schizophrenia, one has first to rule out any medical
illness that may be the actual cause of the behavioral changes.
Once medical causes have been looked