MEDIA
American Journal of Psychiatry – Disclosure of Editors’ Financial Relationships
American Journal of Psychiatry Disclosure of Editors’ Financial Relationships April 1, 2015 "The American Journal of Psychiatry is the most widely read psychiatric journal in the world. Published monthly, it is an indispensable journal for all psychiatrists and other mental health professionals who need to stay on the cutting edge of virtually every aspect of psychiatry. No other psychiatric journal reaches more psychiatrists with greater impact or immediacy than The American Journal of Psychiatry, the journal that the overwhelming majority of psychiatrists consider essential." Psychiatrist Agustus John Rush Disclosure of Editors' Financial Relationships The American Journal of Psychiatry requires [...]
Jerusalem psychiatrist arrested for sexually assaulting and molesting patients for five years
http://www.mynet.co.il Google Translation: Suspicion: Orthodox psychiatrist disturbed and had sex with patients Orthodox Neve Yaakov presented himself as a psychotherapist being anxious couples, a patient suspected of having committed indecent acts and other women. During interrogation he claimed that he did things without any sexual connotation Haredi attending a patient suspected of defilement and indecent assault in patients more. The suspect, a resident of Neve Yaakov 44, was arrested this week by the Jerusalem Central Unit for suspected molesting his patients and even slept with one of them. According to the allegations, he hired an ultra-Orthodox organization treatment rooms located [...]
Adam Osborne, psychiatrist, suspended over claims of two year affair with patient – mother of two
Daily Mirror George Osborne's psychiatrist brother suspended over patient affair claims in GMC probe By Sam Relph March 15, 2015 Psychiatrist Adam Osborne George Osborne’s psychiatrist brother has been suspended over claims of an affair with a patient. The Chancellor’s youngest brother Adam Osborne, 38, is accused of a two-year affair with the mum of two. He could be struck off by the General Medical Council if the claims are upheld. A GMC spokesman said the interim suspension was not an indication of guilt. In 2010, Dr Osborne was suspended for prescribing drugs to a prostitute who claimed to [...]
Great Falls Tribune: Documents on Psychiatrists are compiled at PsychSearch.net
Great Falls Tribune Use your public record rights during Sunshine Week By Kenneth Kramer March 19, 2015 The annual nationwide Sunshine Week is celebrated this week from March 15 to 21. U.S. newspapers publish stories about public records and the difficulty in obtaining some of them. "Public records" are generally defined as records regardless of their physical form (so e-mail would be included) made or received in connection with the transaction of official business by any government agency. This week, newspapers judge government agencies on their compliance with public records laws. Public records have an impact on a reporter's paycheck [...]
Joanna Wolicki-Shannon, North Carolina Psychiatrist, arrested in illegal drug ring (Adderall, Vyvanse, Ritalin etc.)
WITN NEW INFO: Kinston psychiatrists could face jail time in prescription drug scheme March 18, 2015 Psychiatrist Joanna Wolicki-Shannon Two local doctors accused of involvement in an illegal prescription drug ring made their first court appearances on Wednesday. Dr. Walter Shannon and Dr. Joanna Wolicki-Shannon were given a second court date of April 1. The judge advised the couple that their charges are serious enough to get prison time. State and federal agents raided the Shannon's Kinston medical office, East Cove Psychiatric Services, on Tuesday. The SBI accuses the doctors of writing bogus prescriptions which were filled at pharmacies [...]
Walter Shannon, North Carolina Psychiatrist, Trafficked in thousands of fraudulent prescription drugs
WITN NEW INFO: Kinston psychiatrists could face jail time in prescription drug scheme March 18, 2015 Psychiatrist Walter Shannon Two local doctors accused of involvement in an illegal prescription drug ring made their first court appearances on Wednesday. Dr. Walter Shannon and Dr. Joanna Wolicki-Shannon were given a second court date of April 1. The judge advised the couple that their charges are serious enough to get prison time. State and federal agents raided the Shannon's Kinston medical office, East Cove Psychiatric Services, on Tuesday. The SBI accuses the doctors of writing bogus prescriptions which were filled at pharmacies [...]
Jailhouse psychiatrist Charolette Hoffman, fired for not following jail’s simple anti-contraband policy
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Contraband found 3 times on fired Allegheny County jail psychiatrist By Aaron Aupperlee March 26, 2015 Psychiatrist Charolette Hoffman Allegheny County Jail guards caught the jail's psychiatrist trying to bring in cigarettes, lighters, matches and scissors before she lost her job this month. Warden Orlando Harper revoked Charolette Hoffman's security clearances on March 4, the same day guards caught her with matches in her jacket, her third violation of the jail's anti-contraband policy, according to documents the Tribune-Review obtained through an open records request. Hoffman, the jail's only full-time psychiatrist before losing her job, could not be [...]
Judge orders Surrender of Psychiatrist Barry Kaplowitz to prison authorities immediately – lied about providing “treatment” to patients he never saw
Miami Herald Jurors convict South Florida psychiatrist and patient recruiter in Medicare fraud trial By Jay Weaver February 21, 2015 Hollywood Pavilion, a psychiatric facility in Broward County, Florida On Friday morning, psychiatrist Barry Kaplowitz was wearing a beige sweater to brace himself against the unusually cold weather and possibly the verdict that awaited him in a Miami federal courtroom on Medicare fraud charges. Just after noon, following one week of deliberations, the jury convicted the Aventura doctor of lying about providing treatment for purported mental health patients that he never saw at Hollywood Pavilion, a psychiatric facility [...]
Psychiatrist Adam Osborne, brother of British Secretary of the Treasury, quits own firm after sex with patient allegation
Daily Mail UK George Osborne's psychiatrist brother 'who had sex with patient' quits his own firm leaving it with assets of just £500 By Andrew Buckwell and Adam Luck March 28, 2015 Psychiatrist Adam Osborne The psychiatrist brother of Chancellor George Osborne has resigned from his private medical company, leaving it with assets of just £551. Dr Adam Osborne, 38, was suspended by the General Medical Council two weeks ago pending an investigation into allegations he had a two-year sexual affair with a vulnerable woman patient – a married mother of two with psychiatric issues. Now he has stepped [...]
Elizabeth Noll, Seattle Psychiatrist , Sex with Patient, not allowed to treat adult male patients
Department of Health Seattle psychiatrist’s medical license restricted due to sexual misconduct News Release February 23, 2015 Psychiatrist Elizabeth Noll OLYMPIA -- The Medical Commission has immediately restricted the medical license of King County psychiatrist Elizabeth Noll, MD (MD00028718) due to sexual misconduct. Noll allegedly had a romantic relationship with an adult male patient that lasted nearly four years. Noll is not allowed to treat male patients over the age of 18 years until the charges are resolved. She must cease treating any current male patients 18 years or older within 90 days. She has 20 days to respond [...]