MEDIA

Debra Koss, NJ Psychiatrist vs. NJ Psychologists – A Fight to Drug More People

nj.com N.J. psychiatrists launch website to defeat bill giving psychologists Rx rights By Susan K. Livio December 05, 2014 Psychiatrist Debra Koss TRENTON — Psychiatrists in New Jersey have launched an online campaign they hope will torpedo “risky” legislation that gives psychologists the authority to write prescriptions. The New Jersey Psychiatric Association unveiled a new website, ProtectNJpatients.com, that explains why the state legislature, the governor and the public should oppose the bill that passed the Assembly in June. While psychologists “are a very important part of New Jersey’s healthcare infrastructure,” they don’t have the education, training and supervision of [...]

Shubu Ghosh, psychiatrist, guilty in Medicaid Fraud Case

Psychiatrist - Shubhranjan Ghosh KTUU, Channel 2 Anchorage psychiatrist changed plea in Medicaid fraud case KTUU Staff December 01, 2014 ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage psychiatrist changed his plea today in a case of fraudulently billing Medicaid and tampering with evidence. In this story: -- Dr. Shubu Ghosh, pleaded guilty to billing Medicaid more than $1 million for services he never performed. -- Dr. Ghosh said he was guilty for falsifying records in an attempt to cover up the improper billing. -- Ghosh founded Ghosh Psychiatrict Services and was arrested in April of this year. -- His sentencing is [...]

Europe’s Oldest Psych Hospital

Europe's Oldest Psych Hospital The Viennese slang "Gugelhupf" (a type of round cake) is a word used to describe mental asylums and psychiatric clinics. The source of this word is this building's round shape. I wonder if that's the source of the English term "spinbin" (a residential facility for psych treatment) Wikipedia The Narrenturm (Fool's Tower) in Vienna is continental Europe's oldest building for the accommodation of mental patients.[1] Built in 1784, it is next to the site of the old Vienna General Hospital (today a university campus), and is now home to the Federal Pathologic-Anatomical Museum Vienna [...]

James Hanley, psychiatrist, license revoked for sexual misconduct in 2 provinces, but Alberta issues him another

​CBC News Psychiatrist who lost licence in N.B., NL, practising in Alberta Dr. James Hanley, who admitted having sex with patient, working at CFB Cold Lake By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon December 2, 2014 A psychiatrist who was stripped of his medical licences in both New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador in 2007 after he admitted to having sex with a patient is now practising in Alberta, CBC News has learned. Dr. James Bernard Hanley, 72, who used to work with veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in Oromocoto, N.B., is working at 4 Wing CFB Cold [...]

Psychiatrists’ Infighting

Psychiatrist Keith Ablow Excerpts from below article: Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, chairman of psychiatry at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, said Ablow seems more interested in entertaining than in reflecting well on his profession. Lieberman is past president of the American Psychiatric Association, which discourages members from speculating on psychiatric characteristics of non-patients. “It is shameful and unfortunate that he is given a platform by Fox News or any other media organization,” Lieberman said. “Basically he is a narcissistic self-promoter of limited and dubious expertise.” Ablow isn’t an APA member, having resigned in 2011 in a dispute [...]

Solomon Wong Kee Miew – Psychiatrist Suspended for Sex with Patient

Today IMH psychiatrist suspended for affair with patient July 19, 2014 SINGAPORE — A psychiatrist at the Institute of Mental Health who initiated an affair with a patient he was seeing has been suspended from practice for 24 months, the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) said yesterday. Dr Solomon Wong Kee Miew, 42, started seeing the female patient in April 2011, and immediately took a liking to her as he found her attractive. He would intentionally schedule consultation sessions with the woman such that he could spend more time with her, an SMC disciplinary tribunal noted. At their sixth and final [...]

Psychiatrist Detained – Accused of Prescribing High Risk Drugs

romania-insider.com Prosecutors detain Romanian psychiatrist for illegally prescribing high-risk drugs by Irina Popescuhttp November 19, 2014 Romanian psychiatrist Bengescu Bellu Cristian Gheorghe Romanian psychiatrist Bengescu Bellu Cristian Gheorghe was detained for 24 hours on Tuesday, November 18, by prosecutors from the Anticorruption department DIICOT. He is accused of allegedly prescribing high-risk drugs without having the right to do so. “In order to obtain improper financial benefits, defendant Bengescu Bellu Cristian Gheorghe prescribed to a patient, over a period of 27 days, a high-risk drug substitution treatment of 6,840 tablets of 2.5 mg Sintalgon, although the necessary treatment for the [...]

Kyle Stewart, “Wierd” Psychiatrist, Confronted with Sexual Misconduct Charges, Agrees to Never Practice Again

Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise (Oklahoma) November 23, 2014 - 12:07am Former area psychiatrist surrenders medical license By Nathan Thompson Psychiatrist Kyle Stewart A former Bartlesville psychiatrist has voluntarily surrendered his medical license to state authorities in lieu of prosecution following allegations of sexual misconduct. According to documents obtained by the Examiner-Enterprise from the Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, Kyle Leslie Stewart, M.D. agreed to surrender his license to practice medicine on Sept. 26 after an investigation by the medical board. Stewart’s license surrender was accepted by the state board on Nov. 6 and filed that same day. The [...]

Video: Louisiana Psychiatrist Slams Psychiatry: “All they have to offer is a pill”

KPLC 7 News Lake Charles, Louisiana Psychiatrist: Over diagnosis leads to strain on resources By Michael Cooper Nov 26, 2014 Excerpts: Dr. Dale Archer has been in practice for close to 30 years and he doesn't mind stepping on some toes. His theory may be controversial but it well worth consideration. "The biggest problem we face in mental health today is the over-diagnosis, over-medication, and over-treatment of psychiatric conditions," Archer said. Psychiatrist Dale Archer It's what Dr. Archer calls the over-medication culture. Dr. Archer questions the statistics that claim 44 million Americans have some form of mental illness. [...]