Wayne Fenton (March 24, 1953 – September 3, 2006)Wayne Fenton (1953-2006), Social Security Death Index was an American psychiatrist, well known for his academic contributions to the study of schizophrenia including key contributions to the classification of subtypes.
In 2006, he was killed at his office in Bethesda, Maryland, by a 19-year-old patient.Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb, "NIMH Administrator Wayne S. Fenton, 53", The Washington Post, September 5, 2006, Page B06"Patient vs. Doctor", Newsweek website, February 15, 2008
Professional career Dr Fenton obtained his medical qualification from George Washington University School of Medicine in 1979 and psychiatric qualification from Yale and was a staff member at Chestnut Lodge for more than 15 years.
He worked for the National Institute of Mental Health as researcher and academic, writing a chapter on therapy for schizophrenia in a leading psychiatry textbook and had a significant impact on his clinical profession.
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