PSYCH DRUGS
Freedom Magazine – Florida Undercounts Psych Drug Related Deaths
Freedom Magazine While Floridians Die, Psychiatrists Profit by John F. Sugg Volume 19, Issue 1 The bad news: “Legal” drugs are killing more Floridians than street narcotics, according to recent reports by the state’s Medical Examiners Commission. The commission found deaths in Florida related to prescription drugs outnumber deaths from illicit drugs three to one. The really horrible news: That’s only a fraction of the problem with the so-called “legal” drugs. Pharmaceutical companies have aggressively fought tabulating the deaths involved in the use of many killer drugs—generally called antidepressants and antipsychotics. Likewise missing from the medical examiners’ report is any [...]
WW III – Psychologists & Mental Health Counselors vs. Psychiatrists
PsychSearch.net no longer provides documents on the misdeeds of psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers or marriage and family therapists. Instead, we are providing ammunition (data and documents) to those in these professions in their quest for dominance over psychiatrists - the druggers and shockers. Therefore, this website is now only providing documentation on psychiatrists. Divide and conquer (derived from the Latin saying Divide et impera) in warfare, a tactical maneuver to efficiently deal with a numerous opponent. Las Vegas Sun Psychiatrists are a drain on taxpayers By Edward Loughlins Aug. 13, 2013 State taxpayer money is being wasted at [...]
Canadian Court Critical of Psychiatrist Shree Bhalerao
National Post Ruling says hospital can’t force anti-psychotic drug on patient after questionable schizophrenia diagnosis By Joseph Brean July 31, 2013 Psychiatrist Shree Bhalerao Nearly four years after staff at Toronto’s Saint Michael’s Hospital started slipping an anti-psychotic drug into a woman’s orange juice while treating her for lupus, Ontario’s highest court has tossed aside the ruling that allowed her to be drugged against her will, in part because the psychiatrist who diagnosed her with schizophrenia admitted he was “making parts of [her symptoms] up.” In a sharply worded ruling, the Court of Appeal said there was “no evidence” [...]
“Respected” Ohio Psychiatrist Gets the Slammer
Fox 8 Cleveland Doctor Sentenced for Running ‘Pill Mill’ by Jack Shea June 25, 2013 Psychiatrist Samuel Nigro CLEVELAND – A local psychiatrist who admitted that he used his practice to illegally prescribe powerful drugs for profit was sentenced Tuesday to nine months in prison. In April, Dr. Samuel Nigro pleaded guilty to charges that include drug trafficking, tampering with drugs and attempting to engage in a pattern of corrupt activity. Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Dan Kasaris told FOX 8, “Drug addicts went to him for pills. Now there probably were some who did go to him for psychiatry, [...]
High Use Of Antipsychotics In Nursing Homes
Connecticut Health Investigative Team [C-HIT] By: LISA CHEDEKEL | January 30, 2013 The Westside Care Center in Manchester is ranked among the best nursing homes in Connecticut, receiving a ‘five-star’ rating for overall quality under a federal rating system. At the same time, Westside has the state’s highest percentage of residents who receive antipsychotic drugs, even though they do not have a psychosis or related condition that regulators say warrants their use. Federal data shows 68 percent of Westside long-stay residents were receiving the drugs – more than double the state’s average of 26 percent, which already ranks in the top-third of states [...]
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 and federal law in the way they provided Guillen with Adderall, a psycho-stimulant containing amphetamine. Guillen, who was on house arrest, was jailed for four days after testing positive for the controlled drug Friday, and was unable to provide specifics of how he got it. [...]
NY Government Psychiatrist Surrenders License after 25 years of inappropriate relationships – receives annual state pension of nearly $58,000
Journal News Mt. Kisco surgeon, Pearl River psychiatrist cited by state Mar 18, 2013 Queens Child Psychiatric Center A Mount Kisco plastic surgeon who failed to monitor a patient during a facelift and a Pearl River psychiatrist who allegedly had inappropriate relationships with patients for 25 years have been cited by the state Department of Health. The separate cases involve Dr. Sharon Dechiara, who practices plastic surgery in Mount Kisco and Dr. Kendon W. Smith, a psychiatrist in Pearl River who formerly lived in Mount Vernon and practiced medicine at a state-run center in Queens, records show. Dechiara, 54, [...]
Federal Appeals Court: Psychiatrist can be sued for death of patient
New England Cable News Doc loses appeal in lawsuit over inmate's death Feb 25, 2013 A federal appeals court says a psychiatrist who prescribed medication can be sued in the death of a 23-year-old Michigan prison inmate. Scott Quigley Jr. had no life-threatening ailments, but he died suddenly in 2008. Experts hired by his family blame Quigley's death on a dangerous mix of two antidepressant drugs. The autopsy report lists the cause as an epileptic seizure. Public officials are immune from civil lawsuits in many cases. But in Quigley's case, an appeals court agreed with a Detroit federal judge, who [...]
Michael Bengala, Florida Psychiatrist, Charged by Feds in Drug Case
Drug Enforcement Administration June 27, 2012 Contact: Mia Ro, PIO Miami Division Federal Investigation Takes Down New Breed of Pill Mills in Florida --Seven Doctors, Seven Clinic Owners, Including Firemen, Charged in Operation Pill Street Blues-- Psychiatrist Michael Bengala VERO BEACH, FL – Seven doctors and seven clinic owners, which included two firemen were charged on state racketeering violations spanning across Florida. This morning’s operation dubbed “Operation Pill Street Blues” was announced by Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division; Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, Deryl Loar, Sheriff, Indian River [...]
Off Label – practice
“Off label” refers to the fraudulent and illegal practice of prescribing drugs for treatments other than those for which they have been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Off-label