Required Texts and Readings:
Week 1 - Introduction to the Course; Theories & Causes of Child Psychopathology
- Syllabus Review Study Hints
- Diagnostic Formulation
- Peverill, M., Dirks, M. A., Narvaja, T., Herts, K. L., Comer, J. S., & McLaughlin, K. A. (2021). Socioeconomic status and child psychopathology in the United States: A meta-analysis of population-based studies. Clinical Psychology Review, 83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101933
Week 2 - Assessment, Diagnosis & Treatment
- Mash & Barkley. (2014). Child psychopathology. Ch 1: Child Psychopathology: A Developmental Systems Perspective
Week 3 - ADHD* Spotlight: Behavioral Inhibition and Executive Functioning Deficits
Week 4 - Conduct Problems* Spotlight: Parenting- Warmth, Consistent Discipline, and Monitoring
- Mash & Barkley. (2014). Child psychopathology. Ch. 3: Conduct and Oppositional Defiant Disorders.
- DSM-5-TR. (2022). Disruptive, Impulse-Control, and Conduct Disorders p. 521-541
- Kimonis, E. R., Fanti, K., Goldweber, A., Marsee, M. A., FrickP. J., & Cauffman, E. (2014). Callous-unemotional traits in incarcerated adolescents. Psychological Assessment, 26(1), 227-237. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0034585
- Sharf, A., Kimonis, E. R., & Howard, A. (2014). Negative life events and posttraumatic stress disorder among incarcerated boys with calous-unemotional traits. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 36(3), 401- 414. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-013-9404-z
Week 5 - Substance Use Disorders* Spotlight: Peer and Neighborhood Influences
- Mash & Barkley (2014). Child psychopathology. Ch. 4: Adolescent Substance Use Disorders
- DSM-5-TR. (2022). Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders p. 543-665. NOTE: You only need to know Substance *Use* Disorder criteria, and NOT Intoxication or Withdrawal criteria.
- Andrabi, N., Khoddam, R, & Leventhal, A.M. (2017). Socioeconomic disparities in adolescent substance use: Role of enjoyable alternative substance-free activities. Social Science & Medicine, 176, 175-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.12.032
- Grant & Dawson (1998). Age of onset of drug use and its association with DSM-IV drug abuse and dependence: Results from the National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic Survey. Journal of Substance Abuse, 10, 163-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0899-3289(99)80131-X
- Mason, M.J., Zaharakis, N.M., Rusby, J.C., Westling, E., Light, J.M., Mennis, J., & Flay, B. R. (2017). A longitudinal study predicting adolescent tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use by behavioral characteristics of close friends. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 31(6), 712-720. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000299
- van Draanen, J., Jamula, R., Karamouzian, M., Mitra, S., & Richardson, L. (2023). Pathways connecting socioeconomic marginalization and overdose: A qualitative narrative synthesis. International Journal of Drug Policy, 114, 103971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.103971
Week 6 - Mood & Bipolar Disorders* Spotlight: Behavioral Activation and Cognitive Distortions
- Mash & Barkley (2014). Child psychopathology. Ch. 5: Child & Adolescent Depression.
- DSM-5-TR. (2022). Depressive & Bipolar Disorders p. 139-214 and p. 822
- Burkhouse, K. L., Uhrlass, D. J., Stone, L. B., Knopik, V. S., & Gibb, B. E. (2012). Expressed emotion-criticism and risk of depression onset in children. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 41(6), 771–777. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2012.703122
- Hankin, B. L. (2012). Future directions in vulnerability to depression among youth: Integrating risk factors and processes across multiple levels of analysis. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 41(5), 695-718, https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2012.711708
Week 7 - Self-Injury and Suicide Spotlight: Emotional Dysregulation and Distress Tolerance
- Mash & Barkley. (2014). Child psychopathology. Ch. 7: Suicidal and Nonsuicidal Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors
- Reed, D., & Adams, R. D. (2020). Risk and protective factors specific to African American youth and adolescents: A systematic review. Journal of Family Strengths, 20(2), article 5. https://doi.org/10.58464/2168-670X.1435
- Guz, S., Kattari, S.K., Atteberry-Ash, B., Klemmer, C.L., Call, J., & Kattari, L. (2020). Depression and suicide risk at the cross-section of sexual orientation and gender identity for youth. Journal of Adolescent Health, 68(2). 317-323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.06.008
- Wallace, G. T., & Conner, B. T. (2024). Longitudinal panel networks of risk and protective factors for early adolescent suicidality in the ABCD sample. Development and Psychopathology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579424001597
Week 9 - Anxiety Disorders* Spotlight: Sense of Control, Avoidance & Parent Accommodations
- Mash & Barkley. (2014). Child psychopathology. Ch. 8: Childhood Anxiety Disorders
- DSM-5-TR. (2022). Anxiety Disorders p. 215-261
- Burgers, D. E., & Drabick, D. A. (2016). Community violence exposure and generalized anxiety symptoms: Does executive functioning serve a moderating role among low income, urban youth? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44(8), 1543- 1557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-016-0144-x
- Chorpita, B.F., Albano, A.M., & Barlow, D.H. (1996). Cognitive processing in children: Relation to anxiety and family influences. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 25, 170-176. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15374424jccp2502_5
- Alegria, M, Shrout, PE, Canino, G, Alvarez, K, Wang, Y… Duarte, C. (2019). The effect of minority status and social context on the development of depression and anxiety: A longitudinal study of Puerto Rican descent youth. World Psychiatry, 18, 298-307. https://doi.org/10.1002/wps.20671
Week 10 - Trauma & PTSD
- Mash & Barkley. (2014). Child psychopathology. Ch. 10: Childhood PTSD
- DSM-5-TR. (2022). Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders p. 295-328
- Kerig, P., & Becker, S. (2010). From internalizing to externalizing: Theoretical models of the processes linking PTSD to juvenile delinquency. In S. J. Egan (Ed.), Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): Causes, symptoms and treatment (pp. 33-78). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
- La Greca, A. M., Lai, B. S., Joormann, J., Auslander, B. B., & Short, M. A. (2013). Children’s risk and resilience following a natural disaster: Genetic vulnerability, posttraumatic stress, and depression. Journal of Affective Disorders, 151(3), 860-867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2013.07.024
Week 11 - DIAGNOSTIC VIGNETTE ASSIGNMENT - To be completed in class (on campus)
Week 12 - Eating Disorders* Spotlight: Sociocultural Pressure to be Thin and Internalization of the Thin Ideal
- DSM-5-TR. (2022). Feeding and Eating disorders p. 371-397. NOTE: Not Pica or Rumination Disorder
- Gentile, K., Raghavan, C., Rajah, V., & Gates, K. (2007). It doesn’t happen here: Eating disorders in an ethnically diverse sample of economically disadvantaged, urban college students. Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention, 15(5), 405–425. https://doi.org/10.1080/10640260701667904
- Keski-Rahkonen, A. (2023). Eating disorders in transgender and gender diverse people: Characteristics, assessment, and management. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 36(6), 412–418. https://doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0000000000000902
- Mitchison, D., Wang, S. B., Wade, T., Haynos, A. F., Bussey, K., Trompeter, N., Lonergan, A., Tame, J., & Hay, P. (2023). Development of transdiagnostic clinical risk prediction models for 12-month onset and course of eating disorders among adolescents in the community. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 56(7), 1406-1416. https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23951
- Stice (2002). Risk and maintenance factors for eating pathology: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin, 128, 825-848. https://doi.org/10.1037//0033-2909.128.5.825
Week 13 - Autism Spectrum Disorder*
- Mash & Barkley. (2014). Child psychopathology. Ch. 11 Autism Spectrum Disorder
- DSM-5-TR (2022). Autism Spectrum Disorder p. 56-68
- Clements, C. C., Zoltowski, A. R., Yankowitz, L. D., Yerys, B. E., Schultz, R. T., & Herrington, J. D. (2018). Evaluation of the social motivation hypothesis of autism. JAMA Psychiatry, 75(8), 797-808. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.1100
Week 14 - Intellectual Disability & Learning Disabilities Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia*
DSM-5-TR (2022).
- Intellectual Disability (Intellectual Developmental Disorder) p. 37-46
- Communication Disorders p. 47-56
- Specific Learning Disorders p. 77-86
- Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders p. 114-121
- Delusional Disorder p. 105-109