BIZARRE PSYCH NEWS
Illinois Psychiatrist Gabriel Telot Surrenders his License when Confronted with Mysterious Disciplinary Action
Pantagraph.com Normal psychiatrist gives up license in face of board inquiry April 30, 2014 By T. J. Fowler Psychiatrist Gabriel Telot SPRINGFIELD — A psychiatrist in Normal has given up his medical license after facing unspecified claims by a state medical board. Dr. Gabriel Telot agreed to have his physician and surgeon license permanently relinquished, according to a report issued Wednesday by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The report doesn't specify any of the allegations made against Telot, but says that the Illinois Medical Disciplinary Board may find him in violation of state law if the [...]
Oregon Psychiatrist Joel Rice Sentenced for Shooting 7 Cows
Capital Press Psychiatrist sentenced in cattle shooting By Mateusz Perkowski May 7, 2014 Psychiatrist Joel Rice LA GRANDE, Ore. — A psychiatrist from Eastern Oregon has pleaded guilty to seven counts of first degree animal abuse for shooting several cows last year. Joel Rice, 57, was sentenced to two days in jail and two years of probation, as well as $1,600 in fines and 369 hours of community service. As conditions of his probation, Rice must also build a corral on his property to hold trespassing cattle and rebuild a fence that separates his property from a neighbor’s. In [...]
Video – Washington State Psychiatrist Said Farzad Made Bomb Threat – Doesn’t Remember – “Anger Induced Blackout” He says
Psychiatrist Said Farzad KIRO Tacoma psychiatrist accused of making bomb threats speaks out May 12, 2014 TACOMA, Wash. — A Tacoma psychiatrist accused of threatening to blow up an insurance office said he might have made the threat, but doesn’t remember doing it because of an anger-induced blackout. Dr. Said Farzad was arrested May 6 by Bothell police after he allegedly told a representative from Molina Health Care over the phone that, "I am five minutes away from Bothell and I will bomb you when I get there. I have a gun. I want to shoot your director. [...]
Child Porn Psychiatrist wants to “treat” again
Billings Gazette Billings psychiatrist again seeks reinstatement of his medical license By Cindy Uken Psychiatrist James Peak A Billings child and adolescent psychiatrist who spent time in prison for possessing child pornography is trying yet again to get his medical license back so he can return to practice. Dr. James H. Peak has petitioned the state Board of Medical Examiners to reinstate his license when it meets Friday in Helena. Peak is expected to appear before the board, according to a spokesman for the board. Peak, 52, did not return phone calls Wednesday. Peak’s quest to get back his [...]
Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski Gets the Slammer – Sexual Misconduct
Blackburn News Psychiatrist Sentenced to Four Years For Abusing Patients By Avery Moore May 15, 2014 Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski (right) “He was my support system, my parent, my confidant, my compass and my guide. He was my cheerleader,” she said as she stood before the man she had put all her trust in for over two decades. A man who sexually violated her and failed her in her time of need. “Stanley Dobrowolski, I trusted you,” the woman –one of 22 women whose names are protected under a publication ban– told her former psychiatrist in court on Thursday while [...]
Extremist Psychiatrist Imran Waheed wants men and women segregated in public places
The Telegraph 'Extremist’ working as psychiatrist for NHS By Patrick Sawer and Ben Lazarus Apr 6, 2014 Psychiatrist Imran Waheed A British doctor responsible for the care of some of the country’s most vulnerable people can today be exposed as a senior leader of a radical Islamist party banned in several countries. Dr Imran Waheed is a consultant psychiatrist at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Trust, one of the largest of its kind in the country. He specialises in the treatment of sexual dysfunction, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and obsessive compulsive disorders, and also provides advice to courts [...]
New Trial Commences for Canadian Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin – Sexual Assault on Two Male “Patients”
Sun News New trial opens for psychiatrist accused of sexual assault By Kevin Martin March 3rd, 2014 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin CALGARY ─ Suffering from depression, one to the point of being suicidal, two male patients were taken advantage of sexually by a prominent psychiatrist, court heard Monday. In his opening address to a Calgary jury, Crown prosecutor Dallas Sopko detailed the case he and co-counsel Shane Parker hope to lead against Dr. Aubrey Levin. Levin faces two charges of sexual assault in connection with incidents at his Calgary offices inside the Peter Lougheed Hospital. Sopko said both men were [...]
Top Psychiatrist Paul Strickland Pleads Guilty to Biting Wife’s Face – now under investigation by his employers
Manchester Evening News Top psychiatrist ‘ashamed’ after attacking ex-wife when she started new relationship By Amy Glendinning 18 Feb 2014 Psychiatrist Paul Strickland NHS doctor Paul Strickland, 51, launched the attack after finding out his ex-wife had started dating a mutual friend A top psychiatrist who bit his ex-wife’s face and broke her glasses after discovering she was in a new relationship is ‘ashamed’ of his actions, a court heard. NHS doctor Paul Strickland, 51, launched the attack after finding out his ex-wife had started dating a mutual friend and believed she had been ‘gloating’ about it. He has [...]
Sydney psychiatrist to be Sentenced in Assaults Against Patients
9News National February 27, 2014 Psychiatrist Ong Ming Tan Assaulted Patients at Sydney's Northside Clinic, a teaching hospital for the University of Sydney Former psychiatrist Ong Ming Tan had three rules he drummed home to his patients: honesty, confidentiality and speaking up when one is pissed off. The disgraced Sydney practitioner manipulated these principles and left four women deeply affected, a court has heard. Tan has pleaded guilty to four charges of aggravated indecent assault against patients. In a sentence hearing on Thursday, Tan's victims emotionally recounted the effect his behaviour had had on their lives. The women had [...]
Video – Crackhead Psychiatrist (also a University of Florida Professor) increased dangerous amounts of drugs leading to one patient’s death
Psychiatrist Harold E. Smith GTN NEWS The Florida Board of Medicine lays down the law for one UF psychiatric professor. Dr. Harold Smith has a history of drug abuse--and is also accused of prescribing lethal amounts of oxycontin to a patient. In our big story this half- hour-- GTN'S Briana Harper joins us live in the newsroom with more on what could happen next. This is Smith's third disciplinary hearing with the board since receiving his Florida medical license in 1999. The state medical board made a unanimous decision to discipline the professor - but the question now is [...]