Georgia Psychiatrist Gets the Slammer – William George Ellien – Sex for Drugs
Savannah Morning News Savannah psychiatrist sentenced in drugs-for-sex case By Jan Skutch May 23, 2013 Former Savannah psychiatrist William George Ellien today was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for his guilty plea for unlawful distribution of addictive prescription drugs to former patients. Ellien, 57, must also serve a 3-year supervised release after completing [...]
The new head of the American Psychiatric Association
Washington Blade Gay DC psychiatrist named head of APA By Lou Chibbaro Jr. May 21, 2013 Dr. Saul Levin, who last year became the first openly gay head of the D.C. Department of Health, was named on May 15 as the new chief executive officer and medical director of the American Psychiatric Association. An APA [...]
Feds Nab New York Psychiatrist Mikhail L. Presman – Fraud
bensonhurstbean.com Gravesend Psychiatrist Mikhail Presman Nabbed In Nationwide Medicare Fraud Bust by Ned Berke May 15th, 2013 Gravesend psychiatrist Mikhail L. Presman, 55, was charged yesterday for attempting to bilk Medicare for more than $4 million in false bills, including for visits he claimed to make while actually on vacation, prosecutors said. The bust was [...]
Psychiatrist William Ayres faces eight years in prison – Sexual Misconduct – put lights out on a beaming 9-year-old
San Mateo County Times William Ayres pleads no contest to eight felony child molestation charges By Joshua Melvin May 16, 2013 REDWOOD CITY — With just two words a once-renowned Bay Area child psychiatrist charged with molesting his patients ended an almost eight-year case Thursday that at one point appeared prosecutors had lost. When asked [...]
Psychiatrist John Harding Price has not learned his lesson
Lincolnshire Echo Psychiatrist banned for groping a patient fails to win back register place May 16, 2013 A shamed psychiatrist struck off 13 years ago for groping a female patient has failed in his bid to have his name restored to the medical register – because he has not learned his lesson. John Harding Price, [...]
Psychiatry’s Bible Under Attack
USA Today Books blast new version of psychiatry’s bible, the DSM by Sharon Jayson May 12, 2013 Critics take aim at changes envisioned for psychiatry’s bible, the DSM. Psychiatry’s battle-scarred bible of mental disorders — known as the DSM — continues to face a barrage of criticism even as the latest version (DSM-5) is just [...]
Boston Psychiatrist barred from practicing – says 16-year-old patient suffered from “evil spirits”
The Boston Globe Doctor barred for ‘spiritual diagnosis’; Sought to convert troubled teen and failed to report alleged abuse By Evan Allen May 11, 2013 A Boston Children’s Hospital psychiatrist who became convinced his 16-year-old patient suffered from “evil spirits” and appointed himself as her spiritual mentor has been barred from practicing medicine, according to [...]
Judge Gives Singapore Psychiatrist “one last chance”
The Straits Times Judge’s ultimatum to witness: Appear or risk arrest By Walter Sim May 10, 2013 SINGAPORE – A psychiatrist who was supposed to testify in the sex-for-grades corruption trial was on Tuesday given “one last chance” to appear, or risk being arrested and hauled to court. Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye issued [...]