BIZARRE PSYCH NEWS
Aaron Voon, Perth Child Psychiatrist, Arrested for Videotaping a Boy Peeing in a Canadian Movie Theater
WA News Perth child psychiatrist 'caught filming boy' in Canadian toilets By Emma Young May 30 2016 Psychiatrist Aaron Voon was confronted by angry shoppers after the incident in Canada An exclusive Perth child psychiatrist has been arrested after allegedly using a mobile phone to film a young boy in a shopping centre toilet in Canada. Aaron Voon, of the Successful Development and Therapy Centre at Cockburn Central, was arrested by Canadian police on child pornography charges following the incident in Edmonton, Alberta on May 22. A confrontation between the boy's father and Dr Voon was captured on video [...]
Leland Dennis, Okla Psychiatrist, Can’t Get Along at Work – Cries about being Fired
The Oklahoman Suit alleges Oklahoma County jail psychiatrist was wrongfully terminated By Jaclyn Cosgrove May 15, 2016 Psychiatrist Leland Dennis An Oklahoma psychiatrist has filed a lawsuit against Armor Correctional Health Services and two of its employees, saying he was wrongfully terminated from his position at the Oklahoma County jail. Dr. Leland Dennis alleges in a lawsuit against the company, which contracts with the Oklahoma County sheriff's office to provide medical and mental health services, that Armor staff members ran a “sham investigation” against him after he spoke out about those staff members' inadequate performances. Dennis, who declined to [...]
ONG MING TAN, AUSTRALIAN PREDATOR PSYCHIATRIST, EXPOSED ON NATIONWIDE TV
Psychiatrist Ong Ming Tang ABC News Northside Clinic warned about psychiatrist years before indecent assault charges By Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop and Jeanavive McGregor May 18, 2016 Senior staff at Sydney's high-profile Northside Clinic were warned about the "inappropriate" and "dangerous" behaviour of its star psychiatrist, Dr Ong Ming Tan, years before he was stood aside for indecently assaulting patients. Tan was released from jail in March after serving two years for the indecent assault of four of those young women, who he was treating for eating disorders at Northside Clinic and the Metta Clinic, both on Sydney's North Shore. Several [...]
Dirk de Brito, Pasadena psychiatrist, arrested after alleged violent attack on two
The Pasadena Star-News Pasadena psychiatrist faces assault charges after allegedly attacking nanny, former employee By Stephanie K. Baer May 24, 2016 Psychiatrist Dirk de Brito A Pasadena psychiatrist is facing assault charges after allegedly attacking his children’s nanny and a former employee during separate incidents over the past seven months. Dirk de Brito, 53, of La Canada Flintridge, has been charged with two felony counts of assault by means of force, making criminal threats, interfering with a communication device, having a concealed firearm and exhibiting a firearm in connection with separate incidents in October and January. De Brito runs [...]
Alison Bailey, English Psychiatrist, Loses Lawsuit, Claimed her Mental Problems were Caused by Work Stress and Her Bosses Did Not Do Enough to Protect her
Exeter Express and Echo Devon psychiatrist who suffered stress-related heart attack loses claim for damages from the NHS By Exeter Express and Echo April 20, 2016 Psychiatrist Alison Bailey A DEVON psychiatrist who suffered a stress-related heart attack at work has lost her claim for damages from the NHS after claiming she was overworked. Dr Alison Bailey had her heart attack in 2008 and, although she went back to work, she retired in 2011 with a 'psychiatric injury'. Suing the Devon Partnership NHS Trust, she claimed her mental problems had been ultimately caused by the stress she was [...]
George Glumac, Kitchener Psychiatrist, License Revoked, but now offering psych “treatment” online
CTV News A Psychiatrist that had licence revoked now offers online mental health help Kitchener: George Glumac May 4, 2016 Psychiatrist George Glumac A former Guelph psychiatrist that had his licence revoked is now offering mental health guidance online. Dr. George Glumac’s licence to practice was taken away by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The College deemed him incompetent after sexually abusing a patient. He has since started an online psychiatric resource called Shrinklink.ca. On the website, he offers “a weekly webinar to discuss mental health questions and worries.” The cost is $9.97 a month [...]
Yehuda Baruch, Israeli Psychiatrist, Former Director of Psychiatric Hospital, Accused of Sexually Abusing Suicidal Patient
Haaretz Former Director of Israeli Psychiatric Hospital Accused of Sexually Abusing Suicidal Patient Ronny Linder-Ganz, Ido Efrati and Sharon Pulwer May 08, 2016 Psychiatrist Yehuda Baruch A female patient at Abarbanel Psychiatric Hospital has accused the hospital’s former director of sexually abusing her while she was his patient. Maya Berger, 27, wrote a letter to Health Minister Yaakov Litzman in November 2015, after filing a police complaint and a complaint to the ethics committee of the Israel Medical Association against Dr. Yehuda Baruch, 59. Last week the High Court of Justice lifted a gag order and allowed Baruch’s name [...]
Letter by Marilyn Monroe describes her excruciating Psych Hospital Experience: “A very bad effect” – Committed by Psychiatrist Marianne Kris – Copy of 1961 letter to be auctioned off
People Marilyn Monroe's Harrowing Letter Detailing Her Sanitarium Stay BY Liz McNeil and Kathy Ehrich Dowd May 10, 2016 In a six-page letter to the psychiatrist who would find her dead a year later, a forlorn Marilyn Monroe wrote about her harrowing experience inside a New York psychiatric clinic, a stay which she said "had a very bad effect." The March 1, 1961, letter to Dr. Ralph Greenson detailed her excruciating experience within Payne-Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, a New York City sanitarium her other psychiatrist, Dr. Marianne Kris, committed her to the previous month. A carbon copy of the letter (not [...]
Morris Fraser, Irish Child Psychiatrist – History of Child Sex Crimes Exposed
RTE Child psychiatrist worked after abuse conviction March 31, 2016 Psychiatrist Morris Fraser A child psychiatrist, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a child while working for a Belfast hospital in 1972, was allowed to remain on the British medical register for 24 more years during which he was convicted on abuse charges on two further occasions. Griffith College academic, Niall Meehan, who has published an account of Morris Fraser's crimes, has called for the case to be investigated by the Goddard Inquiry which is conducting Britain's most comprehensive-ever examination of child abuse. Mr Meehan's study, published by Spinwatch, [...]
Radovan Karadzic, Bosnian Psychiatrist, War Time Criminal, charged with genocide and crimes against humanity, including slaughtering 8,000 Muslim men and boys – Verdict Expected Next Week after 5-year trial
Reuters Ahead of war crimes verdict, Karadzic's divisive Bosnia legacy endures By Daria Sito-Sucic Mar 18, 2016 Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic The verdict that a U.N. tribunal will hand down next week in Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's trial for genocide has re-opened old wounds for many Bosnians, who for years feared him as the "master of life and death". The long-awaited decision by the war crimes tribunal in The Hague, to be handed down on Thursday after a five-year trial, reminds Bosnians that Karadzic's legacy lives on in a country still divided along ethnic lines two decades after the [...]