MEDIA
SHRINK JULIAN MORRELL ADMITS SEX WITH UNDERAGE GIRL;
Daily Post (Liverpool) CHILD PSYCHIATRIST GROOMED TEENAGER By MATT WITHERS AN eminent child psychiatrist yesterday admitted having sex with a 14-year-old Gwynedd schoolgirl he groomed on the internet. Dr Julian Morrell, 42, posed as a 15-year-old to be friend the girl on a web chat room called \"Pre-Teen\". The former consultant psychiatrist, previously considered one of the UK\'s top experts in child sleep disorders, exchanged e-mails and text messages with the youngster for a month. He then drove from his London home to a Snowdonia campsite in August and had sex with her in his tent. The married father-of-two told [...]
Predator psychiatrist – Robert Towndrow
Sydney Morning Herald Predator psychiatrist left to strike again Robert Towndrow abused two vulnerable patients, but his peers closed ranks, writes Michael Bradley. Only a handful of people gathered on a steamy January morning to witness the final demise of Robert Towndrow\'s career. The hearing of the NSW Medical Tribunal, the day after Australia Day, was never going to be a scene of high drama. Towndrow, a former doyen of Australian psychiatry, had deregistered himself six months earlier and was not expected to contest the charges of professional misconduct against him. But beneath the hearing\'s procedural formality, and the calm [...]
Psychiatrist Christopher Allison refuses to say how many patients he had sexual relations with
Hampshire Chronicle Psychiatrist refuses to say how many patients he had sexual relations with A BASINGSTOKE psychiatrist accused of being a sex addict who raped or indecently assaulted eight women over several years, refused repeatedly at his trial to say how many patients he had been involved in sexual relationships with. Prosecution counsel Charles Gabb, cross-examining Christopher Allison at Winchester Crown Court, asked the 60- year-old about sexual relationships with two women patients before saying: \"Did you have a sexual relationship with any other patient?\" \"Yes,\" replied Allison, who was then asked: \"How many? \"I am not prepared to answer [...]
MIAMI HERALD: New website, www.PsychSearch.net, has been launched to help journalists
The Miami Herald February 28, 2004 ACTION LINE By Herald Staff ALERT CHECK OUT EXPERTS IN MENTAL HEALTH A new website, , has been launched to help journalists, law enforcement, insurance investigators and citizens gain ready access to governmental reports on mental health practitioners in the state of Florida. The website contains disciplinary records from the state Department of Health on psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage counselors and clinical social workers. These reports cover medical incompetence, misprescribing drugs, sexual misconduct, criminal convictions, ethical lapses and other offenses. When this phase of report gathering is complete, the site will expand [...]
Jailed psychiatrist Christopher Allison may have attacked hundreds of women
Telegraph Jailed psychiatrist may have attacked hundreds of women By Stewart Payne A consultant psychiatrist was jailed for eight years yesterday for raping and sexually abusing vulnerable patients as police suggested that he may have attacked hundreds more women referred to him for treatment. The General Medical Council was informed of concerns about Dr Christopher Allison 14 years ago but failed to act. Detectives said the crimes for which he was tried at Winchester Crown Court may have been the \"tip of the iceberg\". Det Con Ian Jones, who investigated the case, said Allison, 60, a married father of three, [...]
Kennard Kobrin – Mass. Psychiatrist – Guilty in Drug Scam
The Boston Herald May 31, 2003 In Brief; Fall River shrink fined in drug scam Psychiatrist Kennard Kobrin A Fall River psychiatrist was given a suspended sentence, placed on probation and fined $11,000 yesterday for illegally prescribing drugs and defrauding Medicaid. Bristol Superior Court Judge Robert Kane sentenced Dr. Kennard C. Kobrin, who was found guilty of three charges in December. Attorney Robert Griffith, counsel for Kobrin, said the ruling will be appealed. Kennard Kobrin - Psychiatrist
Head Games
Boston Magazine An alarming number of Massachusetts psychiatrists have gotten caught againand again having sex with some of this society\'s most vulnerable people: their own patients. By Elaine McArdle JUNE 2003 The man was persistent. For months, he complimented her, shared personal details about himself, and made sexually charged comments. Sallie Park resisted, but as a fortysomething homemaker with marital problems, \"I was feeling very, very vulnerable,\" she says. \"My husband was saying very hurtful things. And this guy was very sympathetic.\" Finally, the man reached for her hand. He moved his own hand up her arm and down [...]
Three years for sex-session psychiatrist Darren Holdsworth
news.scotsman.com By JOHN ROBERTSON law correspondent A POT-SMOKING psychiatrist with adventurous sexual tastes was yesterday branded a potential risk to women and jailed for three years for an indecent assault on a teenager. Darren Holdsworth, 36, appeared stunned and close to tears after a judge rejected a plea to spare him from a prison term. A court heard that the assault had been committed during a two-week relationship of \"exploratory and uninhibited\" sex between Holdsworth and the victim, aged 19. Holdsworth, who practised at Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, saw his thrashing of the woman with a metal coathanger as being part [...]
Michael Haslam – psychiatrist sentenced to seven years
BBC News Psychiatrist jailed for rape December 16th, 2003 Psychiatrist Michael Haslam A consultant psychiatrist has been sentenced to seven years in prison for raping a woman patient and indecently assaulting two others. Dr Michael Haslam, 69, was found guilty of raping the woman in a hospital photocopying room while he was working for the NHS in North Yorkshire in 1988. A jury at Leeds Crown Court also found Haslam, of Crayke, near Easingwold, North Yorkshire, guilty of four charges of indecent assault involving three patients. The attacks took place between 1981 and 1988. Haslam worked at Clifton [...]
Robin Lawrence – found guilty of serious professional misconduct
The Western Mail A HARLEY Street psychiatrist, who was suspended after he had sex with a patient, was yesterday allowed to resume his career. Dr Robin Lawrence, 45, of Alleyn Park, Dulwich, London, was found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council in January 2000 after he was found to have had sexual relations with a patient, known as Miss A.