Anne Leland Benham, MD
Psychiatrist
Education and Degrees
- BA, Radcliffe College, Harvard University
- MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Licenses - Board Certifications
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Board Certification in Adult Psychiatry
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology - Board Certification in Child Psychiatry
- California State Medical License
Professional Experience
Anne is a child psychiatrist at CHC. She has created and developed clinical and training programs for the mental health needs of young children and their families in her work at Stanford University and Brown University, in addition to CHC.
She completed her internship at Straight Pediatrics, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, and her residency in Psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, both in the Bronx, New York. She has a career- long focus on the assessment and treatment of young children, and the development of dyadic, family and individual treatment techniques for the age group of 0-5 years.
Professional Affiliations
- Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
- Fellow, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Member, Committee on Infancy
- Member, Committee on Psychotherapy
- Member, Program Committee - Member, Task Force for Development of Practice Parameters: Assessment of Infants and Toddlers
- Member, Northern California Regional Organization for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Reviewer, Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Infant Mental Health Journal
Languages
- English
Awards
- Teacher of the Year Award in Child Psychiatry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1996.
Recent Presentations
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) yearly presentation on topics including play therapy, the infant- toddler mental status exam and its use, attachment disorders, and the treatment of trauma in young children
- Stanford University Child Psychiatry Resident yearly training on topics including play therapy, the infant- toddler mental status exam and its use, attachment disorders, and the treatment of trauma in young children, as well as an 8-week course on young child development
Recent Publications
- Benham, A. L. (2000). The Observation and Assessment of Young Children Including Use of the Infant-Toddler Mental Status Exam. In Zeanah, C.H. (Ed) Handbook of Infant Mental Health (Second Edition). The Guilford Press, N.Y.
- Zelenko, M., and Benham, A. L. (2004). Attachment disorders. In H. Steiner (Ed.). Textbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: An Integrated Developmental Approach. Wiley/Jossey Bass, San Francisco.
- Benham, A.L. and Slotnick, C.F. (2006). Play Therapy: Integrating Clinical and Developmental Perspectives. In J. Luby (Ed.). Handbook of Preschool Mental Health: Development, Disorders and Treatment. The Guilford Press, New York, London.
