INTEGRATED CARE CENTRE for Children, Adolescents, Adults & Families Home Contact Us Blog Our Practitioners News & Events ZENAIDA TENEA Dr Zenaida Tenea is a psychiatrist. She hails from across the seas and oceans and completed her undergraduate studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2006, obtaining a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. She completed her postgraduate training in the discipline of psychiatry in 2016, then obtaining both a Fellowship from the College of Psychiatrists of South Africa and a Master of Medicine in Psychiatry from the University of the Witwatersrand. Since then she has been a lecturer at Wits, and is engaged in both undergraduate and postgraduate training. As one of the resident psychiatrists at the Integrated Care Centre Dr Tenea’s focus is depressive and bipolar disorders. She has given many talks and lectures on these topics. She also has a special interest in burnout and maternal health and is currently conducting research in the former. Other areas of interest include temporal lobe epilepsy, anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder. Dr Tenea believes that mental health is inextricably linked to physical well-being and affects one’s overall functioning. The writing of one’s emotional and mental blueprint starts in the family unit. She therefore has a special passion for maternal care, as positive intervention in this domain has long-reaching effects. Dr Tenea manages adult and adolescent patients. She initially assesses a patient for 1½ to 2 hours and thereafter formulates an initial working diagnosis. She then engages the patient in a discussion regarding further management in order to achieve optimal functioning. Follow-up sessions are then scheduled in order to assess response to intervention and make the necessary adjustments; the initial period of treatment is critical and requires more frequent follow-ups, which can then decrease as the patient’s condition stabilises. Dr Tenea advocates for conservative, evidence-based treatment and does not promote overprescribing of medication. Her ethos is holistic care for patients, with medication being but one aspect of patient care. Proudly powered by WordPress