MEDIA
Mohammad Omar Mohabbat, Alabama Psychiatrist, pleads guilty to harassing Patient – was earlier arrested for sexual abuse of patient
Tuscaloosa News Psychiatrist pleads guilty to harassment Staff Reports October 5, 2015 Mohammad Omar Mohabbat A Northport psychiatrist has pleaded guilty to harassing a patient. Mohammad Omar Mohabbat, 76, was charged with second- degree sexual abuse and harassment in 2013. Prosecutors dismissed the sexual abuse charge and accepted a guilty plea to the harassment charge on Monday, according to court documents. He received a six-month jail sentence, which was suspended. He will instead serve one year of unsupervised probation. No details about the alleged abuse or harassment have been released or included in court documents. The victim in the [...]
China’s Gay Shock Therapy
The Guardian China's Gay Shock Therapy By Sam Wollaston October 10, 2015 A young man calling himself John goes to a hospital in the Chinese city of Tianjin and is seen by a senior psychiatrist. What seems to be the problem, she asks. John tells her he’s gay. Homosexuality may no longer be illegal or classified as a mental illness in China, as it was. But it’s not accepted by many – the authorities included. The psychiatrist tells John it’s in his mind, and outlines a range of remedies that will put him on the road to straightness. Cold showers, [...]
NAWSHAD SULEMAN, UK PSYCHIATRIST, ARRESTED – while receiving “sick pay” from government, worked in the government facility making money doing his own private work
Birmingham Mail Solihull doctor denies NHS fraud By James Cartledge September 14, 2015 Psychiatrist Nawshad Suleman A hospital psychiatrist from Solihull is to stand trial over allegations he defrauded the NHS by doing private work while he was supposedly off sick. Dr Nawshad Suleman, who was based at St Michael’s psychiatric hospital in Warwick, is also accused of misusing NHS Trust facilities for private consultations. Suleman, 64, of Beaminster Road, Solihull, pleaded not guilty at Warwick Crown Court to three charges of defrauding Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust. The first charge alleges he submitted medical certificates saying he [...]
KWABENA AKUFFO-AKOTO, CANADIAN PSYCHIATRIST, SUED FOR SEX WITH PATIENT WHO WON $500,000 JUDGMENT – Psychiatrist fled country to the UK
The Telegraph-Journal (New Brunswick) September 4, 2015 Psychiatrist Kwabena Akuffo-Akoto Testimony concludes in medical lawsuit Testimony wrapped up on Thursday in Saint John Court of Queen's Bench in a civil suit against the Canadian Medical Protective Association. Michael and Shirley Shannon from the St. Stephen area are suing association to collect on a judgment of more than $500,000 against psychiatrist Kwabena Akuffo-Akoto awarded in 2004. The couple sued the doctor over sexual improprieties while Shirley Shannon was his patient. The couple could not collect the money because Akuffo-Akoto left the country. They sued the CMPA which pays for the [...]
Colin Bouwer, Murderous New Zealand Psychiatrist Denied Parole at First hearing in 15 years- slowly poisoned his wife to death
stuff.co.nz Convicted murderer Colin Bouwer denied parole, Privy Council appeal likely By Hamish McNeilly September 18 2015 Psychiatrist Colin Bouwer The psychiatrist who slowly poisoned his wife to death has been denied parole at his first hearing in 15 years. Colin Bouwer will spend another year in prison before being deported - but not before an appeal against his murder conviction is lodged. The South African-born psychiatrist was convicted of murder after he slowly poisoned his wife Annette Bouwer, 47, who died at their Dunedin home in January 2000. Annette Bouwer was poisoned by her husband and died [...]
William Munn, California psychiatrist, license was suspended for prescribing large amounts of commonly abused prescription drugs to multiple patients – some of whom were known substance abusers
Daily Republic Fairfield psychiatrist signs disciplinary pact By Ryan McCarthy September 19, 2015 FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield psychiatrist whose license was temporarily suspended for the manner in which he prescribed drugs to five patients has reached a settlement with the state. Dr. William Munn signed the settlement and disciplinary order Aug. 31 and agreed to be bound by the California Medical Board’s decision. The agreement is subject to state review, after which the document will become public. The agreement canceled an Oakland hearing scheduled to start Sept. 8 before an administrative law judge. Munn, in private practice since 1972 at [...]
Marc Weinbaum, Ocala, Florida psychiatrist, fined $5,000 by Department of Health for medical malpractice
Ocala Star Banner Ocala psychiatrist fined $5,000 after jail inmate's suicide By Nicki Gorny September 17, 2015 An Ocala psychiatrist has been fined $5,000 for medical malpractice after a man brought to The Vines Hospital in 2012 for evaluation later committed suicide at the Marion County Jail. Marc Weinbaum, the psychiatrist, is being disciplined by the Florida Board of Medicine for failing to evaluate 69-year-old John Edward Hummel for suicide risk. The Department of Health opened an investigation on Nov. 30, 2012, about two months after the suicide, said Brad Dalton, deputy press secretary for the department. The final order, [...]
Alexander Sharah, Aussie Psychiatrist, Suspended Two Years “for encouraging his patients to explore religion to ease their mental health problems”
Sydney Morning Herald Psychiatrist Alex Sharah, who compared lesbians to paedophiles, disqualified By Stephanie Gardiner September 23, 2015 Psychiatrist Alex Sharah A mother who had a stillborn baby was spoken to about abortion, a Muslim woman was blessed with holy water, an alcoholic was advised to connect with Jesus and a depressed young woman was told to pray. Psychiatrist Alexander Anthony Sharah, 80, has been disqualified from registering as a medical practitioner after inappropriate treatment of patients, having also compared lesbians to paedophiles, because both "don't know that they are doing something wrong so we still have to love [...]
UK Psychiatrist Joseph Bray Suspended – Father-of-two cheated on his wife with patient, says “Men aren’t biologically programmed for monogamy” and the expectation of fidelity in marriage is “unreasonable”
Daily Mail Father-of-two psychiatrist cheated on his wife with patient after telling another: 'Men aren't biologically programmed for monogamy' By Hannah Parry September 1, 2015 Psychiatrist Joseph Bray A married psychiatrist who had sex with a patient before telling another 'When my wife dies, I will s**g as many women as I can' has kept his job. Father-of-two Dr Joseph Bray, 57, claimed during consultations with one woman that 'Men aren't biologically programmed for monogamy.' He was later treating a 'psychologically vulnerable' patient at The Priory Hospital in Southampton when he began stroking her hair and kissing her head, [...]