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Neil Schultz, New South Wales Psychiatrist – took ecstasy with and had sex with patient – license suspended – but only for 18 months
Sydney Morning Herald Psychiatrist struck off for sex and drugs with patient By Melissa Davey 7 May 2012 A NSW psychiatrist slept with a 25-year-old patient, wrote her scripts for powerful drugs without consultation, paid her $20,000, took ecstasy with her and did not end the relationship because he thought she would get "extremely angry," the state Medical Tribunal has heard. The tribunal ordered that Neil Schultz - who has been reprimanded for misconduct before - be deregistered for 18 months. It found him guilty of professional misconduct, failing to protect patient confidentiality, having an inappropriate personal relationship with a [...]
Virginia Psychiatrist Alberto Cervantes Sentenced to Prison – Insurance Fraud
WJHL Southwest Virginia psychiatrist sentenced to prison for healthcare, wire fraud By Olivia Carey January 9, 2019 Psychiatrist Alfredo Cervantes ABINGDON, VA (WJHL) - Psychiatrist Alberto Cervantes was sentenced to 7 months in prison on Wednesday. Cervantes pleaded guilty to defrauding Virginia Medicaid and United Healthcare by billing insurance programs while carrying out a sexual relationship with one of his patients. Cervantes was formerly employed by Mountain States Medical Group and Russell County Medical Center as a psychiatrist, where the sexual relationship started. According to a release, the relationship started in February of 2012 and continued until February of [...]
Belgium psychiatrist Lieve Thienpont – believed to be involved in one-third of the nation’s psychiatric-based euthanasia cases
Catholic News Agency Human rights court to hear case of Belgian euthanasia for depression January 9, 2019 Belgium Psychiatrist Lieve Thienpont Brussels, Belgium - The European Court of Human Rights has announced that it will take up a case considering whether Belgium wrongly allowed a woman to be euthanized on the grounds of “untreatable depression.” Tom Mortier says that his mother, Godelieva De Troyer, suffered from depression for a majority of her life. Her doctor of over 20 years had refused her request for end-of-life treatment in 2011. She then donated more than $2,800 to Life End Information Forum, [...]
Jane Gilbert, Ontario Psychiatrist, disciplinary committee orders revocation – sexual abuse of patient
The Canadian Press College deems Oakville psychiatrist’s affair with patient sexual abuse By Paola Loriggio January 10, 2019 Psychiatrist Jane Gilbert An Oakville, Ont., psychiatrist’s affair with a married patient who she introduced to her children amounts to sexual abuse, the province’s regulatory body for doctors has found. In a ruling released this week, the disciplinary committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario also said Dr. Jane Catherine Gilbert engaged in professional misconduct. An agreed statement of facts said Gilbert first started treating the patient, who was not named, in late 2009 after he sought out [...]
California Irresponsible in Paying Psychiatrists
Bloomberg California Psychiatrists Paid $400,000 Shows Bidding War By Freeman Klopott, Rodney Yap & Terrence Dopp Dec 12, 2012 Mohammad Safi, a graduate of a medical school in Afghanistan, began working as a psychiatrist at a California mental hospital in 2006, making $90,682 in his first six months. Last year, he took home $822,302, all of it paid by taxpayers. Safi benefited from what amounted to a bidding war after a federal court forced the state to improve inmate care. The prisons raised pay to lure psychiatrists, the mental health department followed suit to keep employees, and costs soared. Last [...]
South Carolina – Erroneous Billing by Psychiatrists
Post and Courier Four Charleston-area doctors overbilled S.C. Medicaid agency, repaid more than $344,000 By Renee Dudley April 11, 2012 Four local doctors were among 31 South Carolina health providers who erroneously billed the Medicaid agency nearly $2 million since 1999, according to state data released Tuesday. The providers, three from Charleston County and one from Berkeley County, have repaid more than $344,000 to the state stemming from the charges, according to the S.C. Department of Health and Human Services. The local doctors face no sanctions stemming from the overbilling. The practices of Dr. Sondra Keller and Dr. Ricardo Fermo, [...]
Zabrin Inan, Chicago Psychiatrist, charged with felony child abduction
CBS Chicago Psychiatrist Charged With Abducting Kids March 3, 2011 Zabrin Inan, Chicago psychiatrist CHICAGO (CBS) — A Gold Coast psychiatrist was arrested at O’Hare International Airport Wednesday, after she allegedly took her two children across state lines without the consent of their father. Dr. Zabrin Inan, 43, of the 1000 block of North Lake Shore Drive, was charged with felony child abduction and violating a domestic order of protection, police said. She was also wanted on two warrants. Police said Inan allegedly took her two children out of the state without their father’s consent from Nov. 6, 2010 [...]
Second Opinion
KWWK 96.5 Best Country Psychiatrist Versus Doctor Story By Alan Reed August 17, 2015 Ever since I was a child, I’ve always had a fear of someone under my bed at night. So, I went to a shrink and told him: “I’ve got problems. Every time I go to bed I think there’s somebody under it. I’m scared. I think I’m going crazy.” “Just put yourself in my hands for one year,” said the shrink. “Come talk to me three times a week and we should be able to get rid of those fears.” “How much do you charge?” “$80 [...]
Hicksville psychiatrist Raj A. Danthuluri – convicted of sexual abuse
newsday.com Hicksville psychiatrist convicted of sexual abuse By ZACHARY R. DOWDY A Hicksville psychiatrist faces up to a year in prison for sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl during counseling in his offices in Rego Park, Queens, authorities said yesterday, but the therapist\'s attorney vowed to appeal the verdict. Raj A. Danthuluri, 40, of 810 Highview Ave., was convicted Monday of endangering the welfare of a child and third-degree sexual abuse after a three-day trial before Queens Supreme Court Justice Barry Kron, said Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown. Danthuluri, who chose to be tried before a judge instead of a [...]
Psychiatrist Douglas Murphy, SAN LUIS OBISPO, “acted negligently toward two patients who ended their own lives”
KSBY CA law now requires doctors to tell patients about probationary status By Aja Goare January 3, 2019 Psychiatrist Douglas Murphy A new California law that goes into effect in the New Year requires doctors who are on probation, such as the San Luis Obispo doctor featured in a KSBY investigative report in November, to disclose his or her status to a patient. SB 1448, known as the Patient’s Right to Know Act of 2018, will require doctors to provide patients with a disclosure that includes the doctor’s probation status, length of probation and probation end date, restrictions on [...]