BIZARRE PSYCH NEWS
Orange County Psychiatrist Surrenders License – incompetent, unprofessional and grossly negligent in treatment of psychiatric patient left with a broken neck for five hours
Los Angeles Times O.C. doctor accused by medical board to give up license By Lee Romney February 5, 2014 Metropolitan State Hospital, Norwalk, CA SAN FRANCISCO — More than four years after a 52-year-old psychiatric patient was left with a broken neck for five hours on the floor of her room at Metropolitan State Hospital, the physician responsible for her care has agreed to give up his license, according to the state medical board. Dr. Ngoc Le Tuyen, of Fountain Valley, who goes by Tuyen Le, agreed to surrender his license rather than fight an accusation filed last summer [...]
Video – Goofy Fox News Psychiatrist Keith Ablow Invents Even Another Disorder – “Data Rage”
The Raw Story Fox psychiatrist invents ‘data rage’ after theater shooting to blame phones instead of guns By David Edwards January 14, 2014 Psychiatrist Keith Ablow Fox News “Medical A-Team” member Keith Ablow thinks smartphones may be even more dangerous to have in theaters than handguns. Ablow on Tuesday said a smartphone caused a retired police officer to experience “data rage” toward a man who was texting in a Florida theater and fatally shoot him. After Curtis Reeves was ordered held without bond on Tuesday, Fox News hosts Bill Hemmer and Alisyn Camerota asked the television psychiatrist what might [...]
Psychiatrist Threatens Patient: “You should be afraid of me. I am the one who is going to shock your brain with electricity”
Star Tribune State psychiatrist scolded on shock threat at Minnesota Security Hospital By PAUL MCENROE January 21, 2014 Property owned by psychiatrist James Anders Christensen, Rochester, MN (from Google Earth) Ruling of maltreatment by Security Hospital psychiatrist is about-face. A state psychiatrist committed emotional maltreatment when he threatened a mentally ill patient at the Minnesota Security Hospital with electroshock therapy, a top state official has determined. The decision by Human Services Commissioner Lucinda Jesson overrules the department’s inspector general, who decided last month that the psychiatrist’s threats didn’t merit a finding of maltreatment. “The reasonable person on the street [...]
Psychiatrist Paul Strickland Attacks Wife, Bites Her Face
Manchester Evening News Psychiatrist bit wife's face in row over another lover By Tom Brooks-Pollock January 30, 2014 Psychiatrist Paul Strickland A top doctor bit his wife’s face before breaking her glasses and hitting her around the head with a cardboard box, a court heard. Paul Strickland, 51, launched the violent attack after finding out that his wife was seeing someone new following the breakdown of their 20-year marriage. The consultant psychiatrist, who works for the NHS in Salford , Trafford and Bolton , left Judith Richardson seven voicemail messages and banged on the door of their former shared [...]
Oregon Cattle Killer Psychiatrist Joel Rice Buys Off Criminal Charges – Now Faces Animal Cruelty Charges
The Observer Cattle killer to face charges Criminal mischief charges dropped, animal abuse charges to move forward By Kelly Ducote January 10, 2014 Cattle Killer Psychiatrist Joel Rice Visiting Judge Lung S. Hung approved dismissing first-degree criminal mischief charges against Dr. Joel Rice pursuant to a civil compromise Thursday afternoon. After hearing about five hours of testimony and arguments, Hung, a circuit court judge out of Malheur County, found that animal abuse charges are not subject to a civil compromise, but agreed to sign an order dismissing the criminal mischief charges. Rice, a La Grande psychiatrist, was charged with [...]
Top Prescribing Texas Psychiatrist G.K. Ravichandran Disciplined – Used Alzheimer Drug on 8-year-old
Houston Chronicle Houston psychiatrist disciplined for prescribing anti-Alzheimer's drug to child By Lise Olsen December 21, 2013 Psychiatrist G.K. Ravichandran A Houston psychiatrist has been disciplined for improperly prescribing anti-Alzheimer's medication and other potentially dangerous drugs to an 8-year-old, according to a recent order by the Texas Medical Board. Dr. G.K. Ravichandran's prescriptions placed the unidentified child at "undue risk for experiencing complications," and the Alzheimer's drug, which is not clinically proven to be safe for children, was given without consent from the patient's mother, the board's March 2012 complaint alleged. Ravichandran, a psychiatrist who has been licensed in [...]
PsychSearch leaves no stone unturned – Victorious Again!
Daily Republic Florida man pries records away from South Dakota officials By Chris Mueller Dec 26, 2013 It took nearly five months, but a Florida man has been allowed to view records about doctors excluded from Medicaid in South Dakota. In July, Ken Kramer, of Clearwater, Fla., asked the South Dakota Department of Social Services for the names of every doctor terminated or excluded from Medicaid, a federal-state health care program for the poor, since 2010. Individuals or companies may be excluded from federal medical programs for various reasons, including health care fraud, overcharging patients, charging for unnecessary services, failure [...]
Halifax psychiatrist Curtis Steele Takes Nude Photos of 14-year-old Patient
Herald News Woman sues psychiatrist over photos By Eva Hoare August 1, 2013 Psychiatrist Curtis Steele A young woman is suing a Halifax psychiatrist for allegedly taking nude photos of her during the course of an appointment with him. The claimant, who was about 14 years old at the time, went to Dr. Curtis Steele for treatment of “attention deficient and depressive symptoms” in 2003, a statement of claim filed in Nova Scotia Supreme Court alleges. “During their last appointment, the defendant informed the plaintiff that he was a photographer,” the claim filed Thursday alleges. “(Steele) asked the plaintiff [...]
Halifax Psychiatrist Curtis Steele license suspended – “made inappropriate sexual advances toward a male patient, using a dildo” – Has been a psychiatrist for 48 years
CBC News Halifax psychiatrist Dr. Curtis Steele's licence suspended Two civil lawsuits allege sexual misconduct By Blair Rhodes Dec 05, 2013 Psychiatrist Curtis Steele The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia has suspended a Halifax psychiatrist's licence to practice medicine after a complaint was laid against him. The decision against Dr. Curtis Steele was announced Thursday morning in a small newspaper advertisement and on the college's website. Dr. Gus Grant, the college registrar, said Steele's licence was suspended after someone laid a complaint against him. "At present there is one complaint against Dr. Steele," Grant told CBC [...]
Psychiatrist Chukwuma Igbokwe Faces License Revocation for Sexual Harassment, Exposed Himself to Hospital Administrator, Etc.
WalesOnline Doctor and ex-diplomat faces being struck off for sexually harassing colleague December 12, 2013 Psychiatrist Chukwuma Igbokwe The doctor was found to have grabbed his colleague from behind and asked her for sex 'over a desk' A doctor and former diplomat who flashed at a colleague during a two-year 'onslaught' of sexual harassment faces being struck off for bringing the profession into disrepute. Dr Chukwuma Igbokwe, 46, grabbed Vanessa Turley from behind and thrust himself towards her before exposing himself and asking her to perform a sex act, a tribunal ruled. The former Consul to the UK of [...]