MEDIA

Manilall Maharajh, psychiatrist, filmed himself having sex with a depressed patient, a virgin – then paid her $35,000 to keep quiet

Courier Mail Psychiatrist can’t practise in Australia until 2017 after NZ sex case By Kay Dibben The Courier-Mail February 04, 2015 Psychiatrist Manilall Maharajh AN EX-Queensland hospital psychiatrist, who was struck off in New Zealand for having sex with a patient and paying her hush money, cannot apply for Australian registration until mid-2017. Manilall Maharajh falsely declared he was not under investigation anywhere when applying for a job with Queensland Health in 2011, knowing of the complaint against him in New Zealand. Mr Maharajh worked at Caboolture and Redcliffe hospitals from 2011. UNFIT: Doc filmed sex with virgin patient [...]

Paul Termansen, Psychiatrist, Promises to Never Work as a Psychiatrist Again

Vancouver Sun North Shore psychiatrist loses licence for unprofessional conduct By Pamela Fayerman January 6, 2015 Psychiatrist Paul Termansen A psychiatrist who was formerly the head of adult community mental health services on the North Shore and a long-standing clinician at Lion’s Gate Hospital, will have to shut down his medical practice after admitting to hugging one patient and going into business with another. Dr. Paul Eric Termansen has admitted to unprofessional conduct and has been given until July 31 by the College of Physicians and Surgeons to wrap up his practice. He has also promised to never work [...]

Peter Breggin, Renegade Psychiatrist, Coming to Arizona – “No one should be diagnosed with ADHD, ever” he says

Arizona Daily Star Controversial psychiatrist to speak in Tucson January 10, 2015 Psychiatrist Peter Breggin A well-known and controversial psychiatrist who says ADHD is not a disorder will speak in Tucson this month at a fundraising gala for a not-for-profit organization. The latest federal data shows nearly 6 percent of Arizona children ages 4 through 17 are being medicated for ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) — a percentage that psychiatrist Dr. Peter R. Breggin says should be zero. Breggin, who maintains a practice in Ithaca, New York, is against psychiatric drugs. Not only that, he says there’s no such [...]

David Houlihan, Wisconsin psychiatrist, “zombified” VA patients with Drugs

The Center for Investigative Reporting Opiates handed out like candy to ‘doped-up’ veterans at Wisconsin VA By Aaron Glantz January 8, 2015 Psychiatrist David Houlihan, the “Candy Man.” Doctors at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Tomah, Wisconsin, hand out so many narcotic painkillers that some veterans have taken to calling the place “Candy Land.” They call the hospital’s chief of staff, psychiatrist Dr. David Houlihan, the “Candy Man.” Learn more about the VA’s opiate prescriptions in reporter Aaron Glantz’s 2013 report for “Reveal,” a public radio show from CIR and PRX. Current and former hospital [...]

Dutch psychiatrist, “Van R” convicted of possessing 60,000 items of child porn, yet he was still okay’d to work at clinic

DutchNews.nl Christian clinic psychiatrist has child porn conviction January 12, 2015 De Hoop psychiatric clinic A Dordrecht psychiatric clinic, which offers help from a Christian perspective, is employing a psychiatrist with a conviction for possessing large amounts of child pornography, the Volkskrant says on Monday. The man was convicted of possessing 66,000 items of child porn, including rape videos, in 2012. The board of the De Hoop clinic is aware of the conviction and says the doctor ‘deserves a second chance’. The clinic says the psychiatrist treats adults with addiction problems and does not work with children or the [...]

Christopher Palacios, Mass. Psychiatrist, charged with pushing, kicking and sexually assaulting his wife

The Sun Chronicle Psychiatrist given board reprimand By David Linton January 15, 2015 Psychiatrist Christopher Palacios ATTLEBORO - A psychiatrist at Arbour-Fuller Hospital has been given a reprimand by the state Board of Registration in Medicine as a result of his arrest in 2012 on domestic assault charges. Dr. Christopher M. Palacios was arrested in 2012 following an altercation with his then wife, and subsequently admitted sufficient facts to charges of misdemeanor assault and battery in 2013. The charges were dismissed last year after Palacios completed a court-ordered anger management course, the board announced. The board reprimanded Palacios "for [...]

Claudio Dicovsky, NJ Psychiatrist, “Sentenced” to lame “house arrest” for accepting $200,000 in Bribes

Bergen Dispatch Fort Lee Psychiatrist Sentenced to One Year of House Arrest and Three Years' Probation By Staff January 05, 2015 Claudio Dicovsky, 52, of Fort Lee, New Jersey, a doctor with a practice in Paterson, New Jersey, was sentenced today to three years’ probation, which includes one year of house arrest with electronic monitoring, for accepting more than $200,000 in bribes from Parsippany, New Jersey-based Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services LLC (BLS) as part of a long-running scheme operated by the lab, its president, and numerous associates, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Dicovsky previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge [...]

Francis Bostock, psychiatrist, billed medicare for sex with patient – Judge orders him to pay patient $400,000

Sydney Morning Herald Former psychiatrist Francis Bostock ordered to pay damages to patient he abused By Julia Medew December 16, 2014 16 Walpole Street, Kew, Victoria, Australia A former Melbourne psychiatrist who had sex with a patient for years and billed Medicare $16,000 for their time together has been ordered to pay the woman nearly $400,000 in damages. A Supreme Court judge recently heard former Kew psychiatrist Francis Tudor Bostock breached his duty of care by having sex with and sexually assaulting the woman over three-and-a-half years while she had depression. The patient first sought Dr Bostock's help in [...]

Colin Brewer, Psychiatrist, license was revoked, his clinic was a drug “grocery” where addicts could get any drug they wanted, Now He Admits to Killing 7 patients in Assisted Suicide, only one of which was terminally ill

Lifenews.com Psychiatrist Admits to Killing Seven Patients in Assisted Suicides, Just One Was Terminally Ill by Sarah Zagorski December 17, 2014 Psychiatrist Colin Brewer Eight years ago, psychiatrist Dr. Colin Brewer was removed from the United Kingdom’s medical register after he inappropriately prescribed drugs to his addictive patients, including heroin substitutes. In fact, in September 2001, one of Dr. Brewer’s patients, Grant Smith, 29, died after the psychiatrist gave him a home detox kit containing 16 drugs, including the tranquillisers diazepam and temazepam. When Dr. Brewer’s medical license was revoked, the NHS argued that his clinic had become a [...]