BIZARRE PSYCH NEWS
Psychiatrist Allowed to Inject Patients with Horse Tranquilizer
MSN NZ Kiwi psychiatrist cleared over party drug use July 30, 2013 A Southland psychiatrist who injected depressed patients with the horse tranquiliser and party drug ketamine has been cleared by the health watchdog. Ketamine is approved for use as an anaesthetic only but was given to 11 severely-depressed patients at Dunedin hospital in 2010 for off-label use as an anti-depressant. A complaint was lodged that the specialist's prescribing was for research purposes and was `experimental', but in findings released on Tuesday, Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill ruled the use legitimate. He criticised the psychiatrist for not keeping more [...]
California Psychiatrist Anath Shanmugam Surrenders License after Sexting Patient
CBS Sacramento Psychiatrist Accused Of Preying On And Sexting With A Patient By Ron Jones August 1, 2013 SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A veteran Sacramento psychiatrist has been accused of abuse of power and allegedly preying on a patient. According to the Medical Board of California, the victim’s story started at the Chateau Senior Center in Sacramento where she worked as a caregiver. She apparently had a panic attack, fainted, and was taken to a local hospital. That’s where the reports say she met Dr. Anath Shanmugam to help her work through her past. She was still recovering as a child [...]
Canadian Court Critical of Psychiatrist Shree Bhalerao
National Post Ruling says hospital can’t force anti-psychotic drug on patient after questionable schizophrenia diagnosis By Joseph Brean July 31, 2013 Psychiatrist Shree Bhalerao Nearly four years after staff at Toronto’s Saint Michael’s Hospital started slipping an anti-psychotic drug into a woman’s orange juice while treating her for lupus, Ontario’s highest court has tossed aside the ruling that allowed her to be drugged against her will, in part because the psychiatrist who diagnosed her with schizophrenia admitted he was “making parts of [her symptoms] up.” In a sharply worded ruling, the Court of Appeal said there was “no evidence” [...]
Buffalo Psychiatrist’s “Intolerable Behavior” – Asks Patients to Find him Sex Partners
Buffalo News Psychiatrist cited for soliciting sex partners from patients Charged with asking patients to find partners By Henry Davis July 12, 2013 Psychiatrist - Dham Gupta The state has suspended the medical license of a Buffalo-area psychiatrist for one year after charging him with attempting to enlist two patients to help him find sex partners. Dr. Dham Gupta also must serve five years of probation after the suspension and, before resuming a medical practice, must undergo a psychiatric evaluation and comply with all treatment recommendations, according to the decision of the state Board for Professional Medical Conduct. A [...]
Psychiatrist Faces War Crimes – accused of genocide and crimes against humanity
Deutsche Welle (Germany) Five years after arrest, Karadzic shows no remorse for Bosnia crimes By Dzevad Sabljakovic, Zoran Arbutina July 21, 2013 Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic On July 21, 2008, Dragan David Dabic - an alternative medicine doctor - was arrested in Serbia. In reality, Dabic was a false identity for one of the world's most-wanted men: alleged war criminal Radovan Karadzic. For 12 years, Karadzic managed to escape international justice. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia issued a warrant for his arrest in July 1996. Karadzic was accused of genocide and crimes against humanity, committed during the [...]
Pennsylvania Psychiatrist Michael Kessler arrested for child born
WNEP 16 Psychiatrist Arrested for Child Porn by Lara Greenberg June 21, 2013 Psychiatrist Michael Kessler STROUDSBURG — A former psychiatrist is locked up on child porn charges. The arrest comes after the state determined he was too dangerous to practice medicine. Michael Kessler ignored our questions as he was led out of the Monroe County Detectives Office and taken to jail. Police arrested Kessler at his home in Cresco after finishing a month-long investigation into his relationship with a 13-year-old boy. According to court papers, Kessler posed as a 14-year-old on Facebook and sent pornographic videos and pictures [...]
Twenty Women come forward against Canadian psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski
Sun News ON doc faces 40 new charges, including sexual assault, voyeurism and child porn By Jennifer O'Brien April 15th, 2013 Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski LONDON, ON - A psychiatrist faces 40 new charges, including sexual assault, voyeurism and child pornography. Police say twenty women - including a 17-year-old of whom "images were taken without her informed consent" - have come forward against psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski. That brings the total number of charges against him to 43. "We are reasonably confident now that we've spoken to anyone who is going to come forward," Det. Insp. Kevin Heslop said. "The investigation [...]
London Psychiatrist Accused of Videotaping Female Patients
Blackburn News Court Date For London Psychiatrist by Avery Moore February 5th, 2013 Psychiatrist - Stanley Dobrowolski Another day in court is set for a London psychiatrist accused of videotaping female patients without their knowledge. A lawyer for Stanley Dobrowolski is expected to appear in court Tuesday morning. In November, Dobrowolski was released from custody with instructions not to contact any of his patients, write prescriptions, or use the computer without his wife present. A lawyer is expected to appear on his behalf in court, Tuesday. The 65-year-old is charged with two counts of sexual assault and one [...]
Psychiatrist will pay patients “if he could give them oral sex”
Courthouse News Service Patients Say Shrink Was a Sex Predator By Jack Bouboushian February 19, 2013 CHICAGO - A psychiatrist offered to pay two patients money if he could give them oral sex, causing one to quit treatment and die of a drug overdose, his father claims in court. Alfredo Crespo Sr. sued Circle Family Healthcare Network and Dr. Josip Pasic on behalf of his late son, Alfredo Jr. Elvis Silva joined as plaintiff, in Cook County Court. Silva claims Pasic offered him $80 and tried to unbutton his pants, telling him he "just 'wanted to make him feel better.'" [...]
Psychiatrist caught video-taping patient without her knowledge
Blackburn News Psychiatrist Case Back in Court January 8th, 2013 Psychiatrist - Stanley Dobrowolski The case of a London psychiatrist accused of video-taping a patient without her knowledge returns to court today. Stanley Dobrowolski’s lawyer will appear to receive evidence from the Crown. The 64-year-old psychiatrist is charged with one count of voyeurism and one count of sexual assault. In November, Dobrowolski was released on bail under very strict instructions not to contact the alleged victim nor or any of his former patients and not to write any prescriptions.