PSYC 809
Child-Adolescent Clinical
Fall 2026 · Child-Adolescent Clinical Psychology
Topics
- Mental disorders
- Anxiety
- Epidemiology
- Psychopathology
- Learning
- Development
Readings
- Required: American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.): Text revision (DSM-5-TR). American Psychiatric Publications. *Referred to as DSM in the Course Timeline below.
- Required: The full DSM is available online by following this link: https://dsm-psychiatryonline- org.proxy.queensu.ca/doi/book/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787
- Additional Readings Additional readings include empirical articles, review papers, and book chapters. (see Reading List below).
- Additional: The reading list contains several chapters.
- Additional: Course Fee Statement Course Textbook: Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders Edition Acceptable: 5th edition, Text revision (i.e., DSM-5-TR) Publisher: American Psychiatric Association
- Listed material: and Behavioral Practice; Thomassin and Hunsley, 2019). (see onQ for more details)
- Listed material: Week 1 Sept. 8 Introduction and Scope McGorry et al.
- Listed material: Sept. 11* Beyond Diagnostic Categories Maddux et al. Week 2 Sept. 15* Developmental Psychopathology Hayden & Mash Cicchetti & Rogosch
- Listed material: Sept. 18* Racism and Intersectionality Kollins et al. Buchanan et al. Week 3 Sept. 22* Depressive Disorders 1
Winter 2025 · Child-Adolescent Clinical Psychology
Topics
- and on models of science-informed case conceptualization presented in class and in the readings
- Mental disorders
- Anxiety
- Epidemiology
- Psychopathology
- Learning
- Development
Readings
- Required: American Psychiatric Association. (2022). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.): Text revision (DSM-5-TRTM). American Psychiatric Publications. *Referred to as DSM in the Course Timeline below.
- Required: The full DSM is available online by following this link: https://dsm-psychiatryonline- org.proxy.queensu.ca/doi/book/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787
- Additional Readings Additional readings include empirical articles, review papers, and book chapters. (see Reading List below).
- Additional: The reading list contains several chapters.
- Listed material: Jan. 6 Introduction and Scope McGorry et al. Jan. 8* Beyond Diagnostic Categories Maddux et al. Jan. 13* Developmental Psychopathology Hayden & Mash Cicchetti & Rogosch Jan. 15* Racism and Intersectionality Kollins et al. Buchanan et al. Jan. 20 Case Conceptualization Thomassin & Hunsley Jan. 22* Depressive Disorders 1
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Fall 2026
- Syllabus / course outline ↗Winter 2025