| Activity | Date of Birth: 14/04/1933
Place of Birth: Lerwick
University and Professional Training:
Aberdeen University, MA (Hons) psychology, 1955
Aberdeen University, Diploma in Education, 1956
Aberdeen College of Education, Teacher certificate (post-grad), primary, 1956
Guy's Hospital London, National Association for Mental Health (NAHM) qualifiaction in Educational/Child Clinical Psychology, 1958-1959
Other Honours and Awards:
NAMH, first recipient of the Dame Evelyn Fox Award for entrants to the Mental Health profession, 1958
Professional career:
Primary Teacher, Dumfries Local Authority, Child Psychiatry Department of the Crichton Royal Hospital, 1956-1958
Clinical Psychologist, Cambridge Child Psychiatry Service, 1959-1961
Senior Clinical Psychologist 1961-1963
Part-time private work in Cambridge 1963-1965
Part-time Senior Clinical Psychologist, Royal Hospital for Sick Children Edinburgh 1971-1981
Acting Principal, Royal Hospital for Sick Children Edinburgh 1981-1983
Top Grade, Royal Hospital for Sick Children Edinburgh 1983-1985
Research Fellow University of Edinburgh, 1972-1976
Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh, 1974-1975
Part-time Clinical Tutor, NHS/Univ of Edin D.Phil, 1995-1998
Private Consultant (Child Psychology), 1995-
Involvement with BPS and/or other societies and organisations:
BPS Scottish Branch member 3 years in 1980s
NCCPAM representative for Lothian, 1977-1984 (approx)
British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF),
Member of the Medical Group Advisory Committee of the Scottish Branch of the British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF), mid 1980s to 1996
Member of the National BAAF Medical Advisory Group, mid 1980s to 1996
Peer Reviewer for the BAAF Journal 'Adoption and Fostering' (nd)
Chair of the Garvald Edinburgh Management Committee, 1994-1998
Member of the management committee of the Bridges Project for the young homeless.
Souces: J B Bechhofer's Personal Details Sheet.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |