MEDIA
TMB suspends San Antonio psychiatrist
Psychiatrist Shawna Mohney Deeves Texas Medical Board Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2013 Media contact: Jarrett Schneider, 512-305-7018 Customer service: 512-305-7030 or 800-248-4062 TMB suspends San Antonio psychiatrist On October 4, 2013, a disciplinary panel of the Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended, without notice, the Texas medical license of San Antonio psychiatrist Shawna Mohney Deeves, M.D., after determining that Dr. Deeves' aggressive conduct and documented deteriorating mental state demonstrated that Dr. Deeves poses a continuing threat to public health and safety. The Board found Dr. Deeves has been diagnosed with significant psychiatric illness and that her [...]
Canadian Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Patients Wants New Trial
CBCNEWS Aubrey Levin remains on bail as appeal court ponders request Former court psychiatrist appealing 5-year sentence for sexually assaulting patients Oct 11, 2013 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin Former court psychiatrist Aubrey Levin, who was convicted of sexually assaulting three of his patients, was in a Calgary courtroom today asking Alberta's Court of Appeal for a new trial. The three justices presiding over the case are now considering whether or not to grant his request. Levin remains on bail until the decision has been made. Defence arguments today largely focused on the credibility of the Crown's key witness and questioned [...]
Alabama Psychiatrist Mohammad Mohabbat Arrested – Sexual Abuse and Harassment of Patient
Tuscaloosa News Crime Beat Northport psychiatrist charged with sexual abuse Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at 3:25 by crime.beat Psychiatrist Mohammad Mohabbat A Northport psychiatrist has been accused of sexual abuse against a patient. Dr. Mohammad Omar Mohabbat was charged with second-degree sexual abuse and harassment on Sept. 26. A grand jury indicted him that day after hearing evidence from an investigation conducted by the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit and other agencies, said homicide unit assistant commander Lt. Kip Hart. The investigation began after law enforcement received a complaint of improper conduct between Mohabbat and a patient. He was [...]
California Psychiatrist Duke Fisher Closes Office Due to an Emergency – Yeah, He was Arrested for Drug Violations
KSBW Monterey doctor arrested in undercover prescription drug sting Dr. Duke Fisher accused of selling prescription drugs for cash Sep 05, 2013 By Brittany Nielson Psychiatrist Duke Fisher MONTEREY, Calif. — A Central Coast doctor was arrested for allegedly exchanging prescription drugs for cash, authorities said. Dr. Duke Fisher, a psychiatrist, has offices in Monterey and San Jose. He was arrested last week during an undercover operation when police said he made a deal in front of an undercover California Medical Board officer who was posing as a patient. The board received complaints about Fisher abusing prescriptions and exchanging [...]
TeenScreen Announcement – Turning Lemons into Lemonade
You are probably educated on TeenScreen, the terminated Columbia University suicide survey program. Unlucky children, flagged by TeenScreen, were referred to psychiatrists. It was just a way to put more people on psychiatric drugs. The goal of TeenScreen was to screen every child in the United States before they graduated high school. Some of you even crossed swords with these psychiatric drug pushers. For years, they promoted their psychiatric screening of children at the domain name www.teenscreen.org. We never published their domain name www.teenscreen.org for fear that some unsuspecting innocent would fall for their B.S. However, we fear no more! [...]
Stevie Nicks: “I will go to my grave angry at that man” (her former psychiatrist)
Daily Mail 'I will go to my grave angry at that man': Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks opens up about the psychiatrist she blames for ruining her chances of having a family By Daily Mail Reporter 17 September 2013 She was as famous for her drugs battle and rock and roll lifestyle as for her distinctive voice during the height of her fame with Fleetwood Mac. And as Stevie Nicks returns on tour with the band, she reveals that she holds a 20-year grudge against the psychiatrist she claims prevented her from marrying and having children when he treated her for [...]
Psychiatrist Trashes DSM “waste of time and money that could mean misdiagnosis and over-medication for millions”
London Community News Psychiatrist says “buyer beware” of new diagnostic tool By Craig Gilbert September 22, 2013 Psychiatrist Allen Frances Buyer, beware. That’s the message one the most vocal critics of the latest edition of the manual used to diagnose mental disorders in North America delivered in London Thursday (Sept. 19). Dr. Allen Frances, who chaired the task force that helped develop the fourth and previous edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) and was involved with DSM-III, spoke at Regional Mental Health Care (RMHC) London. He is a regular blogger for [...]
Judge rejects Israeli Child Psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Meir’s argument that abuse, humiliation and neglect are legitimate forms of treatment
Haaretz Jail and fines for abusive medical staff at Jerusalem psychiatric hospital By Nir Hasson Oct. 1, 2013 A nurse at the Eitanim psychiatric hospital outside Jerusalem was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment on Moncay and three other employees got suspended sentences and/or fines for abusing patients in the early 2000s. The four were convicted in December. Dana Ben Meir, the nurse responsible for the care of autistic and brain-damaged patients and the one who initiated the abuse, was sentenced by the Jerusalem District Court to nine months in jail, 18-months suspended and a fine of NIS 15,000. The director [...]
Freedom Magazine – Florida Undercounts Psych Drug Related Deaths
Freedom Magazine While Floridians Die, Psychiatrists Profit by John F. Sugg Volume 19, Issue 1 The bad news: “Legal” drugs are killing more Floridians than street narcotics, according to recent reports by the state’s Medical Examiners Commission. The commission found deaths in Florida related to prescription drugs outnumber deaths from illicit drugs three to one. The really horrible news: That’s only a fraction of the problem with the so-called “legal” drugs. Pharmaceutical companies have aggressively fought tabulating the deaths involved in the use of many killer drugs—generally called antidepressants and antipsychotics. Likewise missing from the medical examiners’ report is any [...]
“Renowned” Puerto Rico Psychiatrist Alfonso Madrid Arrested – Fraud
San Juan Star Noted Psychiatrist Among Those Held for Workers’ Comp Fraud By MARIA MIRANDA SIERRA September 6, 2013 Renowned psychiatrist Alfonso Madrid was one of the people arrested during a federal raid Thursday morning related to federal program fraud at the U.S. Labor Department, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez announced at a news conference in the Hato Rey sector of San Juan. Madrid, a well-known and respected doctor in Puerto Rico, is best known for his evaluation of the sexual assault victim in the case of former San Juan Security Commissioner Hilton Cordero. [...]