Department of Psychiatry Faculty

Dwain C. Fehon, Psy.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry Director of Psychology Coordinator, Adolescent Services Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hosptial Coordinator, Behavioral Health Service Yale New Haven Hospital 184 Mailing Address: Liberty Street New Haven, CT 06519 Tel: (203) 688-9779 Fax: (203) 688-9709 Email: dwain.fehon@yale.edu

Education:

1983 B.S., University of Wyoming
1987 M.A., Fairfield University
1992 Psy.D., University of Hartford
1991 - Yale University School of Medicine, Predoctoral Fellowship
1992 - Yale University School of Medicine, Postdoctoral Fellowship

Clinical/Research Interests:

My clinical, teaching, and research interests fall into several main areas: a) psychotherapy to adolescents, adults and families, b) psychological and neuropsychological assessment services to adolescents, adults, and geriatric patients, c) the development and provision of behavioral health services to medically ill patients within YNHH, and d) the coordination of predoctoral internship training in clinical psychology within YNHH and YNHPH.

The developmental period of adolescence represents an opportune period to study emerging patterns of psychological relatedness and symptomatic behavior that may pose serious implications for later adult adjustment. The majority of my research has focused on the impact that traumatic events, such as childhood abuse and the exposure to community violence may have on the development and symptomatic expression of psychopathology—specifically as related to adolescent depression, aggression, substance abuse, PTSD, and personality dysfunction.

More recently, my colleagues and I have developed an integrated Behavioral Health Service within YNHH’s Transplantation Center, Cancer Center, and Intractable Epilepsy Program. We have begun a pilot study within the Yale New Haven Transplantation Center to examine the psychological, behavioral, and neuropsychiatric comorbidities among patients with end-stage liver disease and are exploring the feasibility and effectiveness of a novel 8-week group treatment approach toward the stress of waiting for organ transplant. Similar studies are being planned within the Yale Cancer Center and Yale Epilepsy Program.

Publications of Note

Fehon DC. The cycle of youth violence. Psychiatric Times, 2007, 24:7, 44-47. Sullivan TP, Fehon DC, Andres-Hyman R, Lipschitz DS, Grilo CM. Differential relationships of childhood abuse and neglect subtypes to PTSD symptom clusters among adolescent inpatients. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2006, 19:2,229-23.

Fehon DC, Grilo CM, Lipschitz DS (2005). A comparison of adolescent inpatients with and without a history of violence perpetration: Impulsivity, PTSD, and violence risk. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 193:6, 405-411.

Fehon DC, Grilo CM, Lipschitz D. Gender differences in violence exposure and violence risk among psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 2001, 189:4, 532-540.

Fehon DC, Grilo CM, Lipschitz D. (2001). Correlates of community violence exposure in hospitalized adolescents. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 42:4, 283-290.

Fehon DC, Grilo CM, Martino S. (2000). A comparison of dependent and self-critically depressed hospitalized adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 29:1, 93-106.

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