MEDIA

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 [...]

Abdi Tinwalla, Illinois psychiatrist, prescribed antipsychotic to inmate who unknowingly took it – Judge says this is medical battery

LAW360 7th Circ. Nixes Ill. Prison Doc's Medical Battery Claims Win By Hannah Meisel May 1, 2017 EXCERPT: Psychiatrist Abdi Tinwalla The Seventh Circuit on Friday nixed a quick win to a psychiatrist in an Illinois detention facility accused of allegedly causing an inmate to take the antipsychotic drug Risperdal for more than a month without the man's knowledge or consent. A three-judge panel found that a reasonable jury could conclude that Dr. Abdi Tinwalla had been deliberately indifferent to the plaintiff's right to refuse and had committed a common law tort of medical battery when he wrote a [...]

Arvid Linde, Aussie Psychiatrist, Surrenders License after Sex with Patient

Medical Board of Australia Former medical practitioner disqualified from applying for registration after sexual relationship with patient 02 May 2017 A former medical practitioner has been reprimanded and disqualified from applying for registration after admitting to a sexual relationship with a patient. In July 2016, the Medical Board of Australia (the Board) referred Dr Arvid Linde, a psychiatrist, to the State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia (the tribunal) alleging, among other things, that he engaged in professional misconduct in that he failed to maintain professional boundaries and inappropriately engaged in a sexual relationship with a patient. On 4 April 2017, [...]