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Henrik Day Poulsen, Controversial Danish Psychiatrist, gets massive criticism for “careless treatment of patients”
Translation provided by Ulrik Pedersen Avisen DK By Freja Wedenborg January 27, 2017 Psychiatrist Henrik Day Poulsen The controversial psychiatrist Henrik Day Poulsen is receiving criticism from the health care Disciplinary Board, which evaluates the complaint cases in health care. In one case he diagnosed a patient with paranoid schizophrenia after just one and a half hour consultation. This is the conclusion from the Board's decision in the complaint case, which has been publicised on the website www.sundhed.dk. Inadequate basis "it is the Disciplinary Committee's assessment that the diagnosis was made on an inadequate basis, because a conversation of [...]
Temitope Oluwagbemisola Ademola, Scottish Psychiatrist, convicted of assaulting patient , kicking her and covering her mouth to stop breathing
The Press and Journal NHS Grampian doctor suspended for assaulting disabled patient By Jon Hebditch June 8, 2017 Royal Cornhill Psychiatric Hospital, Aberdeen, Scotland A former NHS Grampian doctor has been suspended after assaulting and threatening a disabled patient. Dr Temitope Oluwagbemisola Ademola has been disciplined by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) following her actions at Cornhill Hospital in Aberdeen in December 2014 and January 2015. Dr Ademola was convicted in November, 2015 at Aberdeen Sheriff Court of assaulting a patient, known only as patient A, at the Bracken ward of the hospital – by kicking her on [...]
Jason Hui-Tek Yang, California Psychiatrist, convicted for involvement in insurance fraud
Business Insurance By Joyce Famakinwa June 8, 2017 The California Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers’ Compensation said Wednesday it has suspended Pasadena, California-based psychiatrist Jason Hui-Tek Yang from participating in California’s workers compensation system. Dr. Yang was convicted in Riverside County Superior Court for his involvement in an insurance fraud conspiracy that involved referring patients for unnecessary care to justify workers comp billing, the California Department of Industrial Relations said in a statement. Dr. Yang has more than 2000 active workers comp liens with an estimated total claim value of more than $13.7 million, according to [...]
Tonmoy Sharma, psychiatrist, lost license in England, now in California – Offices raided by FBI today
Orange County Register Federal agents searching Sovereign Health rehab in San Clemente, elsewhere By Scott Schwebke and Teri Sforza June 13, 2017 The FBI, along with state and local officials, executed multiple sealed search warrants at several Sovereign Health locations on Tuesday, including the company’s offices in San Clemente. No immediate arrests were expected to be made in conjunction with the raids, said Thom Mrozek, spokesman for the U.S. Dept. of Justice. There’s no timetable for when the warrants might become public, and Mrozek would not comment on what information officials were seeking. Sovereign has addiction treatment centers in San [...]
Theodore Jasper, NJ Psychiatrist – “World’s Sexiest Psychiatrist” – License Revoked
South Passaic Daily Voice Clifton's 'World's Sexiest Psychiatrist' Loses License For Sex With Patient By Jerry DeMarco Psychiatrist Theodore F. Jasper CLIFTON, N.J. -- A Clifton psychiatrist who had sex with a patient in his office and at her home -- for which she gave him gifts that included a "World's Sexiest Psychiatrist" pin -- had his license revoked for four years, authorities said. Theodore F. Jasper will be able to return to practice in August 2019, however: The revocation by the State Board of Medical Examiners is retroactive to 2015, when he first agreed to surrender his [...]
Piet Casier, Danish Psychiatrist, expelled in the Faroe Islands
Hat tip to Ulrik Pedersen for providing this translation: fagbladet3f.dk SCANDAL-PSYCHIATRIST EXPELLED IN THE FAROE ISLANDS National Hospital in Torshavn Psychiatric Centre at the national hospital in Torshavn, last year fired and expelled the now convicted psychiatrist Piet Casier. As chief doctor Tormóður Stórá became aware of a number of articles in the trade union 3F journal, Piet Casier was asked to go to his Office, pick up his stuff and leave the premises. In the same period of time that Piet Casier wrote medical statements for a wide variety of Danish municipalities, the disputed and today sentenced specialist [...]
Joel Glass, South Jersey Psychiatrist, license suspended over prescriptions
Philly.com S. Jersey psychiatrist's license suspended over opioid prescriptions By Julie Shaw May 24, 2017 Psychiatrist Joel Glass A South Jersey psychiatrist’s medical license has been temporarily suspended after authorities accused him of prescribing painkillers to two patients without first checking their prescription histories as required by state law, authorities announced Wednesday. Joel B. Glass, 74, who had a practice in Marlton, Burlington County, has been ordered by the State Board of Medical Examiners to turn over his medical license and to stop practicing medicine and writing prescriptions. Glass is the first physician to be cited by the board [...]
Psychiatry is Dying in Stewiacke Nova Scotia by Doc Shillington
Psychiatry is Dying in Stewiacke Nova Scotia Words & Music by Ian "Doc" Shillington N.D. PO Box 88, Datil, NM 87821 EMail: DocShillington@GilaNet.com Copyright © 1971, 2017 by Ian Shillington. All Rights Reserved. Verse #1: Psychiatry is Dying, in Stewiacke Nova Scotia. Psychiatry is Dying, in Stewiacke Nova Scotia. Haaaa, Haha, ha Haaaaaaaaa, In Stewiacke Nova Scotia. Chorus: Hack! Wack! Put holes in your Brain. Cut a few nerves and you’ll feel no pain. Hack! Wack! Put holes in your Brain. Cut a few nerves and you’ll feel no pain. Verse #2: There once was a [...]
HEIDI ASHIH – Mass. Psychiatrist, Suspended Indefinitely – resigned after an investigation into allegations that a patient was living in her home
Excerpts below. Full public record COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, SS. Board of Registration in Medicine Adjudicatory Case No. 2016-011 In the Matter of HEIDI W. ASHIH, M.D. Psychiatrist Heidi Ashih FINAL DECISION AND ORDER Excerpts: Through her admission that she committed non-sexual boundary violations with a patient, the Respondent engaged in conduct that places into question her competence to practice medicine, committed misconduct in the practice of medicine, and engaged in conduct that undermines the public confidence in the integrity of the medical profession. Given the findings of fact and conclusions of law set forth by the Recommended [...]
Psycho-Psychs
Recently, several Psychs publicly attempted to label President Trump with a "mental disorder" despite the fact they've never met him, which is against their own ethics rules. The American Psychiatric Association's "Principles of Medical Ethics" says: "On occasion psychiatrists are asked for an opinion about an individual who is in the light of public attention or who has disclosed information about himself/herself through public media. ...it is unethical for a psychiatrist to offer a professional opinion unless he or she has conducted an examination and has been granted proper authorization for such a statement." The APA created this rule in [...]