MEDIA

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, [...]

Margaret Knowle, Wisconsin Psychiatrist, Sentenced to Prison, supplied herself with drugs by writing prescriptions in other doctor’s names

Stevens Point Journal Former Stevens Point psychiatrist sent to prison Kevin Murphy May 9, 2017 MADISON - A former central Wisconsin psychiatrist who supplied herself with amphetamines by writing prescriptions in other doctors' names was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to 16 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Margaret “Meg” Knowles, who practiced psychiatry in the Stevens Point area, faced four years in prison after pleading guilty in March to attempting to obtain a drug by fraud. Knowles, 53, of Amherst, was indicted in October on one count of prescription fraud and four counts of conspiring [...]

Susan Roche, Ottowa Psychiatrist, loses license – used patient to pick up groceries for her

Ottawa Sun Ottawa psychiatrist who had patients run errands for her loses licence By Andrew Seymour April 13, 2017 An Ottawa psychiatrist who hired one patient as a private nurse and took advantage of others by having them pick up her eye medication and groceries has been found guilty of professional misconduct and agreed to never practise medicine again. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario said it found Dr. Susan Louise Roche’s “self-serving, selfish, disgraceful and unprofessional behaviour” included the hiring of one patient to be her own private nurse after an abdominal operation. Roche also inappropriately billed [...]

Joanna Louis, California Psychiatrist, “repeated negligent acts” gets 5 year probation

nbcsandiego.com Leucadia Psychiatrist Accused of “Negligent Acts” By J.W. August April 5, 2017 A psychiatrist examining her on behalf of the medical board found she failed to "maintain proper boundaries with patients which makes her unsafe to practice medicine." Dr. Joanna Louis, a 60-year-old psychiatrist from Leucadia, has been placed on five years' probation. The Medical Board of California accused the doctor of “repeated negligent acts in the care and treatment” of three of her patients over a number of years. According to the Medical Board’s stipulated settlement and disciplinary order, Dr. Louis failed to monitor and track her patients' [...]

Morales Brown, NY Psychiatrist, Arrested for Stealing $6,524 from State

localsyr.com Former psychiatrist accused of stealing $6,524 from NYS April 14, 2017 WSYR-TV - A former psychiatrist has been arrested for allegedly stealing over $6,000 from the state by falsifying time and attendance records. According to the New York State Inspector General, 59-year-old Morales Brown was working for the New York State Office of Mental Health at its Central New York Psychiatric Center and is accused of falsifying inmate medical records, claiming he evaluated and treated inmate patients, when he actually did not. Between August and September 2016 while employed as a psychiatrist for the New York State Office of [...]

Bruce Spittle, New Zealand Psychiatrist – 45 year career ended with criminal conviction of sexual misconduct with a patient – appeal now denied

Otago Daily Times Doctor's appeal rejected By Rob Kidd April 17, 2017 Psychiatrist Bruce Spittle A Dunedin psychiatrist found guilty of molesting a patient has failed in a bid to clear his name. Dr Bruce James Spittle's 45-year medical career ended in 2015 when he was found guilty of two counts of indecent assault after a jury trial. The now 71-year-old was sentenced to seven months' home detention by Judge Michael Crosbie in the Dunedin District Court four months later. The Crown had called for a term of imprisonment. Defence counsel Harry Waalkens QC called it ''a sad and [...]

Marco Bonetti, Italian Psychiatrist, arrested for Sexual Assault, Corruption & Embezzlement

ANSA.it Sexual abuse and fraud, arrested doctor March 29, 2017 For sexual assault , aggravated fraud , embezzlement and corruption for acts contrary to official duties, the financial police of Aosta has arrested Marco Bonetti, 63, Aosta, psychiatrist against whom it was issued an arrest warrant by the investigating magistrate. The doctor house arrest were granted. The investigations were carried out with the use of hidden cameras in outpatient studies that the USL had made available for healthcare and have documented incidents of sexual violence and bribery to psychiatric patients entrusted to his care by the NHS. "The doctor has [...]

IF PSYCHIATRY loses the confidence of society…

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT “Sexual misconduct is particularly damaging to the reputation of psychiatry because the damages to patients which result are mental and emotional in nature. If psychiatry loses the confidence of society, its ability effectively to pursue its mission will be damaged.” – American Psychiatric Association, March 1993 You can file a complaint against a Psychiatrist at https://www.psychsearch.net/complaints/