MEDIA

Yehuda Baruch, Israeli Psychiatrist, Former Director of Psychiatric Hospital, Accused of Sexually Abusing Suicidal Patient

Haaretz Former Director of Israeli Psychiatric Hospital Accused of Sexually Abusing Suicidal Patient Ronny Linder-Ganz, Ido Efrati and Sharon Pulwer May 08, 2016 Psychiatrist Yehuda Baruch A female patient at Abarbanel Psychiatric Hospital has accused the hospital’s former director of sexually abusing her while she was his patient. Maya Berger, 27, wrote a letter to Health Minister Yaakov Litzman in November 2015, after filing a police complaint and a complaint to the ethics committee of the Israel Medical Association against Dr. Yehuda Baruch, 59. Last week the High Court of Justice lifted a gag order and allowed Baruch’s name [...]

Letter by Marilyn Monroe describes her excruciating Psych Hospital Experience: “A very bad effect” – Committed by Psychiatrist Marianne Kris – Copy of 1961 letter to be auctioned off

People Marilyn Monroe's Harrowing Letter Detailing Her Sanitarium Stay BY Liz McNeil and Kathy Ehrich Dowd May 10, 2016 In a six-page letter to the psychiatrist who would find her dead a year later, a forlorn Marilyn Monroe wrote about her harrowing experience inside a New York psychiatric clinic, a stay which she said "had a very bad effect." The March 1, 1961, letter to Dr. Ralph Greenson detailed her excruciating experience within Payne-Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, a New York City sanitarium her other psychiatrist, Dr. Marianne Kris, committed her to the previous month. A carbon copy of the letter (not [...]

Morris Fraser, Irish Child Psychiatrist – History of Child Sex Crimes Exposed

RTE Child psychiatrist worked after abuse conviction March 31, 2016 Psychiatrist Morris Fraser A child psychiatrist, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a child while working for a Belfast hospital in 1972, was allowed to remain on the British medical register for 24 more years during which he was convicted on abuse charges on two further occasions. Griffith College academic, Niall Meehan, who has published an account of Morris Fraser's crimes, has called for the case to be investigated by the Goddard Inquiry which is conducting Britain's most comprehensive-ever examination of child abuse. Mr Meehan's study, published by Spinwatch, [...]

Jopinder R. Harika

HOME NEWS Judge orders psychiatrist to Berks County Prison Tuesday April 5, 2016 12:01 AM By Stephanie Weaver READING, PA After failing to show up for his sentencing hearing three times, a psychiatrist convicted of committing fraud in Berks has until the end of the week to report to Berks County Prison. Senior Judge Scott D. Keller imposed a sentence for Dr. Jopinder R. Harika on March 22 even though the Allegheny County psychiatrist was not present. TODAY'S SPONSOR: Keller sentenced him to three to 23 months in Berks County Prison followed by six months of probation and to pay [...]

Jopinder Harika, Penn. Psychiatrist, has until the end of the week to report to prison – Medicaid Fraud

Reading Eagle Judge orders psychiatrist to Berks County Prison By Stephanie Weaver April 5, 2016 Psychiatrist Jopindar Harika READING, PA - After failing to show up for his sentencing hearing three times, a psychiatrist convicted of committing fraud in Berks has until the end of the week to report to Berks County Prison. Senior Judge Scott D. Keller imposed a sentence for Dr. Jopinder R. Harika on March 22 even though the Allegheny County psychiatrist was not present. Keller sentenced him to three to 23 months in Berks County Prison followed by six months of probation and to pay [...]

Nadir Omara, English Psychiatrist, Suspended for “Lewd Phone Calls”

East Anglian Daily Times Doctor who made lewd phone calls is suspended April 9, 2016 newmarket: A consultant psychiatrist who made lewd phone calls to night-time care workers at an addiction treatment centre has been suspended from the list of registered medical practitioners. Nadir Omara, 48, of Sapling Place, Rushmere St Andrew, denied two charges of sending indecent communications to staff members at the Abbeycare addiction treatment centre. He was found guilty by magistrates in January and sentenced to 12 weeks custody. This week, a medical practitioners tribunal decided to suspend Dr Omara for 15 months, subject to a review. [...]

Sharon Marble, Maine Psychiatrist, booted from “practicing” for two years – “inappropriate personal and romantic relationship with a patient”

Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine WATERVILLE PSYCHIATRIST CENSURED BY MAINE BOARD OF LICENSURE IN MEDICINE April 14, 2016 AUGUSTA, ME – On April 12, 2016 the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine and the Maine Office of Attorney General entered into a Consent Agreement with Sharon Marble, M.D. The Consent Agreement includes a censure and requires education in ethics and professional boundaries. Additionally, the agreement imposed a $1,500 civil penalty, probation and a condition that does not allow Dr. Marble to practice clinical medicine for two years. The discipline was based upon unprofessional conduct by Dr. Marble, which involved [...]

WISCONSIN SUSPENDS LICENSE OF PSYCHIATRIST DAVID HOULIHAN, former Veterans Administration Chief of Staff

News8000 State suspends medical license of former Tomah VA Chief of Staff March, 16 2016 Psychiatrist David Houlihan MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) - The former Chief of Staff of the troubled Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center won't be practicing medicine anytime soon. The Wisconsin Medical Examining Board suspended the medical license of the former VA psychiatrist Dr. David Houlihan Wednesday. In a report from the Center for Investigative Reporting, Houlihan was known by some veterans as the 'Candy Man' for handing out excess narcotics. Houlihan was fired from the VA and his clinical privileges was revoked back in November. [...]

Radovan Karadzic, Bosnian Psychiatrist, War Time Criminal, charged with genocide and crimes against humanity, including slaughtering 8,000 Muslim men and boys – Verdict Expected Next Week after 5-year trial

Reuters Ahead of war crimes verdict, Karadzic's divisive Bosnia legacy endures By Daria Sito-Sucic Mar 18, 2016 Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic The verdict that a U.N. tribunal will hand down next week in Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic's trial for genocide has re-opened old wounds for many Bosnians, who for years feared him as the "master of life and death". The long-awaited decision by the war crimes tribunal in The Hague, to be handed down on Thursday after a five-year trial, reminds Bosnians that Karadzic's legacy lives on in a country still divided along ethnic lines two decades after the [...]