For Wayne S. Fenton, in Memoriam

Abstract

This article discusses the personal experience of the author with Wayne S. Fenton. Fenton had a bit of an uphill battle when he met the author. Rather than a chief administrator of tyranny and part-time torturer, Fenton was the one man who knew how to stand by the author in the shadowy realm of mental illness. Wayne Fenton cared deeply about individuals with mental illness. Wayne impressed the author even when the author was most alienated from reality by demonstrating that he wanted to reach the author. The greatest problem Fenton faced with the author in the beginning was that the author wouldn't say a thing. Gratitude prompts the author to thankfulness in response to Dr Fenton's passionately offered skills and long experience. Thankfulness for his kindnesses, his dedication, and generous heart bring the author round to gratitude again. Fenton was the knight for the author who slayed the dragon of paranoia and irrationality. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)