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Person-Centered Psychiatric Care: A Tribute to Wayne S. Fenton, MD

Author(s) -

Robert Heinssen

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

schizophrenia bulletin

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.823

H-Index - 190

eISSN - 1745-1707

pISSN - 0586-7614

DOI - 10.1093/schbul/sbm075

Subject(s) - compassion , excellence , tribute , psychology , flexibility (engineering) , mentally ill , mental health , health professionals , professional development , psychotherapist , psychiatry , medical education , health care , psychoanalysis , medicine , mental illness , pedagogy , management , art , political science , law , economics , art history , economic growth

Wayne S. Fenton, MD, was an accomplished psychiatric researcher, but his colleagues knew him as an equally talented clinician. This memorial recognizes the personal qualities and professional skills that endeared Wayne Fenton to hundreds of mentally ill persons he treated over the course of his professional career. Among these attributes, deep compassion, sincere respect, and tremendous flexibility were hallmarks of an approach that emphasized collaborative, recovery-oriented therapy. Through his actions and writings, Wayne Fenton influenced a generation of mental health professionals who aspire to similar professional excellence in all aspects of clinical care.

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