EDUCATION

M.A. Candidate: Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA
Supervisor: Nancy Docherty, Ph.D.

Hons.B.Sc: Psychology (Specialist), Biology (Major)
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, conferred May 2004
Individual Project: Substance use and psychosis: impact on cognition
University of Toronto, Department of Psychology
Supervisors: Eve DeRosa, Ph.D., and Jean Addington, Ph.D.

CLINICAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Analyst, First Episode Psychosis Program B PRIME Clinic, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON
May 2004 to August 2006, 40 hours per week.
Supervisor: Jean Addington, Ph.D.
Unit Directors: Jean Addington, Ph.D., and Robert Zipursky, M.D.

Research Assistant, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON
September 2003 to May 2004, 12 hours per week.
Supervisors: Carol Garson, M.A., and Colleen Carney, Ph.D.
Unit Director: Zindel Segal, Ph.D.

Data Entry, Natural Practice Lab, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON
September 2003 to May 2004, volunteer position, 8 hours per week
Supervisor: Susan Dickens, M.A.
Unit Director: R. Michael Bagby, Ph.D.

Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
September 2001 to October 2003, 40 hours per week in summer, 12 hours per week fall to spring.
Supervisors: Sara Shettleworth, Ph.D., and Jennifer Sutton, Ph.D.

PUBLICATIONS

Addington, J., Collins, A., McCleery, A., & Addington, D. (2005). The role of family work in early psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 79, 77-83.

Addington, J., McCleery, A., & Addington, D. (2005). Three-year outcome of family work in an early psychosis program. Schizophrenia Research, 79, 107-116.

Addington, J., McCleery, A., & Addington, D. (in press). Family work in early psychosis. Journal of Family Psychotherapy.

McCleery, A., Addington, J., & Addington, D. Substance misuse and cognitive functioning in early psychosis: A two-year follow-up. (in press). Schizophrenia Research.

McCleery, A., Addington, J., & Addington, D. (in press). Family assessment in early psychosis. Psychiatry Research.

Addington, J., Collins, A., McCleery, A., & Baker, S. (in press). Family work for self-harm in first episode psychosis. In: F. Lobban & C. Barrowclough (Eds.), A Casebook of Family Interventions for Psychosis.

PRESENTATIONS

Addington, J., Rabin, R., McCleery, A., & Addington, D. (2006, May). Substance use in early psychosis: A three-year follow-up. Poster session presented at the 159th annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Toronto, Canada.

McCleery, A., Addington, J., & Addington, D. (2006, May). Impact of substance use on cognition in first episode psychosis. Young investigator oral session presented at the 159th annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Toronto, Canada.