BIZARRE PSYCH NEWS
Psychiatrist talks real estate during session
Mercury News Marin County psychiatrist disciplined over alleged real-estate talks with patient By Gary Klien, Marin Independent Journal December 3, 2012 MARIN COUNTY -- A Kentfield psychiatrist was reprimanded by state regulators on allegations he used a patient's therapy sessions to talk about the real estate business, the state medical board said. Dr. Stephen Merritt Raffle was "grossly negligent" and committed "multiple boundary violations" by discussing his business experience and referring the patient to real estate lawyers and lenders, according to a filing by Linda Whitney, executive director of the board. The board also alleged that Raffle failed to create [...]
Carlos Delos-Reyes, Psychiatrist, License Revoked, Misconduct, Accepted Kidney From Patient
The Ithaca Journal (New York) Elmira psychiatrist loses license June 17, 2011 By G. Jeffrey Aaron The New York State Health Department has revoked the license of an Elmira psychiatrist who has admitted charges of misconduct, including accepting a kidney from a patient. Dr. Carlos Delos-Reyes received his license to practice medicine in New York in March 1987. His license will be permanently restricted, effective June 21, and he will be prohibited from practicing in New York state. According to a statement of charges issued by the state Board for Professional Medical Conduct, Delos-Reyes provided psychiatric care to patients at [...]
Psychiatrist Graham Craig has two-year sex romp with a patient almost four decades younger
ChronicleLive Psychiatrist struck off after sex with patient by Coreena Ford June 20, 2010 Psychiatrist Graham Craig A PSYCHIATRIST who had a two-year sex romp with a patient almost four decades younger than him has been struck off the medical register, the Sunday Sun can reveal. Dr Graham Craig was 61 when he had the affair with the 23-year-old woman – known as Patient A – who had been admitted to his clinic for severe depression. It is not the first time Dr Craig, now 72 – whose area of practice is Newcastle – had an “inappropriate relationship” with [...]
New York Psychiatrist Richard Gardner thought society was too harsh on adults who had sex with kids
St. Petersburg Times Controversial disorder at center of bitter custody cases By Susan Taylor Martin May 21, 2010 Psychiatrist Richard Gardner HARPER, Texas — Deep in the Texas Hill Country, off a rutted road with a sign that says "Deer Processing,'' sits a three-bedroom mobile home. This is the Rachel House, run by Pamela and Bob Hoch. Dozens of kids from all over the nation have been brought here for days, even weeks with the goal of making them like a parent they fear or despise. "The children are expecting an institution, not this,'' says Pamela Hoch, gazing [...]
David Linden, psychiatrist, accused of writing $300,000 bad checks to casinos in Las Vegas
The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) Doctor to face Nevada charges; Psychiatrist accused of writing bad checks valued at $300,000 to casinos in Las Vegas. By Augie Frost and Jim Killackey March 7, 2008 A psychiatrist practicing in Oklahoma City and Las Vegas was released from jail Thursday on the condition he return to Las Vegas, where he has been charged with passing more than $300,000 in bogus checks, according to Las Vegas police. Dr. David Earl Linden, 54, of Edmond, was arrested Feb. 28 at his office at 1608 NW Expressway by Oklahoma County sherriff's deputies, according to an arrest [...]
Perveen Rathore, psychiatrist, assaulted two hospital police officers
TELEGRAM & GAZETTE (Massachusetts) State suspends area psychiatrist; License yanked after incident at UMMC By Thomas Caywood March 13, 2008 State medical regulators last week suspended the license of a local psychiatrist, who practiced at UMass Memorial Medical Center and at a private practice in Westboro, after the doctor allegedly ignored an on-call assignment last spring and then assaulted two hospital police officers and a nursing supervisor later that day. Dr. Perveen Rathore, 51, of 5 Arrowhead Lane, Westboro, voluntarily agreed not to practice medicine in early June 2007, shortly after the fracas at UMass Memorial. The state Board of [...]
Lance Pope, Psychiatrist, Sentenced for Thievery
The Associated Press Psychiatrist sentenced in house-sale scam April 2, 1999 Early last year, Massachusetts antiques dealers were delighted with the opportunity a psychiatrist gave them to buy the contents of well-appointed homes on Martha's Vineyard. What they didn't know was that he had broken into the homes they were visiting. On Thursday, Lance Pope, 43, was sentenced to serve 18 months of a 2 -year sentence in the Dukes County House of Correction for breaking and entering and larceny. Pope had managed to sell off a truckload of antiques before a sharp-eyed police detective caught him just after the [...]
Gloria Keraga, psychiatrist, accused of collecting excessive insurance payments by convincing patients that they needed treatment for multiple personalities related to satanic-cult abuse
The Houston Chronicle Defendants free, but not cleared, in cult-memories trial; Psychotherapists still say patients were abused By Mark Smith April 04, 1999 Two Houston psychotherapists once accused of an insurance scheme exploiting patients' memories of satanic abuse say they still believe cults may have been responsible for the patients' conditions. Gloria Keraga, who worked at Spring Shadows Glen Hospital in the early 1990s, said she isn't sure if patients who testified against her were in a massive, international cult or were victims of isolated incidents of profound abuse. "I don't know if it is a worldwide conspiracy of satanism," [...]
William Aldrich, Ohio Psychiatrist, ordered to psychiatric treatment for sexual addiction
Columbus Dispatch (Ohio) STATE BOARD LIFTS PSYCHIATRIST'S LICENSE By Laurie Loscocco July 15, 1993 A Columbus psychiatrist who admitted having a sexual addiction and personality disorders will have his license suspended indefinitely under an agreement with the State Medical Board. The board yesterday approved a consent agreement with Dr. William T. Aldrich, who had offices at 28 W. Henderson Rd. As part of the agreement, Aldrich must get psychiatric treatment as deemed necessary by two evaluations - one of which will come from a board-approved psychiatrist and the other from a psychiatrist at the Center for Marital and Sexual Health [...]
Donald Dudley, Seattle Psychiatrist, Suspended after a report of providing weapons to suicidal boy
The Seattle Times BOARD SUSPENDS PSYCHIATRIST'S LICENSE -- HE'S ACCUSED OF LEAVING GUNS WITH SUICIDAL TEEN IN BELLEVUE HOTEL By Christy Scattarella June 25, 1993 The license of a prominent Seattle psychiatrist has been suspended after he allegedly provided weapons to a suicidal 15-year-old boy in a Bellevue hotel. A hearing on the administrative charges against Dr. Donald Dudley, 56, is expected within the next four weeks by the state Medical Disciplinary Board. Dudley has been in private practice as a neuro-psychiatrist, treating mental problems that arise from brain injuries. Board investigators, working in conjunction with Bellevue police, allege that [...]