Dr Arnon Bentovim

Career: psychoanalyst, family and child psychiatrist; registrar Maudsley Hosp 1962-66, sr registrar and conslt child psychiatrist Hosps for Sick Children Gt Ormond St 1966-94, hon sr lectr Inst of Child Health 1966-; conslt Tavistock Clinic 1975-94, conslt specialist advsr to House of Commons Select Ctee 1978-79, conslt Huntercombe Manor Hosp 1994-98; fndr: CIBA Fndn Study Gp, Trg Advsy Gp for the Sexual Abuse of Children, first sexual treatment prog in UK at Hosps for Sick Children 1981-94; pubns on: child psychiatry, family therapy, aspects of child abuse; fndr memb: Assoc for Family Therapy, Br Assoc for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Inst of Family Therapy; pres Relate 1997, pres Int Family Therapy Assoc 2003; chm Faithful Fndn, tstee Michael Sieff Fndn 1994; FRCPsych 1966

Books and Publications: Family Therapy, Complimentary Frameworks of Theory and Practice (1984-89), Child Sexual Abuse within the Family - Assessment & Treatment (ed, 1988), Trauma Organised Systems - Physical & Sexual Abuse in the Family (1996), The Family Assessment: Assessment of Family Competance, Strengths and Difficulties (2001), Assessing Support Needs for Adopted Children and Their Families (2006)