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Koock Jung, Psychiatrist – breaks down when confronted by reporter over harassment and abuse

News10.com Local psychiatrist accused of harassment, abuse By Lindsay Nielsen June 24, 2015 QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – A North Country psychiatrist will have his license suspended for six months amid accusations of harassment, abuse and intimidation. A Queensbury psychiatrist has been accused of gross incompetence and moral unfitness. Dr. Koock Jung denies any wrongdoing but added that he can’t successfully defend himself from all the allegations. Some of his former patients claimed Dr. Jung asked them for hugs, told them they were beautiful, rubbed their legs, and touched them in a sexual nature. But Dr. Jung said it’s not true. [...]

British psychiatrist Colin Brewer (revoked license) hired to sign off on suicides at Switzerland “suicide clinic”, which is facing a major criminal probe

Daily Mail Banned British doctor who approves Dignitas suicides secretly recorded advising how patients can 'pop their clogs' even when they are not terminally ill By Lucy Osborne and Katherine Faulkner and Paul Bentley May 29 2015 British psychiatrist Colin Brewer Dignitas is sending people who want to die to a banned British doctor for approval they need for an assisted suicide, the Mail can reveal. The clinic is telling patients to get a report from a controversial psychiatrist struck off nine years ago for serious misconduct. They say that Colin Brewer – who has helped at least 12 [...]

William Rader, Malibu psychiatrist, license revoked 20 years ago. Now, Rader continues to sell unproven stem cell treatments “His dishonesty permeates every aspect of his business and practices”

LA Times Doctor with revoked license continues to sell unproven stem cell treatments By Alan Zarembo May 16, 2015 Courtesy of KABC, Los Angeles (July 30, 2010) Last fall, two decades after Malibu psychiatrist William Rader began selling unproven stem cell treatments to desperate patients with incurable conditions, California authorities permanently revoked his medical license for negligence, false or misleading advertising and professional misconduct. "His dishonesty permeates every aspect of his business and practices," the medical board wrote in a scathing 39-page decision. Today, Rader has a new title: "chief scientist" rather than "chief medical officer." But his California company [...]

Anna Binder, Conn. Psychiatrist, disciplined for using hospital letterhead to create fake medical reports

Binder is also licensed in the State of Florida. These two addresses are listed for her: KROME DETENTION CENTER CLINIC OF INNOVATIVE MINDS, P.A., 2627 NE 203RD STREET, SUITE 214, AVENTURA, FL Psychiatrist Anna Binder, Connecticut Discipline Records Hartford Courant Two Psychiatrists Disciplined By Medical Examining Board By Kate Farrish HARTFORD — ---BEGIN EXCERPT In the first case, Dr. Anna Binder must also complete course work in professional ethics and patients' rights under a consent order that she signed on March 31. The Department of Public Health began an investigation of Binder in October 2014 when Stamford [...]

Maykel Luna, Psychiatrist – Performs Shock Treatment at Morton Plant Hospital

PsychSearch.net Yeah, They Still Do Shock Treatment By Ken Kramer May 12, 2015 Note: Saturday, May 16, 2015, is the international day of protest against shock treatment. There will be demonstrations protesting shock treatment in many cities around the world. Morton Plant Shock Treatment Psychiatrist Maykel Luna-Concepcion A couple of years ago PsychSearch received an encouraging tip that shock treatment was no longer used at Morton Plant hospital in Clearwater, Florida, where we are located. But we were dispirited when we heard from Elizabeth Hardy, Morton Plant's spokesperson. Her e-mail was short: "Electroconvulsive Therapy is offered at Morton [...]

Joseph Bray, psychiatrist, tells patient distressed over unfaithful husband: “men are not biologically programmed for monogamy”; tells patient: “When my wife dies I will shag as many women as I can”

Daily Herald When my wife dies, I'll sleep with as many women as possible: What psychiatrist told patient betrayed by husband By Jaya Narain May 13, 2015 Psychiatrist Joseph Bray A psychiatrist stunned a depressed patient by telling her: ‘When my wife dies, I will s**g as many women as I can’, a tribunal heard yesterday. The woman had gone to Dr Joseph Bray, 57, in ‘emotional distress’ after learning that her husband had been unfaithful. But Bray, a married father of two, told her that men are not biologically programmed for monogamy and said it was ‘unreasonable’ for [...]

Fred Risser, Maine Psychiatrist, Butt Slapper, Ordered to Stop Treating Women

Bangor Daily News Bangor psychiatrist ordered to stop treating women By Jackie Farwell May 15, 2015 415 Water St, Ellsworth, Maine BANGOR, Maine — A Bangor psychiatrist must stop treating women after allegedly developing an unprofessional relationship with a female patient, according to a state medical licensing board. Dr. Fred Risser may treat only men and must submit to independent monitoring of his practice to ensure he meets prescribing and recordkeeping standards, his May 12 consent agreement with the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine states. While a 30-year-old female was his patient in 2009 and 2010, Risser drove [...]

Eleven psychiatrists disciplined at Japanese hospital – fraudulent applications. Largest newspaper in the world “astounded by the lack of morals”

The Yomiuri Shimbun Weed out fraudulent applications for special status of designated psychiatrist April 21, 2015 Executives of St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital bow in apology during a news conference in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 15. (The Asahi Shimbun) Executives of St. Marianna University School of Medicine Hospital bow in apology during a news conference in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 15. (The Asahi Shimbun)[/caption] We are astounded by the lack of morals of people engaged in medical services at a hospital. It is vital that a thorough investigation is conducted into whether inappropriate medical examinations [...]

James Bland, psychiatrist, suspended in an emergency order, acquired “a substantial amount of poisons, explosives and other materials with no reasonable explanation”

The Bismarck Tribune By Janell Cole June 6, 1996 A district judge said Wednesday that the state Board of Medical Examiners did not act unreasonably when it suspended the medical license of a Minot psychiatrist last month. Dr. James Bland's license was suspended in an emergency order the board issued May 16 when the Commission on Medical Competency said he had acquired "a substantial amount of poisons, explosives and other materials with no reasonable explanation as to their legitimate use.'' Bland and his attorney, Chad Nodland of Bismarck, appealed the suspension to South Central District Court, saying board's action was [...]

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