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Ira Morganstern, psychiatrist, faces 20 years if convicted on drug charges
The Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) Doctor indicted on drug charges 2 allegedly dumped marijuana on tracks By Ralph R. Ortega March 13, 2008 A psychiatrist and another man, both accused of dumping marijuana along railroad tracks in Hunterdon County, are facing 20 years in state prison if convicted on drug charges filed against them in an indictment handed up last week in Flemington. Ira Morganstern, 65, of Bethlehem Township and David J. Fencik, 30, who had lived at Morganstern's home on Morning Star Lane, were indicted by a grand jury March 6, according to court papers filed at the Hunterdon [...]
Douglas Geenens, Kansas Psychiatrist “His License Should Be Revoked”
CJOnline.com Psychiatrist has pushed professional boundaries Half a dozen complaints have been leveled in 5 years By Tim Carpenter Thursday, March 27, 2008 OVERLAND PARK — Psychologist Andrew Jacobs' wife needed a doctor to monitor her antidepression medication. Jacobs turned to the same Overland Park psychiatrist who he had referred people to for a decade. Douglas Geenens, trained at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka and Harvard University in Boston, agreed to take her as a patient. In short order, doctor and patient began a romantic relationship. The tryst triggered a sequence of events placing Geenens under scrutiny of the Kansas [...]
Psychiatrist Juan Ernest Tejeda Rosario still faces criminal charges
Ottawa Citizen MD agrees to give up medicine after sex abuse accusations: Psychiatrist still faces criminal charges By Lee Greenberg TORONTO - An Ottawa psychiatrist accused of a string of sexual acts against two male patients has agreed to permanently stop practising medicine, halting a potentially lengthy disciplinary hearing set to begin yesterday. Dr. Juan Ernest Tejeda Rosario was charged by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario with sexual abuse, sexual impropriety and \"disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct.\" Among the alleged acts, Dr. Tejeda, 63, is accused of piercing a patient\'s penis and scrotum with a needle. The [...]
Psychiatrist Hugh McRae Bacon sexual intercourse with a female patient
College Quarterly COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Disciplinary Actions Dr. Hugh McRae BACON (Retired) Victoria, BC Following the issuance of disciplinary charges, Dr. Bacon, a retired psychiatrist, has admitted that he was guilty of infamous conduct. Dr. Bacon retired from medical practice in June 1998 and since that time has been on the Retired Life Member Register of the College and has not practiced medicine. The disciplinary charges issued by the College were that Dr. Bacon engaged in sexual touching and sexual intercourse with a female patient whom he had treated in the 1990s. Dr. Bacon denied [...]
Psychiatrist John Honey – loses licence over sex affair payment
The Age Psychiatrist loses licence over sex affair payment By Jill Stark A PSYCHIATRIST who paid a former patient $100,000 not to report their seven-year sexual affair has lost his medical licence. Dr John Honey was found guilty of serious unprofessional conduct yesterday, after the Medical Practitioners Board ruled he had paid the woman, partly to keep their relationship quiet. The Footscray doctor was banned from practising for at least two years after his conduct was deemed a \"breach of trust, misuse of power, and exploitation of a former patient\'s vulnerability\". He was also found to have inappropriately prescribed her [...]
Psychiatrist Richard Leslie Golden groomed teen clients for sex
Vancouver Sun Psychiatrist groomed teen clients for sex report: MISCONDUCT I Expelled doctor promised to marry girls he exploited, agency says By Neal Hall A Vancouver child psychiatrist expelled this week for sexual misconduct with three teenage girls groomed them for sex, promised to marry two of them, and had intercourse with one girl in his office, says a report by the B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons. The report was issued Friday, a day after the college announced it had stripped Dr. Richard Leslie Golden of his right to practise medicine for unprofessional conduct, finding he acted as a [...]
Sex Fiend Psychiatrist Jeannot Hoareau Caught In Moscow
St. Petersburg Times, Russia By Francesca Mereu Staff Writer MOSCOW — Police have detained a French psychotherapist who is wanted in France after being convicted in absentia last year of sexually abusing several female patients. He has lived and worked in Moscow for seven years. The psychotherapist, Jeannot Hoareau, believes the case is politically motivated and is hoping to be granted asylum in Russia, his lawyer, Igor Trunov, said Monday. Hoareau, a specialist in forensic psychiatry and sexual disorders, had been treating people at the European Center for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, which he opened in Moscow last year. He had [...]
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: War Declared on TeenScreen
The Philadelphia Inquirer Test takes on teens' mental health; Schools say students are referred for help. Critics fear abuse. By Rita Giordano February 9, 2006 Somewhere in junior high, Jennifer Rashti lost her smile. The once-genial Cherry Hill girl began to feel sad, angry, low. By last year, when she was a high school sophomore, Rashti was making excuses not to go out with friends. Then Cherry Hill High School West, which Rashti attends, announced last winter that it was introducing TeenScreen, a voluntary questionnaire developed by Columbia University to help identify youngsters with undiagnosed mental health problems and used [...]
INDIANAPOLIS STAR: Public Enemy No. 1 Against TeenScreen
The Indianapolis Star (Indiana) September 18, 2005 Teen privacy concerns spur suit over psych test By Ruth Holladay Conscientious parents concerned that their children perform well on ISTEP starting Monday would be wise to pay attention to a less incisive and more insidious exam creeping into some Indiana high schools. Called TeenScreen, this computerized Q&A is designed to diagnose mental illness and identify depression and suicidal tendencies in adolescents. That ambitious agenda, plus a history of giving the test to some students without parental permission, has put TeenScreen in the hot seat. Friday, a lawsuit outlining these complaints was filed [...]
COLUMBUS DISPATCH: TeenScreen critic from Florida
The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio) Poll tries to gauge mental health; Schools, critics argue value of TeenScreen in preventing suicide By Jennifer Smith Richards January 30, 2006 Teens: Have you ever felt nervous around a group of other young people, say, in the cafeteria? How about in front of people? Have you thought about killing yourself recently? Hundreds of Ohio teens answer questions such as these at their high schools with a click of a mouse. A computerized survey called TeenScreen prompts New Albany and Pickerington high-school students to divulge anxiety, suicidal thoughts, drug use, obsession with hand-washing and more. It's [...]