Dept. of Psychiatry
300 George Street
New Haven, CT
06511 USA
Tel: 203-785-2117
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Department of Psychiatry Faculty
| Thomas J. McMahon, PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Child Study Director, Division of Intergrated Family Services, Connecticut Mental Health Center Program Director, West Haven Mental Health Clinic, Connecticut Mental Health Center Program Director, Young Adult Service, Connecticut Mental Health Center Connecticut Mental Health Center West Haven Mental Health Clinic 270 Center Street West Haven, CT 06516 Phone: (203) 974-5950 Email: thomas.mcmahon@yale.edu |
Education
1975, BSW, Temple University
1994, PhD, New York University
Professional Interests
As a child psychologist, I am broadly interested in ways the principles of developmental psychopathology can be used to explore the impact of parental substance abuse on family process, parent-child relationships, and the psychosocial development of children. Ongoing projects are focusing on the psychosocial adjustment of substance-abusing men as fathers, the development of gender-specific parent interventions for fathers and mothers enrolled in substance abuse treatment, and the psychosocial correlates of substance use among teens living in suburban affluence. As a clinician, I am interested in the psychological assessment and treatment of children who have been abused and neglected, and I am interested in developmentally informed assessment and treatment of young adults with serious psychiatric difficulty. As an educator, I am interested in promoting understanding of substance abuse within the child welfare and child guidance systems, and I am interested in promoting understanding of family process and child development within the substance abuse treatment system.
Areas of Expertise
Substance abuse
Developmental psychopathology
Family process
Psychosocial development during childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood
Research Personnel
Lisa Maccarelli, PhD, Associate Research Scientist
Achievements and Honors
2003 - Invited to serve on a national consensus panel organized by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to develop best-practice guidelines for responding to men’s issues in substance abuse treatment.
1998 - Invited to serve on a national consensus panel organized by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment to develop best-practice guidelines for responding to issues of child abuse and neglect within the substance abuse treatment system.
1996 - One of six recipients of the 1996 Gimbel Child and Family Scholars Award given by the Gimbel Foundation for professional efforts bridging the fields of child welfare and substance abuse.
Recent Publications
McMahon, T.J., Winkel, J. D., Suchman, N. E., & Rounsaville, B. J. (in press). Drug-abusing fathers: Patterns of pair-bonding, reproduction, and paternal involvement. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
McMahon, T.J., & Luthar, S. S. (in press). Defining characteristics and potential consequences of caretaking burden among children living in urban poverty. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
McMahon, T.J., Winkel, J. D., Luthar, S. S., & Rounsaville, B. J. (2005). Looking for poppa: Parenting responsibilities of men versus women seeking drug abuse treatment. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 31, 79-91.
McMahon, T. J., & Giannini, F. D. (2003). Substance-abusing fathers in family court: Moving from popular stereotypes to therapeutic jurisprudence. In M.K. Pruett & K.D. Pruett (eds.), Separated and unmarried fathers in the courts (Special issue). Family Court Review, 41, 337-353.
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