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Samuel Lee, Psychiatrist, Arrested by St. Pete Police

On April 14, 2026, the St. Petersburg Police Department located and apprehended Samuel Byungsung Lee at 4341 34th St. South, Apartment 377, St. Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida 33711. Samuel Lee Daily Mail Tragedy after woman paid doctor $2,000 for 'clarity' ceremony that saw her take cocktail of ketamine and MDMA --Excerpt A doctor has been accused of fatally feeding a woman drugs as part of a 'heart protocol' ceremony at a wellness house... Now Samuel Lee, 44, has been charged with manslaughter over the so-called 'heart protocol' ceremony that led to her death. He was arraigned on Tuesday. Lee, a [...]

Psychiatrist Abby Fredrickson, Moorhead Psychiatrist, Sentenced

Psychiatrist Abby Fredrickson KVRR Woman given probation after pleading guilty to aiding an offender in fatal Moorhead shooting --Excerpt MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — A psychiatrist who was charged as an accomplice in her then-boyfriend’s fatal drive-by shooting in Moorhead last April is sentenced to probation. 33-year-old Abby Fredrickson pleaded guilty last October to a single count of aiding an offender in the shooting death of 39-year-old James Hamilton by 35-year-old Jerome Thomas. Fredrickson was given a three-year “stayed sentence” of probation during sentencing Monday in Clay County Court... Excerpted from: Woman given probation after pleading guilty to aiding an offender [...]

Irene Gurvits, NY psychiatrist, described as “nuts,” “evil” and “dangerous”, has lost her license

New York Post State yanks license of NYC shrink patients called ‘nuts’ By Melissa Klein June 13, 2020  Irene Gurvits - psychiatrist An Upper West Side shrink whose patients described her as “nuts,” “evil” and “dangerous” has finally lost her medical license — eight years after the state was flagged about her odd behavior. The state Board for Professional Medical Conduct’s concluded that Dr. Irene Gurvits “was not addressing her own psychiatric problems.” Its action came almost a decade after the state first learned she was ill — when her own lawyer asked that she get psychiatric help, [...]

Christopher Seman, Ohio Psychiatrist, license suspended

The Review County doctor’s license suspended By Katie White September 17, 2018 Christopher Seman - psychiatrist EAST PALESTINE — An East Palestine man’s medical license was suspended this week because of an affair he had with a co-worker while he worked for the Counseling Center between 2013 and 2015 that included writing her prescriptions for an antidepressant, antibiotics, birth control and other non-controlled substances without keeping a medical record. Dr. Christopher Seman’s license to practice osteopathic medicine and surgery in the state of Ohio has been suspended for at least one year following a hearing that included testimony and [...]

NY Shrink Irene Gurvits – Licensed Pulled Due to Bizarre Behavior

The Jewish Voice Upper West Side Shrink Gets Licensed Pulled Due to Bizarre Behavior By Denis Cyr June 17, 2020 Irene Gurvits - psychiatrist After a series of incredible complaints, an Upper West Side shrink by the name of Dr. Irene G. Gurvits has had her license revoked by the state. In a story that seems like a plot of a comedy movie, a psychiatrist lost her license because of her own mental illness. After a series of incredible complaints, an Upper West Side shrink by the name of Dr. Irene G. Gurvits has had her license revoked by [...]

Joshua Sonkiss, Alaska psychiatrist, accused of punching a man in grocery store

Anchorage Daily News Alaska psychiatrist is accused of punching a man because he wasn’t wearing a mask in a Juneau grocery store By Michelle Theriault June 18, 2020 Joshua Sonkiss - psychiatrist A prominent Alaska psychiatrist faces a criminal charge for allegedly punching a man in the face for not wearing a face mask in a Juneau Fred Meyer earlier this month. Joshua Sonkiss, 49, was charged with a single count of misdemeanor assault for the incident. He appeared in court Wednesday. The 53-year-old victim, Bowen Dallmann, told police Sonkiss “punched him in the face” for “not wearing a [...]

Adrian Marsden, UK psychiatrist, arrested – confessed he had ‘fetish” for child abuse images

Daily Mail Paedophile NHS psychiatrist avoids jail after police found vile collection of almost 2,000 child abuse images when he confessed he had 'fetish' By Ieuan Ivett June 5, 2020 Adrian Marsden - psychiatrist An NHS psychiatrist addicted to child abuse images has avoided jail after he was found out when an amateur dramatics coach helped him download a mobile phone app to learn his lines. Charmaine Parkin was shocked to find a thumbnail of a vile image on child psychiatrist Dr Adrian Marsden's device and confronted him. Police later found almost 2,000 sickening images on his [...]

Iowa psychiatrist Scott Stuart didn’t report side business

The Gazette Audit: UI psychiatrist didn't report side business By Vanessa Miller March 04, 2020 IOWA CITY — A recently retired University of Iowa Health Care psychiatrist and part-owner of a private psychotherapy institute for years didn’t disclose the conflict and failed to properly report at least 1,024 hours of leave he took for reasons outside his UI obligations, a state audit requested by the university found. Scott Stuart, a professor in the UI Department of Psychiatry, told his supervisor Aug. 30 that after 28 years he was retiring and that his last day would be Aug. 31. The notice [...]

Richard Ingrasci, Mass. Psychiatrist, allegedly told patient “sexual contact was necessary to cure her cancer”

Quartz Psychedelic therapy has a sexual abuse problem By Olivia Goldhill March 3, 2020 Richard Ingrasci - Psychiatrist ...Sexual abuse is an old problem in psychedelic therapy. The pattern was evident in the early 1980s, before the substance was made illegal as a schedule 1 drug in the United States. In cases well-known among psychedelic practitioners, two psychiatrists who gave their clients MDMA, Richard Ingrasci and Francesco DiLeo, were separately sued by former patients who accused them of abusive sexual behavior. Ingrasci allegedly told one patient that sexual contact would help cure her cancer, while DiLeo said [...]

Donald Ewen Cameron, Montreal Psychiatrist – his grueling experimentation funded by CIA

WBUR Endless Thread Returns With Special Investigative Series On April 3 March 13, 2020 Psychiatrist Donald Ewen Cameron Psychiatrist Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron led the Allan Memorial Institute, a psychiatric hospital in Montreal, in the 1950s and 60s. Cameron was at the top of his field at the time, leading both the American Psychiatric Association and the World Psychiatric Association. Little did the families whose loved ones were sent to Allan Memorial know that Cameron's patients would be subject to grueling experimentation involving long periods of induced sleep and heavy use of electroshock therapy and psychedelic drugs. [...]

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