Thomas J. McMahon PhD
Yale School of Medicine
Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Child Study
Thomas J. McMahon, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Child Study at the Yale University School of Medicine. As a clinician, educator, and researcher, he is interested in ways developmental principles can be used to expand understanding of substance abuse, family process, and child development. He is particularly interested in parenting as a treatment issue for substance-abusing men. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the College on Problems of Drug Dependence, and the Society for Research in Child Development. He has been recognized both locally and nationally for his work as a clinician, educator, and researcher concerned about the impact of parental substance abuse on family process.