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Joseph Beitchman is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He holds the TD Bank Financial Group Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. His research focuses on the intersection of childhood speech-language impairment and psychiatric disorders, particularly exploring the genetic factors associated with childhood aggressive behavior. Dr. Beitchman is currently completing a 20-year follow-up study of a community cohort of speech-language impaired children compared to normal controls. His work examines the moderating effect of transitional age variables on occupational choice, marital status, and parenthood, alongside the effects of antecedent risk variables. He has investigated eight clinical profiles including anxious youth, depressed youth, and antisocial youth, analyzing risk variables connected to clinical outcomes from age 19 to age 25. A significant theme in his research is the psychosocial outcomes at age 25, measured through various assessment tools such as the Global Assessment of Functioning and the Quality of Life Composite International Diagnostic Interview.
Department of Sociology