BIZARRE PSYCH NEWS
Arvind Shah, Waterbury psychiatrist, slapped 10-year-old patient
Republican American Police: Waterbury-based psychiatrist slapped 10-year-old patient --Excerpt WATERBURY — A psychiatrist with a city-based practice is facing a felony charge in connection to allegedly slapping a young patient in his office, according to documents obtained Wednesday. Dr. Arvind Shah, 70, was charged earlier this month after an investigation of his interaction with a 10-year-old boy, according to police. Police say they were called to Shah’s office on Nov. 7 at about 3:40 p.m. The child’s mother and her husband were with the boy, who was suffering from “several emotional psychological diagnoses,” according to police. At some point [...]
Pikeville Psychiatrist – medical license restricted
Pikeville psychiatrist Lexington Herald Leader Pikeville psychiatrist accused of showing patient nude pictures of men he’s had sex with By Mike Stunson August 5, 2019 --Excerpt A Pikeville psychiatrist has been accused of showing a patient nude photos of men during a session earlier this year. As a result, the medical license for Jason Stamper has been restricted by the state’s Board of Medical Licensure for an indefinite period of time. Stamper practices at the Mountain Comprehensive Care Center in Pikeville. The mother of the patient, a permanently disabled adult, filed a grievance to the board in May that Stamper [...]
James Ryan, Psychiatrist – sexual misconduct with patients
James Ryan East Valley Tribune EV psychiatrist runs afoul of 2 medical boards By Jordan Houston June 18, 2019 -- Excerpt The way the medical boards of California and Arizona saw it before suspending him this month, East Valley psychiatrist Dr. James Matthew Crowley Ryan had other things in mind when three different women came to him for psychiatric care. Investigators for the California Attorney General’s office said: When one woman told the Gilbert resident, then practicing in the San Diego area, that she had had an extramarital affair, he “told her that she should have more affairs” – then [...]
Jacob McClean, South Florida Psychiatrist Arrested
Jacob McClean local10.com South Florida doctor arrested after dispensing meth to patients, DEA says Dr. Jacob McClean faces federal drug charges By Peter Burke - Local10.com Managing Editor, Neki Mohan - Anchor/Reporter June 17, 2019 -- Excerpt MIAMI - A South Florida doctor has been arrested on federal drug charges. Dr. Jacob McClean, 36, appeared in federal court Monday in Miami. The Pembroke Pines psychiatrist was arrested Friday by Drug Enforcement Administration agents. Federal authorities said McClean was illegally dispensing and using methamphetamine... Lambert said McClean was also writing prescriptions "for medications that are not medically necessary and are [...]
James Ketchum, Psychiatrist – used LSD on Soldiers
James Ketchum Washington Post James Ketchum, who conducted mind-altering experiments on soldiers, dies at 87 By Harrison Smith June 4, 2019 -- Excerpt James S. Ketchum, an Army psychiatrist who studied the effects of LSD and other hallucinogenic drugs on American soldiers, overseeing classified Cold War-era experiments that spurred a debate on medical ethics, died May 27 at his home in Peoria, Ariz. He was 87... ...initiatives were halted amid media reports and withering congressional hearings, during which the Edgewood project’s founder and director, Van Murray Sim, was criticized for failing to provide follow-up medical care for the 7,000 soldiers [...]
Brian Lahey, psychiatrist, Overland Park, sex with patients
Kansas City Star JoCo doctor accused of sex with patients loses Kansas license, can still work in Mo. --Excerpt An Overland Park psychiatrist has agreed to an indefinite suspension of his Kansas license amid allegations of having sex with patients and other violations...Brian Patrick Lahey took the suspension and agreed to not contest the allegations in a consent order issued Tuesday by the Kansas Board of Healing Arts. “Licensee committed an act or acts of unprofessional or dishonorable conduct by committing an act or acts of sexual abuse, misconduct or other improper sexual contact, which exploited the licensee-patient relationship,” [...]
Billy Lockhart, San Fran Psychiatrist, sentenced
Billy Lockhart Los Angeles Times Medical board revokes license of San Francisco doctor caught with child porn --Excerpt A San Francisco psychiatrist who pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography was stripped of his medical license this week. A federal judge last year sentenced Billy Lockhart to three years in prison, which he began serving in November, according to court records. Lockhart was a resident of UC San Francisco’s Department of Psychiatry when he was arrested in May 2017 as part of a San Francisco Police Department probe into online child pornography trading. Investigators found hundreds of videos and graphic [...]
Anjena Gandham, Saskatchewan – suspended for lying
Anjena Gandham Star Phoenix Psychiatrist-in-training suspended for lying about prescription By Kathy Fitzpatrick January 9, 2019 -- Excerpt A doctor training to be a psychiatrist is suspended from medical practice for one month for repeatedly lying about a prescription for a colleague she signed in contravention of the rules. Dr. Anjena Gandham was partway through a psychiatric residency program at the University of Saskatchewan when she was disciplined by her licensing body, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan. Along with the suspension, Gandham was reprimanded and ordered to take an ethics course on professionalism...
Emily Lazarou, psychiatrist, “loose cannon”
Emily Lazarou Tampa Bay Times Pinellas judge: Controversial psychiatrist can testify in Jonchuck case By Dan Sullivan December 10, 2018 A forensic psychiatrist who has been criticized for being "biased and coercive" in her evaluations of criminal defendants will remain as an expert witness in the case of John Jonchuck, who is accused of dropping his 5-year-old daughter off a bridge. Over vocal objections from defense attorneys, Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge Christine Helinger said Monday there was no need for a hearing on whether to boot Dr. Emily Lazarou from the case. "What you're suggesting is that she's a horrible psychiatrist," [...]
Kurt Freund, Czech psychiatrist Kurt Freund – Court Rules Psych’s Penis Measuring Treatment has “No Relation to Medical Treatment” and “No Evidence of any therapeutic benefit”
Appeals Court Rejects Arousal Test for Sex Offender BY TANYA CALDWELL JUNE 21, 2006 12 AM PT Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options TIMES STAFF WRITER A periodic test that measures a man’s response to erotic images is “Orwellian” because it examines his mind, not just his body, and should not be used because it deprives him of more freedom than necessary, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. In order to be released from prison, U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson had ruled in 2001, Matthew Weber would have to subject himself to tests in which a pressure-sensitive electronic device is [...]