BIZARRE PSYCH NEWS
Texas Psychiatrist Philip Scott Cited for Possession of Ammunition and Firearms on Federal Property? Apparently Fired?
KWTX Man Cited After Guns, Ammo Found In Truck At Local VA Identified By Rachel Cox November 15, 2013 The two citations issued after police at the Olin E. Teague Veterans’ Center in Temple found guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition in a truck parked illegally outside the facility name Philip Scott, U.S. District Court Clerk Mark Borchardt confirmed Friday. A hospital spokeswoman said Friday Scott is no longer employed at the hospital, but would not say what his job was there. A Philip Scott is listed on the hospital’s online medical staff directory as a board-certified psychiatrist and [...]
New Zealand Psychiatrist Manilall Maharajh License Revoked – Sex with Patient – paid to keep her quiet
New Zealand Herald Psychiatrist punished over sex with vulnerable patient By Brendan Manning Nov 22, 2013 Psychiatrist Manilall Maharajh A psychiatrist who had a sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient, and paid her tens of thousands of dollars to keep quiet about it has been stripped of his registration and ordered to pay more than $70,000. Dr Manilall Maharajh, whose name suppression has been lifted, was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal in September. In its just-released penalty decision, the tribunal said Dr Maharajh's conduct was serious enough to "warrant discipline for the purposes [...]
Gays Now Rule Psychiatry
PsychSearch.net By Ken Kramer November 29, 2013 Homosexuality was listed as a mental disorder in the DSM (see page 44) but after psychiatrists were ridiculed and pressured by gay activists, the membership of the American Psychiatric Association voted in 1974 to remove it from the DSM. This folly of a science claimed that homosexuality was a mental disorder, but then buckled under political pressure and removed homosexuality from their Bible. How's that for science? Here are the punchlines: On May 15, Saul Levin was named the new chief executive officer and medical director of the American Psychiatric Association. He is [...]
Russian Psychiatrist Vyacheslav Vesnin Gets Ten Years in Prison – encouraged orgies in front of children
Daily Mail Leader of sinister cult that carried out orgies in the presence of children is jailed in Russia for making youngsters worship sexual promiscuity By Will Stewart 6 November 2013 • Vyacheslav Vesnin, 47, was the 'guru' of a sinister cult that met for orgies • The sect, which operated in southern Russia, had hundreds of members • Cultists would meet for orgies, and take their children along to watch • Vesnin was given nearly ten years in prison, and four others were jailed too Psychiatrist Vyacheslav Vesnin The leader of a 'sect of perverts' which encouraged orgies [...]
Virginia Psychiatrist Jeffrey K. Lightner Falls for the ol “the Chicken Coop collapsed on my Xanax Pills in My Lunch Pail” line
fredericksburg.com State penalizes former local psychiatrist BY CHELYEN DAVIS November 12th, 2013 A former Fredericksburg psychiatrist has lost the ability to renew his medical license for allegedly improperly prescribing pills to patients in Harrisonburg. In a ruling early this month, the Virginia Board of Medicine suspended Jeffrey K. Lightner’s ability to renew his license, which had expired in 2012. The ruling came after an October hearing, which Lightner attended, about allegations that between 2004 and 2010, Lightner “consistently failed to screen patients for substance abuse, follow-up with patients to monitor their progress while taking medications, and respond in a timely [...]
Illinois Psychiatrist Kripakaran Puvalai – Long History of Sexually Inappropriate Conduct
State Journal-Register Local psychiatrist suspended for "sexually inappropriate conduct" By Dean Olsen The State Journal-Register Oct 28, 2013 Office of Psychiatrist Kripakaran Puvalai State officials on Monday suspended the medical license of a Springfield psychiatrist suspected of flirting with and inappropriately touching six female patients between 2009 and 2013. The state isn’t alleging that Dr. Kripakaran Puvalai had sex with patients, but according to a complaint filed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Puvalai “engaged in a pattern of sexually inappropriate conduct and multiple physician-patient boundary violations with numerous patients of his psychiatric practice.” The complaint said [...]
Buffalo, NY Psychiatrist Dham Gupta License Revoked – Offered to Pay Patients to Find him Sex Partners
Buffalo News Buffalo-area psychiatrist’s license revoked for behavior By Henry Davis October 24, 2013 Psychiatrist - Dham Gupta A Buffalo-area psychiatrist whose medical license was suspended for attempting to enlist two patients to help him find sex partners has now had his license revoked. An administrative review board for professional medical conduct, at the request of the state Health Department, overturned the suspension penalty for Dr. Dham Gupta, and revoked his license effective Wednesdsay. The review board argued that the one-year suspension imposed in June by a committee of the state Board for Professional Medical Conduct was inconsistent with [...]
TMB suspends San Antonio psychiatrist
Psychiatrist Shawna Mohney Deeves Texas Medical Board Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2013 Media contact: Jarrett Schneider, 512-305-7018 Customer service: 512-305-7030 or 800-248-4062 TMB suspends San Antonio psychiatrist On October 4, 2013, a disciplinary panel of the Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended, without notice, the Texas medical license of San Antonio psychiatrist Shawna Mohney Deeves, M.D., after determining that Dr. Deeves' aggressive conduct and documented deteriorating mental state demonstrated that Dr. Deeves poses a continuing threat to public health and safety. The Board found Dr. Deeves has been diagnosed with significant psychiatric illness and that her [...]
Judge rejects Israeli Child Psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Meir’s argument that abuse, humiliation and neglect are legitimate forms of treatment
Haaretz Jail and fines for abusive medical staff at Jerusalem psychiatric hospital By Nir Hasson Oct. 1, 2013 A nurse at the Eitanim psychiatric hospital outside Jerusalem was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment on Moncay and three other employees got suspended sentences and/or fines for abusing patients in the early 2000s. The four were convicted in December. Dana Ben Meir, the nurse responsible for the care of autistic and brain-damaged patients and the one who initiated the abuse, was sentenced by the Jerusalem District Court to nine months in jail, 18-months suspended and a fine of NIS 15,000. The director [...]
Patient stabs psychiatrist 40 times in Italy
New York Daily News Patient stabs psychiatrist 40 times in Italy, killing her: police THE ASSOCIATED PRESS September 4, 2013 Italian psychiatrist Paola Labriola was found stabbed to death in Italy on Wednesday. Police in Puglia say the attacker sat patiently in the waiting room before his deadly appointment. ROME — Investigators in Italy say a patient stabbed his psychiatrist some 40 times, killing the woman during their appointment at a public health facility. Police said the attacker, a man in his 40s with a history of drug and alcohol abuse and a criminal record for drug dealing, was [...]