The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry offers excellent educational opportunities available to learners at many levels in clinical and non-clinical environments.

Many of our faculty members are accomplished researchers, and work on projects that aim to improve the mental health and developmental path of children and youth. We are proud to collaborate with the Offord Centre for Child Studies and the McMaster Autism Research Team (MacART) in a shared mission to enhance the mental health and well-being of children with mental health and neurodevelopmental disabilities. We are progressively strengthening the link between the clinical program and academic/research initiatives.

Educational opportunities are available to medical students, psychiatry residents, including PGY-3, and learners at many levels from other programs for core or elective experiences within the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. We also have a Child Subspecialty Residency Program which accepts one to two subspecialty residents each year. Educational experiences include clinical experiences (i.e.., assessment and treatment at individual, family, and group levels), problem-based learning formats and critical appraisal.

The clinical program most closely associated with the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry is the child and youth mental health program. We provide a variety of services that span the continuum of care and are always evolving to meet changing needs of children, youth, and families. We serve local and regional families at two sites, including McMaster Children’s Hospital and Ron Joyce Children's Health Centre, including both on-site and virtual care.

Many of the faculty members and clinicians within the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry are involved in research that aims to improve the mental health and developmental path of children and youth. Many of us are also a part of and/or collaborate with the Offord Centre for Child Studies and the McMaster Autism Research Team (MacART). We continue to strengthen the link between the clinical program and academic/research initiatives of the individual researchers within the child and youth mental health program as well as related initiatives, with the objective of increasing these clinical/research/academic links.

We invite you to learn more about the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the opportunities that are available at McMaster University. Please feel free to contact us with any questions.