MEDIA
Irish Psychiatrist claims he can convert gay people to heterosexuality
Belfast Telegraph Belfast psychiatrist Miller to face cash dealings probe behind closed doors By Kim Pilling 18 April 2013 Psychiatrist Paul W. Miller Belfast psychiatrist Dr Paul Miller, a former health adviser to ex-Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Iris Robinson, is alleged to have taken, or attempted to have taken, financial advantage of a patient on a number of occasions between 2004 and 2010. The General Medical Council, which brought the case against Dr Miller, successfully applied for the entire hearing in Manchester to proceed in private. The case before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) had been in [...]
Los Angeles Psychiatrist believes gayness can be cured
News.com.au Family fury: Controversial conference speakers anger gay community By Daniel Piotrowski April 24, 2013 Psychiatrist Miriam Grossman A PSYCHIATRIST who believes she can cure gayness and a politician who believes marriage is now "meaningless" after New Zealand legalised gay marriage are causing a stir before they've even landed in Australia. Several controversial personalities will head to Sydney next month to deliver keynote addresses at the world's biggest 'family values' conference, the seventh World Congress of Families. And they've got critics fuming. The line-up for the conference - which organisers say will 'make families stronger' - includes New Zealand [...]
Psychiatrist John Matt Dorn aka James Hitchcock Ochiltree – Sexual Harassment
Bangor Daily News Investigator says woman’s claims of sexual harassment against former psychiatrist have merit By Abigail Curtis April 27, 2013 BRUNSWICK, Maine — A Bath woman has reasonable grounds to claim that she was subject to a hostile environment in public accommodations when her therapist allegedly subjected her to sexual comments and unwelcome touching, according to an investigator with the Maine Human Rights Commission. The counselor is denying his former patient’s allegations. The psychiatrist in question, Dr. John Matt Dorn of Brunswick — who now goes by the name James Hitchcock Ochiltree — had his license suspended in April [...]
Psychiatrist Joseph Jurand, West Virginia, sexually assaulted 15-year-old girl who was interested in Psychiatry
Herald-Mail Trial date set for Jefferson County psychiatrist on sex assault charges By Richard F. Belisle May 8, 2013 Psychiatrist Joseph Jurand CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — An Oct. 15 trial date has been set for a Jefferson County psychiatrist who was indicted by a county grand jury in April on felony sexual assault and abuse charges in a case involving a 15-year-old girl, Assistant Prosecutor Hassan Rasheed said Wednesday. Joseph Anthony Jurand, 60, of 6145 Shepherdstown Pike in Shenandoah Junction, W.Va., is charged with two counts of sexual assault in the third degree and one count of sexual [...]
Judge Gives Singapore Psychiatrist “one last chance”
The Straits Times Judge's ultimatum to witness: Appear or risk arrest By Walter Sim May 10, 2013 Psychiatrist Tommy Tan SINGAPORE - A psychiatrist who was supposed to testify in the sex-for-grades corruption trial was on Tuesday given "one last chance" to appear, or risk being arrested and hauled to court. Chief District Judge Tan Siong Thye issued the ultimatum on Tuesday after Dr Tommy Tan missed several court dates despite having been subpoenaed. As he adjourned proceedings until 2.30pm today, the judge said: "In the meantime, I am going to issue a warrant of arrest against him. Either [...]
Raymond Kam, Boston Psychiatrist, barred from practicing – says 16-year-old patient suffered from “evil spirits”
The Boston Globe Doctor barred for 'spiritual diagnosis'; Sought to convert troubled teen and failed to report alleged abuse By Evan Allen May 11, 2013 Psychiatrist Raymond Kam A Boston Children's Hospital psychiatrist who became convinced his 16-year-old patient suffered from "evil spirits" and appointed himself as her spiritual mentor has been barred from practicing medicine, according to the state Board of Registration in Medicine. Raymond W. Kam gave the girl a cross to wear in exchange for a different, undisclosed religious symbol she had on; he also took her to church with him and let her stay [...]
Kiran Sukeri, South Africa Psychiatrist, claims were “unreliable”
News24 Tower Psychiatric Hospital is no Life Esidimeni - health ombudsman August 23, 2018 Canny Maphanga Psychiatrist Kiran Sukeri Health Ombudsman Malegapuru Makgoba has recommended that psychiatrist Dr Kiran Sukeri be suspended, finding that claims he had made about Tower Psychiatric Hospital were "unreliable". "The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) should consider the immediate suspension of Dr Sukeri until his fitness for office can be determined," Makgoba announced at a briefing on Thursday at the Medical Research Council in Pretoria. The hospital in Fort Beaufort made national headlines earlier this year due to Sukeri's claims about the [...]
Edward Rossario, Florida Psychiatrist, Sentenced for Sex with Patient
Fort Lauderdale News and Sun Sentinel PSYCHIATRIST SENTENCED FOR SEX WITH PATIENT April 2, 1978 ORLANDO — A Daytona Beach psychiatrist who admitted having sexual affair with a patient was placed on three years probation yesterday by the Florida Board of Medical Examiners, which rejected a recommendation of harsher punishment. Just before board members cast the final vote on his probation. Dr. Edward J. Rossario told them in tear-choked halting English that, "Any decision by the board could not he any more punishment than I have suffered in my heart." The decision ended a four-year ordeal for Rossario, a Cuban [...]
Alexander Grinberg, San Francisco Psychiatrist – Judge wants to know more about his “probationary status arising out of complaints of unprofessional conduct and gross negligence”
Herald Mail Media Jailed Russian of interest in US election probe, official says By Kartikay Mehrotra August 25, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO — A Russian charged with hacking LinkedIn is of great interest in a U.S. probe of election meddling, according to a Justice Department official, even as his own lawyers complain he hasn’t cooperated with them since landing in a California jail in March. The mystery around Yevgeniy Nikulin deepened Friday when a federal judge asked why his lawyers, who want him evaluated for possible mental illness, chose a San Francisco psychiatrist with a troubled past at California’s medical board. [...]
Gerald Klee, Psychiatrist, did LSD Experiments on U.S. Soldiers
UPI Psychiatrist in Army LSD experiments dies March. 9, 2013 Psychiatrist Gerald Klee Gerald D. Klee, a psychiatrist involved in secret research in which U.S. soldiers were given LSD in the 1950s, has died in Maryland, his family said. He was 86. Klee, an expert on the hallucinogenic drug lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD, died Sunday of complications from surgery at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, north of Baltimore, The Baltimore Sun reported. The psychiatrist made headlines in 1975 when he confirmed the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Psychiatric Institute was involved in [...]