MEDIA
Tel Aviv Psychiatrist Yehuda Baruch to be charged with having sex with a patient
Haaretz.com Ex-psychiatric Hospital Chief Faces Charges of Sex With Patient Doctor admits to affair with young woman who had been admitted after a suicide attempt ■ former patient had an abortion after becoming pregnant by him By Revital Hovel January 22, 2018 Psychiatrist Yehuda Baruch The former head of a Tel Aviv-area psychiatric hospital is to be charged, pending a hearing, with having sex with a patient. According to court transcripts, Dr. Yehuda Baruch admitted to having had “a romantic relationship” that included sex with Maya Berger, who is now 29, when Baruch was the director of Abarbanel Mental [...]
Joel Dreyer, California psychiatrist, taken into custody by FBI agents, federal drug charges
City News Service By Paul Young March 12, 2008 Psychiatrist Joel Dryer A Murrieta psychiatrist accused of violating federal drug laws for allegedly prescribing pain medications without performing the required medical exams is scheduled to be arraigned today in U.S. District Court in Riverside. Joel Stanley Dreyer faces federal narcotics distribution charges for allegedly making prescription opiates like OxyContin and Vicodin, as well as anti-anxiety drugs like Xanax, available to patients in return for a $100 fee -- and free of any diagnostic procedures, according to prosecutors. The Riverside County District Attorney's Office has also charged Dreyer with multiple [...]
Jules Masserman, former President of the American Psychiatric Association – sued by six women for sexual misconduct
Chicago Tribune Trust betrayed Sex abuse by therapists prompts ethical debate By David McCracken September 27, 1992 Psychiatrist Jules Masserman The American Psychiatric Association's Ethics Committee held its annual confidential meetings this month in Washington as a former patient renewed her accusations of rape and drug abuse against a past president of the group. Last year the APA's Appeals Board voted to suspend Jules H. Masserman, a Chicago psychiatrist who had been honored the world over, from the APA and the Illinois Psychiatric Society for five years. That action came after six women filed separate lawsuits over seven years, [...]
Japanese Psychiatrist Douglas Berger’s Futile Attempt to Control Criticisms on the Net
Miami Herald Psychiatrist sues Reddit to unmask anonymous online critics By Daniel Chang January 17, 2018 They called him a maniac and much worse, and said he gives patients “the creeps.” They accused him of over prescribing drugs, misdiagnosing ailments and incompetence. And they alleged that his Tokyo counseling center scams clients out of money. Douglas Berger, a Lake Worth psychiatrist practicing in Japan, has no idea who posted the barrage of critical comments about him to the social news website, Reddit.com, over the past six months. But he intends to find out. In September, Berger sued Reddit and the [...]
Jeffrey Rausch, Georgia Psychiatrist, “expert” on “mental disorders” arrested on drug charges
August Chronicle February 7, 2011 Evans psychiatrist arrested on drug charges Psychiatrist Jeffrey Rausch An Evans psychiatrist was arrested on drug charges Monday after police went to his home to investigate an assault. After arriving at the home of Jeffrey Lynn Rausch, 58, investigators discovered drug paraphernalia and a small amount of Ecstacy, a schedule I narcotic, said Columbia County sheriff's Capt. Steve Morris. Information on what Rausch is charged with was not immediately available. In January 2009, Rausch was charged with possession of a Schedule II drug and traffic violations after police pulled him over for making an [...]
Deepak Sirur, UK psychiatrist, contemplating jumping off something
Derbyshire Times Boozy suicidal on-call psychiatrist failed to give drink-drive specimen after crash January 12, 2018 A suicidal on-call psychiatrist who was involved in a serious car crash has been ordered to pay nearly £2,000 after he failed to provide a drink-drive specimen. Chesterfield magistrates’ court heard on Wednesday, January 10, how Deepak Sirur, 44, over-turned his Volvo on Lea Road, at Cromford, and during treatment he pulled his arm away during a blood test to obtain a drink-drive specimen. Prosecuting solicitor Lynn Bickley said: “A single vehicle road traffic collision was attended by police. A Volvo had overturned blocking [...]
Juan Sosa, Connecticut Psychiatrist, Charged with evading responsibility – left scene of fatal car accident
Hartford Courant Psychiatrist Wants Accelerated Rehabilitation In Deadly Hit-And-Run By Dave Altimari July 12, 2017 Psychiatrist Juan Sosa A Middletown psychiatrist who drove a car that struck and killed a 76-year-old woman crossing the Silas Deane Highway in Wethersfield in 2016 and then left the scene says he should be granted accelerated rehabilitation because police determined the woman caused the accident. Juan Sosa, 80, appeared in Superior Court in New Britain last week where his attorney, Hubert Santos, told Judge Joan Alexander if "there was ever anyone who should be eligible for AR, it is Dr. Sosa." Sosa is [...]
Joel Sadavoy, Toronto Psychiatrist, diagnoses without meeting or talking to person
CBC Medical college scolds psychiatrist for diagnosing local optician without meeting him By Kelly Bennett Dec 01, 2017 Toronto Psychiatrist Joel Sadavoy Ontario's medical regulator has found that a Toronto psychiatrist who wrote a critical evaluation of a Burlington optician without ever seeing or talking to him should have had consent before sharing a diagnosis. In a letter, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario told the psychiatrist not to do it again. The college wrote that the psychiatrist should have obtained consent to disclose a diagnosis to a third party. The college also said the psychiatrist, Joel [...]
Stanley Giudici, NY psychiatrist – license revoked – “gross negligence”
Times Herald-Record State revokes Town of Wallkill psychiatrist’s license By Daniel Axelrod September 29, 2017 Psychiatrist Stanley Giudici TOWN OF WALLKILL — Patients of a psychiatrist who abruptly closed his office after his medical license was revoked are so desperate for records, prescriptions and help finding a replacement, they’re knocking on the doors of neighboring practices. “I have extreme anxiety. I’ve done all the investigations I can possibly do to reach him,” said one 55-year-old female patient from eastern Orange County, who asked that her name not be used. “If I keep investigating, I will become quite ill.” Dr. [...]