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Leslie Atkinson

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Associate ProfessorDepartment of PsychiatryUniversity of Toronto

Leslie Atkinson

Associate Professor

Department of Psychiatry

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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49 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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9,654

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Research

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Latest papers

Adverse Childhood Experiences, Pregnancy and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms, and Child Socioemotional Problems Over the First Three Years of Life
Child Maltreatment · 2026 · senior author
A multi-cohort analysis of interacting prenatal and genomic risks for childhood ADHD symptoms
OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints) · 2026
Baseline social inhibition and age as moderators of the within-patient alliance-outcome link in treatments for depression
Psychotherapy Research · 2026

All 258 publications

Latest funding

Parental cannabis use in the perinatal period and child outcomes: capturing changes with legalization in the Ontario Birth Study
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$120,087
An early Post-Natal Model of G X E Effects in Chronic Obesity based on Maternal Sensitivity and Reward System Genes
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
Determinants of Individual Differences in Maternal Care
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
$397,521

All 4 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 258 publications.

Adverse Childhood Experiences, Pregnancy and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms, and Child Socioemotional Problems Over the First Three Years of Life

Khoury JE, Jambon M, Pattison M, Gonzalez A, Atkinson L

Child Maltreatment20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/10775595251370683

A multi-cohort analysis of interacting prenatal and genomic risks for childhood ADHD symptoms

Laurie Haig, Doğukan Koç, Jessica E. Opie, David P. Laplante, Eszter Székely, Kathleen Klein, Hannah M. Sallis, Monica Lopez-Vicente, Alexander Neumann, Charlotte Cecil, Rebecca M. Pearson, Henning Tiemeier, Anqi Qiu, Leslie R. Atkinson, James T. Kennedy, John Lydon, Robert D. Levitan, Michael J Meaney, Celia MT Greenwood, Ashley D. Wazana

OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)2026Open Access

DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/zf4wk

Baseline social inhibition and age as moderators of the within-patient alliance-outcome link in treatments for depression

Anuj H. P. Mehta, Michael J. Constantino, Alice E. Coyne, Anaya Rohira, Leslie R. Atkinson, Robert Michael Bagby, Paula Ravitz, Carolina McBride

Psychotherapy Research2026

DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2026.2705902 PMID: 42486536

Does attachment change serve as a theory-specific mediator of depression reduction in interpersonal psychotherapy versus cognitive behavioral therapy?

Maria Abapolnikova, Alice E. Coyne, Lillian Glushka, Crystal J. Liu, Michael J. Constantino, Leslie R. Atkinson, R Mi chael Bagby, Paula Ravitz, Carolina McBride

Psychotherapy Research2026

DOI: 10.1080/10503307.2026.2656698 PMID: 41990368

The role of prenatal perceived stress and hair cortisol as they relate to toddler socioemotional outcomes over the first three years

Khoury JE, Giles L, Atkinson L, Gonzalez A

Psychoneuroendocrinology20255 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2024.107251

Attachment expectations moderate links between social support and maternal adjustment from 6 to 18 months postpartum.

Gu Y, Waters TEA, Zhu V, Jamieson B, Lim D, Schmitt G, Atkinson L

Development and Psychopathology20255 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1017/s0954579423001657

Examining cross-lag associations between perceived stress and hair cortisol from pregnancy to 15 months postpartum

Khoury JE, Jambon M, Gonzalez A, Atkinson L

Psychoneuroendocrinology20252 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2025.107556

Improving research and clinical interventions for maternal depression during pregnancy.

Levitan RD, Atkinson L, Matthews SG

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology20251 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2024.09.106 PMID: 39357588

History of childhood maltreatment, prenatal cortisol levels, and executive functioning: A cross-sectional study using data from the Healthy Foundations Study

De Rubeis V, Wang E, Joshi D, Catherine N, MacMillan HL, Waddell C, Boyle M, Tonmyr L, Atkinson L, Jack SM

Child Abuse and Neglect2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107602

Maternal major depression during early pregnancy is associated with impaired child executive functioning at 4.5 years of age.

Levitan RD, Atkinson L, Knight JA, Hung RJ, Wade M, Jenkins JM, Bertoni K, Wong J, Murphy KE, Lye SJ, Matthews SG

American journal of obstetrics and gynecology202411 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2023.11.1252 PMID: 38042244

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Leslie Atkinson

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Adverse Childhood Experiences, Pregnancy and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms, and Child Socioemotional Problems Over the First Three Years of Life

A multi-cohort analysis of interacting prenatal and genomic risks for childhood ADHD symptoms

Baseline social inhibition and age as moderators of the within-patient alliance-outcome link in treatments for depression

Does attachment change serve as a theory-specific mediator of depression reduction in interpersonal psychotherapy versus cognitive behavioral therapy?

The role of prenatal perceived stress and hair cortisol as they relate to toddler socioemotional outcomes over the first three years

Attachment expectations moderate links between social support and maternal adjustment from 6 to 18 months postpartum.

Examining cross-lag associations between perceived stress and hair cortisol from pregnancy to 15 months postpartum

Improving research and clinical interventions for maternal depression during pregnancy.

History of childhood maltreatment, prenatal cortisol levels, and executive functioning: A cross-sectional study using data from the Healthy Foundations Study

Maternal major depression during early pregnancy is associated with impaired child executive functioning at 4.5 years of age.

Parental cannabis use in the perinatal period and child outcomes: capturing changes with legalization in the Ontario Birth Study

An early Post-Natal Model of G X E Effects in Chronic Obesity based on Maternal Sensitivity and Reward System Genes

Determinants of Individual Differences in Maternal Care

CIHR Team in Innovations in Child and Youth Concurrent Disorders

Frequent collaborators

Andrea Gonzalez

Robert Levitan

Michael Meaney

Jennifer Khoury

James Kennedy

alison fleming

Ashley Wazana

Harriet Louise MacMillan

Marla Sokolowski

Harriet MacMillan

John Lydon

Michael Escobar

Teresa Bennett

Robert Bagby

Mario Masellis

Brittany Jamieson

Susan Jack

Heather Prime

Patricia Pelufo Silveira

Patricia Silveira

Carolina McBride

Alan Bocking

Joseph Beitchman

Paula Ravitz

George Tarabulsy