Fraud
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 [...]
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 [...]
Los Angeles Psychiatrist believes gayness can be cured
News.com.au Family fury: Controversial conference speakers anger gay community By Daniel Piotrowski April 24, 2013 A PSYCHIATRIST who believes she can cure gayness and a politician who believes marriage is now “meaningless” after New Zealand legalised gay marriage are causing a stir before they’ve even landed in Australia. Several controversial personalities will head to Sydney [...]
Irish Psychiatrist claims he can convert gay people to heterosexuality
Belfast Telegraph Belfast psychiatrist Miller to face cash dealings probe behind closed doors By Kim Pilling 18 April 2013 Belfast psychiatrist Dr Paul Miller, a former health adviser to ex-Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Iris Robinson, is alleged to have taken, or attempted to have taken, financial advantage of a patient on a number of [...]
Judge Suspicious of Psych’s Records
Star Tribune Records infraction was not first for doctor fired from state mental hospital By PAUL MCENROE April 13, 2013 A psychiatrist who was fired this year for failing to properly document patient care at the Minnesota Security Hospital had been forced to resign in 2005 for exactly the same violation — yet was later [...]
Florida Psychiatrist Sentenced to 12 Years – $50 million Fraud – Examinations Lasted Only Minutes
On March 15, the Department of Justice announced that Florida psychiatrist Gary Kushner was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The amount of money he will owe is yet to be determined. Today, he voluntarily relinquished his Florida medical license. Kushner and his co-conspirators caused the submission of over $50 million dollars in false and [...]
“Psychiatrist Tried to Manipulate My Mind”
Welwyn Hatfield Times Sex assault doctor ‘was trying to manipulate my mind’ says victim Monday, March 25, 2013 By David Burke A woman who was sexually assaulted by a psychiatrist at the QE2 Hospital in WGC has accused her tormentor of trying to manipulate her mind. Shamed Dr Harmadan Singh was spared jail by a [...]
Psychiatrist: Homosexuality is a disorder – requires treatment
Modern Ghana Chief Psychiatrist ready to ‘heal’ gays March 14, 2013 Dr. Akwasi Osei, Ghana’s chief psychiatrist has described homosexuals as persons suffering from ‘a psychological illness requiring treatment’. This statement was contained in his article featured in the Daily Graphic titled ‘why the scientific community is wrong on homosexuality.’ The article catalogs arguments of [...]
Judge Gives a Call to a Florida Psychiatrist’s Office
CBS Miami CBS4 Investigates: Prescriptions In DUI Case Called “Illegal” By Gary Nelson March 14, 2013 Sandor Guillen is charged with DUI manslaughter, but his case may spawn a second investigation into how he came to possess prescription drugs. A CBS4 News investigation shows a Broward county physician and nurse practitioner may have violated state [...]
Psychiatrist: “This will make your brain feel better”
American-Statesman Police: Psychiatrist sexually assaulted patient March 8, 2013 By Ciara O’Rourke An Austin psychiatrist accused of raping a longtime patient has been charged with sexual assault, a second-degree felony. David Cardwell, 64, saw the patient in January because her husband was concerned about her mental health, saying that she had been depressed, according to [...]