BIZARRE PSYCH NEWS
Irish UnNamed Psychiatrist, licese revoked over sexual relationship with vulnerable patient
Irish Times Psychiatrist struck off over sexual relationship with vulnerable patient Woman attended doctor for treatment of bipolar disorder, court heard Irish UnNamed Psychiatrist A psychiatrist who engaged in a sexual relationship with a female patient has been struck off the medical register by the president of the High Court. Mr Justice Peter Kelly confirmed a recommendation from the Medical Council that the consultant psychiatrist’s registration as a medical practitioner be cancelled with immediate effect for professional misconduct and “moral turpitude” over the relationship. Since the psychiatrist admitted the misconduct, he has wound down his practice and retired, the [...]
Utah Psychiatrist Joel Hanson, hired by Ascendant Behavioral Health’s Comprehensive Treatment Center after pleading guilty to privacy and witness tampering
ABC4 Psychiatrist at new substance clinic has addiction and recovery in his own past Dr. Joel Hanson pleaded guilty to privacy and witness tampering charges in 2000 By Rick Aaron March 19, 2019 Psychiatrist Joel Hanson TAYLORSVILLE (ABC4 News) - The owners of a new addiction recovery clinic hope to help in battle against Utah's opioid crisis and the psychiatrist running the clinic has fought his own battles in the past. Dr. Joel Hanson M.D., the Medical Director of the new Ascendant Behavioral Health's Comprehensive Treatment Center on Riverboat Road, has experience in treatment and recovery both as a [...]
Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic, Bosnia Wartime Leader, Convicted of Genocide for Massacre
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Hague Court Set To Rule On Bosnian Serb Wartime Leader Karadzic's Appeal March 18, 2019 Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic A ruling is expected on March 20 on former Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic's appeal against his conviction in The Hague for genocide and other atrocities during the Balkan wars of the 1990s. Along with Karadzic’s appeal, judges are also expected to rule on the request of prosecutors to reverse an acquittal on a second genocide charge and sentence the former wartime leader to life in prison for that offense. The rulings at The Hague are [...]
Bassam Awwa, New London psychiatrist, agrees to pay $3.3 million settlement to feds for overbilling drug tests
The Day New London psychiatrist to pay $3.3 million for overbilling of urine drug screen tests March 15, 2019 By Karen Florin Psychiatrist Bassam Awwa New London area psychiatrist Dr. Bassam Awwa, and his medical practice, Connecticut Behavioral Health Associates, have agreed to pay a $3.3 million settlement to the federal and state governments for overbilling Medicare and Medicaid for drug and alcohol urine tests. U.S. Attorney John H. Durham announced Friday that Awwa and his practice, known as CBHA, entered into a civil settlement agreement in which they will pay $3,382,004 to resolve allegations that they violated the [...]
Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic could be jailed for life when war crimes court delivers verdict next week
Balkan Insight Radovan Karadzic: Psychiatrist-Poet Who Led Bosnian Serbs to War Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serbs’ wartime president, spent years on the run before he was caught and tried, and could now be jailed for the rest of his life when the Hague war crimes court delivers its final verdict next week. March 14, 2019 Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic Radovan Karadzic was born in the village of Petnica near Savnik in Montenegro in June 1945, some 2,000 kilometres from in Scheveningen, near The Hague, where he is currently in custody at the United Nations Detention Unit while awaiting the final [...]
Anne-Francis Nicol, Rhode Island Psychiatrist, indicted on criminal charges of first-degree arson
The Associated Press Psychiatrist suspended over prescriptions November 11, 2003 A psychiatrist who had two patients die of drug overdoses while they were undergoing a controversial treatment for pain has had her license indefinitely suspended. The state medical board on Monday suspended Anne-Francis Nicol's license to practice medicine. Nicol, whose privileges to prescribe narcotic painkillers were suspended in June 2002, had given the patients who died a narcotic-like painkiller and an anti-anxiety drug. The Woonsocket Call reports the board's administrator said the drugs prescribed, Darvon and Doxetein, were not a violation of the prior order, but said Nicol failed to [...]
Jury Awards $6.5 Million to Psychiatrist’s Ex-Wife
The Associated Press February 22, 1984 A psychiatrist accused of subjecting his ex-wife to bizarre experiments, including injecting her with her own urine, has been ordered by a jury to pay her $6.5 million. Ann C. Sleeper's malpractice suit against Dr. Harold Sleeper, medical director of Willow View Hospital, a local private mental facility, alleged he injected her while treating her for a variety of physical and mental problems. Her attorneys also said Sleeper convinced his wife her severe depression, paranoia and physical problems were due to the foods she ate and synthetic materials such as her polyester ski jacket. [...]
South Carolina Psychiatrist/Burglar Ian Gale Sentenced
The Associated Press December 3, 1979 Psychiatrist-Burglar Sentenced to 15 Years A psychiatrist was sentenced by a judge Monday to 15 years in prison on one count of housebreaking and larceny for carrying out a series of burglaries that netted about $300,000 worth of property from homes in fashionable neighborhoods. Dr. Ian Gale was ordered to serve the same sentence on seven other burglary counts, but Circuit Judge Walter Cox directed that those terms run concurrently with the first sentence. Cox also ordered that the state Department of Corrections determine whether Gale's abilities as a physician could be utilized and [...]
Domingo Cerra-Fernandez, Ocala Psychiatrist, Suspended by State, now one of 30 highest paid state employees
Miami Herald Psychiatrist suspended for ‘inappropriate relationship.’ He got a $196K state job. By Steve Contorno and Lawrence Mower February 28, 2019 Psychiatrist Domingo Cerra-Fernandez TALLAHASSEE - Less than a year ago, Domingo Cerra Fernandez was suspended from practicing medicine in Florida. He still can’t in New York. The Ocala psychiatrist allegedly committed one of the cardinal sins of his discipline: He propositioned a patient to have a sexual and romantic relationship with him. He then continued to treat her. But just months after his Florida suspension ended, Cerra Fernandez has a new job. He’s a senior physician at [...]
Jeffrey Shapiro, Psychiatrist, Disciplined in 2 states – “serious threat to public health”
The Associated Press May 24, 1999 State medical board suspends Andover psychiatrist Dateline: Boston A doctor disciplined by the New Hampshire Board of Medicine also has been suspended in Massachusetts, state officials said Monday. The state Board of Registration in Medicine announced it had suspended Dr. Jeffrey S. Shapiro, a psychiatrist and neurologist from Andover. The board voted to take action against Shapiro on Wednesday after finding his continued practice of medicine posed a serious threat to public health. In a statement of allegations, the board said Shapiro had been disciplined by the New Hampshire Board of Medicine for borrowing [...]