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Dimensional diagnosis: Using the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology for research, assessment, and treatment
Thursday, May 29, 2025, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Category: Emerging Trends Division
Dimensional diagnosis: Using the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology for research, assessment, and treatment
Presented by Chris Conway, PhD
 Associate Professor of Psychology, Fordham University
Thursday, May 29, 2025 
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Virtual lecture on Zoom
Sponsored by 

Westchester Center for Psychological Education

Westchester County Psychological Association Emerging Trends Division

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Presentation description:  Dimensional approaches, which understand individual differences in mental health in quantitative, as opposed to qualitative, terms, are gaining momentum in research and clinical arenas. The Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP; https://www.hitop-system.org/) is a leading dimensional rubric that reorganizes mental health problems—the familiar signs and symptoms in DSM and other official nosologies—in terms of a hierarchy of continuously distributed psychopathology constructs. My presentation will address the origins, structure, research applications, and clinical utility of the HiTOP model. I will cover various examples of how HiTOP is put into practice today to support case formulation and clinical decision making, drawing a contrast with the traditional DSM-based approach. 

Learning Objectives. Participants will be able to:

1. Participants will be able to describe drawbacks to categorical conceptualizations of psychopathology.

2. Participants will be able to describe the origins and structure of the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology.

3. Participants will be able to  conceptualize and describe a current clinical case in terms of Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology constructs.

Target audience: 

Graduate Students 

Recent Graduates    

Early-career doctoral-level professionals     

Mid-career doctoral-level professionals   

Speaker's Biography: 

Chris Conway earned a PhD from UCLA in clinical psychology in 2013. He then held postdoctoral fellowships at UCLA’s Anxiety and Depression Research Center and Boston University’s Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders. Now he is a faculty in Fordham University’s Psychology Department, where he leads a research team that studies the diagnosis and development of emotional disorders. He supervises students in Fordham’s Community Mental Health clinic. He is an Associate Editor at Journal of Personality Disorders. 

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