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Psychiatrist Koichi Takeda, Japan, arrested, carried out other obscene acts against patients
Mainichi Japan Psychiatrist arrested for allegedly hugging, kissing patient at clinic December 7, 2018 TOKYO -- A 61-year-old psychiatrist has been arrested on suspicion of forcible indecency against a female patient at his clinic here after he allegedly hugged and kissed her, the Metropolitan Police Department's Akasaka Police Station announced on Dec. 6. According to the police, Koichi Takeda, 61, the head of Minamiaoyama Mental Clinic, allegedly hugged a patient in her 20s, kissed her and carried out other obscene acts in the clinic's consulting room in Tokyo's Minato Ward at around 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 8. The police said [...]
David Abramson, Harvard Psychiatrist, sued for “negligence and carelessness” in $20 million lawsuit
Harvard Crimson Harvard Faces Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over 2015 Student Suicide By Delano R. Franklin November 30, 2018 Psychiatrist David Abramson Harvard is currently facing a wrongful death lawsuit accusing the University and several of its employees of negligence in their care for a Harvard undergraduate, Luke Z. Tang ’18, who died by suicide in Sept. 2015. The student’s father, Wendell W. Tang, filed the suit in the Middlesex County Superior Court on Sept. 11, one day shy of the three-year anniversary of his son’s death. The complaint names the Harvard Corporation — the University’s highest governing body — [...]
Lieve Thienpont, Belgium Psychiatrist – to stand trial on suspicion of poisoning in euthanasia case
Christian Today Belgium launches criminal investigation into doctors who euthanised 38-year-old woman with autism By Staff writer November 30, 2018 Psychiatrist Lieve Thienpont Authorities in Belgium have launched a criminal investigation into a group of doctors who euthanised a 38-year-old woman with autism. Tine Nys was euthanised in 2010 two months after she was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome but her family question the speed with which the diagnosis was made and allege numerous irregularities in her death. According to the Brussels Times, the family's formal complaint also claimed that the life-ending drugs had been administered in an 'amateurish' way. [...]
Psychiatrist Vincent Berg, Australia, sentenced to 4 years and 3 months in prison for repeated fraud and forgery
Union of Orthodox Journalists Founder of Ukrainian schism accused of fraud and forgery Editorial board November 27 2018 Psychiatrist Vincent Berg aka Vikentiy Chekalin Vikentiy Chekalin, who “ordained” “bishops” of the UAOC, being deprived of his rank by the ROC for immoral acts, was sentenced to 4 years in prison in Australia. In Australia, Southport County Court in Queensland sentenced 67-year-old Vincent Berg to 4 years and 3 months in prison for the repeated fraud and forgery. It is reported by the Greek agency Romfea. Vincent Berg (pseudo. Vikentiy Chekalin, - Ed. note), who migrated from Russia in the [...]
Dishonest, Foul-mouthed psychiatrist Marinus Klijnsma who abused staff and said a patient could go ‘kill herself’ faces revocation of license
Daily Mail By Daily Mail Reporter December 9, 2013 Psychiatrist Marinus Klijnsma committed the charges while working at the Gables (pictured) A foul-mouthed psychiatrist who swore at staff and said a patient ‘can just go and kill herself’ faces being struck off after being found guilty of misconduct. Dr Marinus Klijnsma told a tribunal that his use of inappropriate and offensive language was a ‘dysfunctional habit’ that got worse over the years. Some of his secretaries received angry voicemail messages in which he asked: ‘Where the f**k are you?’ In another voicemail he said: ‘Whenever I f**king ring you, [...]
Aubrey Levin, Psychiatrist; His wife in Hot Water for Attempting to Bribe Juror in his Criminal Case
Calgary Herald Jury selected for wife of disgraced doctor in bribery case By Daryl Slade September 24, 2014 A nine-woman, three-man jury has been selected to decide the fate of Erica Levin, wife of disgraced forensic psychiatrist Aubrey Levin, for allegedly attempting to bribe a juror at her husband’s sexual assault trial early last year. The jury selection was a rarely-used ‘challenge for cause’ format in which Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Patrick Sullivan asked the potential jurors up to three questions related to their knowledge of pre-trial publicity in order to test whether they could be impartial in their [...]
Texas Psychiatrist James Grigson, “Dr. Death” – expelled from the American Psychiatric Association and the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians
Texas Tribune Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rules against death row inmate Jeff Wood The court denied relief on Wednesday to Wood, who never killed anyone, granting the state the opportunity to set another execution date for the 1996 murder of a store clerk in Kerrville. By Hannah Wiley November 21, 2018 Texas Psychiatrist James Grigson The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has rejected a bid by death row inmate Jeff Wood to reconsider his death sentence, granting the state the opportunity to set another execution date for Wood, whose case gained national attention because of his role as [...]
BAL BANSAL – Kentucky Psychiatrist’s license restricted for an indefinite period of time
"Detective Sergeant Jim Goble contacted the Board's Medical Investigator to report the overdose death of Patient A, to whom the licensee has prescribed Gabapentin and Oxycodone, and to request a Board investigation pf the licensee's prescribing practices. According to the Autopsy Report, dated March 25, 2013, Patient A's cause of death was accidental acute gabapentin toxicity and the manner of death was accidental." COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY BOARD OF MEDICAL LICENSURE CASE NO. 1541 IN RE: THE LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY HELD BY BAL K. BANSAL, M.D., LICENSE NO. 22004, 700 ST. CHRISTOPHER DRIVE, SUITE 101, [...]
Douglas Murphy, San Luis Obispo psychiatrist, placed on probation for the second time by the California Medical Board
CalCoastNews.com San Luis Obispo psychiatrist penalized for patient suicide By Josh Friedman November 23, 2018 Psychiatrist Douglas Murphy A practicing psychiatrist, who is the president and CEO of a San Luis Obispo psychiatric practice, has for the second time been placed on probation by the California Medical Board after one of his patients committed suicide. Douglas Murphy, a licensed medical doctor, is the president and CEO of Pacific Psychiatry, located at 1551 Bishop Street, according to his LinkedIn page. Murphy established a personal practice in 2002 in Morro Bay, which later became Pacific Psychiatry in San Luis Obispo. [Cal [...]
Peter McCarthy, Perth Psychiatrist, sentenced to prison, had a sexual relationship with a patient then tried to convince her not to co-operate with authorities
9News WA doctor jailed over patient relationship November 22, 2018 Psychiatrist Peter McCarthy An experienced Perth psychiatrist who had a sexual relationship with a patient then tried to convince her not to co-operate with authorities during disciplinary proceedings against him, has been sentenced to one year in prison. Peter David McCarthy, 68, was found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice in April last year when he urged the woman, who cannot be named, not to co-operate with the State Administrative Tribunal. He also had other conversations with her in the preceding two years about the same [...]