BIZARRE PSYCH NEWS
Debra Koss, NJ Psychiatrist vs. NJ Psychologists – A Fight to Drug More People
nj.com N.J. psychiatrists launch website to defeat bill giving psychologists Rx rights By Susan K. Livio December 05, 2014 Psychiatrist Debra Koss TRENTON — Psychiatrists in New Jersey have launched an online campaign they hope will torpedo “risky” legislation that gives psychologists the authority to write prescriptions. The New Jersey Psychiatric Association unveiled a new website, ProtectNJpatients.com, that explains why the state legislature, the governor and the public should oppose the bill that passed the Assembly in June. While psychologists “are a very important part of New Jersey’s healthcare infrastructure,” they don’t have the education, training and supervision of [...]
Psychiatrists’ Infighting
Psychiatrist Keith Ablow Excerpts from below article: Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, chairman of psychiatry at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, said Ablow seems more interested in entertaining than in reflecting well on his profession. Lieberman is past president of the American Psychiatric Association, which discourages members from speculating on psychiatric characteristics of non-patients. “It is shameful and unfortunate that he is given a platform by Fox News or any other media organization,” Lieberman said. “Basically he is a narcissistic self-promoter of limited and dubious expertise.” Ablow isn’t an APA member, having resigned in 2011 in a dispute [...]
Psychiatrist Ron Rubin: “I’m confused. I don’t get it”
AOL Doctor accused of smoking pot with patients defends reputation October 20, 2014 Psychiatrist Ron Rubin MILWAUKEE (WITI) - Smoking pot with patients - prescribing dangerous amounts of prescription drugs - even treating underage girls without their parents' consent. Those are the accusations which landed psychiatrist Dr. Ron Rubin in hot water earlier this year. Now his medical license has been "suspended indefinitely," and he's defending himself in an exclusive interview with FOX6 Investigator Meghan Dwyer. "I didn't steal money, I didn't sleep with any patients, I didn't act unethically," he says. "I signed an agreement so I could [...]
John Neale, Psychiatrist for 50 years, Sentenced to 40 years in Prison for Child Sex Crimes
Forsyth County News Psychiatrist convicted of child sex crimes By Kayla Robins October 19, 2014 John Neale psychiatrist FORSYTH COUNTY — A Tennessee doctor accused of sex crimes against a minor in Forsyth County was sentenced to serve 40 years in prison. According to court records, John C. Neale was convicted of three counts of child molestation that involved a 6-year-old female relative. The well-known psychiatrist from Johnson City, Tenn., was 74 at the time of his arrest in November 2012, according to an article in The Johnson City Press. “Once he was caught, other people came forward with [...]
Kim Street, Psychiatrist, All Screwed Up – Drug addiction and ‘‘bizarre’’ treatments
New Castle Herald What's up Doc: The psychiatrist, the drug addiction and the job offer By GABRIEL WINGATE-PEARSE Oct. 31, 2014 A HUNTER hospital offered a job in its psychiatric emergency unit to a doctor who had been deregistered over his lengthy drug addiction and ‘‘bizarre’’ treatments. While addicted to psychostimulants, Dr Kim Street had painted the walls of his surgery black, was unable to pay bills, and exposed patients to experimental drug therapies without their knowledge. He prescribed the wrong drugs to pregnant women and elderly patients, as well as patients with a history of psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder [...]
Psychiatrist Said Farzad – “Homicidal”, in Hot Water – Threatened to Shoot Up Insurance Office with Machine Guns, Bombs
HeraldNet Suspended psychiatrist accused of making disturbing, aggressive calls By Diana Hefley October 2, 2014 Psychiatrist Said Farzad EVERETT — A psychiatrist whose license was suspended earlier this year now is being prosecuted for allegedly making threats to shoot up a Bothell health insurance office. Said Farzad is fighting the suspension of his medical license and filed an appeal last week in Pierce County Superior Court. Farzad, 63, also must now defend against a telephone harassment charge, a felony. The charge stems from allegations the Gig Harbor man made a series of disturbing phone calls to Molina Healthcare in [...]
Amarjit Singh Bedi – Psychiatrist Diagnosed Woman with Elephantitis
Scotsman Psychiatrist facing sack after prescribing Viagra By Laura Paterson August 26, 2014 A STAND-IN psychiatrist faces being struck off after a disciplinary body found he had advised that sex hormones and Viagra should be prescribed to several patients without carrying out proper assessments. Locum psychiatrist Dr Amarjit Singh Bedi also diagnosed a patient with the tropical body-swelling disease elephantitis despite the fact that she had never been to a country where she could have caught it, the medical tribunal hearing heard. While working for NHS Lanarkshire between 2010 and 2011, Dr Bedi failed to screen for serious conditions such [...]
Two Psychiatrists Arrested in Murder of Another
Yucatan Times Psychiatrist’s Relatives protest outside Government Palace August 27th, 2014 Relatives and friends of Psychiatrist Enrique González Lara, who has been detained in connection with the murder of fellow psychiatrist Felipe Triay Peniche, protested outside the Government Palace on Tuesday August 26th for the direct intervention of Governor Rolando Zapata Bello, demanding his immediate release. “My husband is a person of integrity, a good father, an excellent professional … he is incapable of hurting or killing anyone, much less committing something so horrible,” said Mrs. Karina Vivas Vazquez, Lara’s wife. Lara has been detained along with fellow psychiatrist Pablo [...]
Hassan Ramadan Abdulla – Psychiatrist circumcised dozens of young boys in a filthy clinic
Leicester Mercury Psychiatrist faces being struck off for carrying out unregulated circumcisions By Merc_Reporter September 09, 2014 A doctor circumcised dozens of young boys in a filthy clinic on the first floor of a terraced house, a tribunal heard. Dr Hassan Ramadan Abdulla, 63, was not registered by the Care Quality Commission when he undertook the procedures for religious or traditional reasons at his Leicester clinic. The NHS psychiatrist, who is also a member of the Royal College of Surgeons, charged parents £70 to circumcise boys at his private Al-Khalill Clinic, in the Evington area, from 2002. He admitted six [...]
Hassan Abdulla, psychiatrist who circumcised 41 boys at a “non-sterile” clinic found guilty of misconduct
BBC News Leicester illegal circumcision doctor guilty of misconduct September 11, 2014 Psychiatrist Hassan Abdulla A psychiatrist who circumcised 41 boys at a "non-sterile" clinic in a terraced house has been found guilty of misconduct. Dr Hassan Abdulla was not registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) when he operated at the Al-Khalill Clinic in Leicester. He performed non-profit operations for Muslim and Jewish families who could not afford to have them done privately. Circumcisions for non-medical reasons are not offered in most NHS areas. A tribunal in Manchester was told Dr Abdulla, of Sudbrook, Lincolnshire, had applied for [...]