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Patient stabs psychiatrist 40 times in Italy

New York Daily News Patient stabs psychiatrist 40 times in Italy, killing her: police THE ASSOCIATED PRESS September 4, 2013 Italian psychiatrist Paola Labriola was found stabbed to death in Italy on Wednesday. Police in Puglia say the attacker sat patiently in the waiting room before his deadly appointment. ROME — Investigators in Italy say a patient stabbed his psychiatrist some 40 times, killing the woman during their appointment at a public health facility. Police said the attacker, a man in his 40s with a history of drug and alcohol abuse and a criminal record for drug dealing, was [...]

Tennessee Psychiatrist Sidney Moragne Prescribed Methadone without a License – Gets Slap on Wrist

Jackson Sun Jackson psychiatrist placed on probation by David Thomas Aug. 16, 2013 Psychiatrist Sidney Moragne The Board of Medical Examiners of the state of Tennessee has placed Dr. Sidney Moragne on probation for a period of no less than three years. Moragne is a psychiatrist with a private practice in Jackson. The Jackson Sun attempted to reach Moragne at his office but was told he was on vacation. He was placed on probation by the board for prescribing methadone for methadone maintenance to patients of his private practice without a license required by the Tennessee Department of Mental [...]

WW III – Psychologists & Mental Health Counselors vs. Psychiatrists

PsychSearch.net no longer provides documents on the misdeeds of psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers or marriage and family therapists. Instead, we are providing ammunition (data and documents) to those in these professions in their quest for dominance over psychiatrists - the druggers and shockers. Therefore, this website is now only providing documentation on psychiatrists. Divide and conquer (derived from the Latin saying Divide et impera) in warfare, a tactical maneuver to efficiently deal with a numerous opponent. Las Vegas Sun Psychiatrists are a drain on taxpayers By Edward Loughlins Aug. 13, 2013 State taxpayer money is being wasted at [...]

Australian Psychiatrist Vincent Victor Berg Accused of Sexually Assaulting Boy

The Gold Coast Bulletin (Australia) August 15, 2013 Accused of assault Psychiatrist Vincent Berg A FORMER Queensland Health psychiatrist is on trial accused of indecently assaulting a teenager 13 years ago. Vincent Victor Berg, 61, was employed at the Townsville Mental Health Unit in 2000 when he allegedly touched the genitals of a 15-year-boy during a physical examination. Berg, who now lives on the Gold Coast, yesterday pleaded not guilty in the Southport District Court to one count of indecent treatment of a child. Crown prosecutor Mark Whitbread said Berg went to the family's Aitkenvale home in late 2000 [...]

Psychiatrist Allowed to Inject Patients with Horse Tranquilizer

MSN NZ Kiwi psychiatrist cleared over party drug use July 30, 2013 A Southland psychiatrist who injected depressed patients with the horse tranquiliser and party drug ketamine has been cleared by the health watchdog. Ketamine is approved for use as an anaesthetic only but was given to 11 severely-depressed patients at Dunedin hospital in 2010 for off-label use as an anti-depressant. A complaint was lodged that the specialist's prescribing was for research purposes and was `experimental', but in findings released on Tuesday, Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill ruled the use legitimate. He criticised the psychiatrist for not keeping more [...]

New Jersey Psychiatrist Claudio Dikovsky Guilty of Accepting Bribes

NorthJersey.com Paterson psychiatrist pleads guilty to accepting bribes for directing blood work to Parsippany lab July 17, 2013 BY JIM NORMAN A Paterson psychiatrist and two other New Jersey physicians pleaded guilty Wednesday to accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for sending blood samples to a Parsippany-based diagnostic medical laboratory, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. Claudio Dikovsky, 51, who lives in Fort Lee and has a medical office in Paterson, admitted he accepted more than $224,000 from Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services for phony contracts to provide space and services for the lab, Fishman said. The money [...]

Samson Adegbite

Business First of Buffalo NYS penalizes Williamsville doc for negligence By Tracey Drury August 2, 2013 A Williamsville psychiatrist has lost his ability to practice medicine following four charges of negligence and failure to maintain records. Dr. Samson Adegbite, who currently practices at the Batavia Community Care Center, was disciplined by the Office of Professional Misconduct and Physician Discipline within the state Department of Health. Effective Oct. 15, Adegbite will be prohibited from all patient contact and the practice of medicine, clinical or otherwise. According to a consent decree effective July 28 and published on the DOH website, Adegbite stated [...]

California Psychiatrist Anath Shanmugam Surrenders License after Sexting Patient

CBS Sacramento Psychiatrist Accused Of Preying On And Sexting With A Patient By Ron Jones August 1, 2013 SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A veteran Sacramento psychiatrist has been accused of abuse of power and allegedly preying on a patient. According to the Medical Board of California, the victim’s story started at the Chateau Senior Center in Sacramento where she worked as a caregiver. She apparently had a panic attack, fainted, and was taken to a local hospital. That’s where the reports say she met Dr. Anath Shanmugam to help her work through her past. She was still recovering as a child [...]

Canadian Court Critical of Psychiatrist Shree Bhalerao

National Post Ruling says hospital can’t force anti-psychotic drug on patient after questionable schizophrenia diagnosis By Joseph Brean July 31, 2013 Psychiatrist Shree Bhalerao Nearly four years after staff at Toronto’s Saint Michael’s Hospital started slipping an anti-psychotic drug into a woman’s orange juice while treating her for lupus, Ontario’s highest court has tossed aside the ruling that allowed her to be drugged against her will, in part because the psychiatrist who diagnosed her with schizophrenia admitted he was “making parts of [her symptoms] up.” In a sharply worded ruling, the Court of Appeal said there was “no evidence” [...]