MEDIA
Jay Kuris, New Jersey psychiatrist, surrenders license to prescribe drugs – guilty of indiscriminate prescribing
myCentralJersey.com Flemington psychiatrist surrenders license to prescribe drugs By Mike Deak January 17, 2018 Psychiatrist Jay Kuris FLEMINGTON - A borough psychiatrist has voluntarily surrendered his license to prescribe drugs after an investigation found he was guilty of gross negligence and indiscriminately prescribing drugs. Jay Kuris, who has an office on Mine Street and another in Montgomery Township, gave up his Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) registration on Jan. 12, Hunterdon County Prosecutor Anthony P. Kearns III said. In August 2017, Kuris was found guilty by the state Board of Medical Examiners of eight counts of violating multiple provisions of [...]
Aussie Psychiatrist Pralay Mazumdar – “ripped tens of thousands of dollars off taxpayers”
Herald Sun Psychiatrist suspended three years after admitting phantom treatments By Peter Mickelburough January 23, 2018 Psychiatrist Pralay Mazumdar A GREEDY doctor who ripped tens of thousands of dollars off taxpayers through bogus consultations and telling patients they were sicker than they were has kept his right to practise. More than three years after psychiatrist Pralay Mazumdar pleaded guilty to having wrongfully claimed for 114 treatments, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has approved the Medical Board of Australia’s recommendation to reprimand and suspend him for six months. Dr Mazumdar systematically defrauded the Victorian WorkCover Authority of $44,539.78 over [...]
Craig Krause, Virginia Psychiatrist, License suspended, in his office Police found 3,000 videotapes and 10,000 photographs of patients’ feet
INSIDENOVA Psychiatrist's license suspended over feet pics, drug allegations January 23, 2018 Psychiatrist Craig Krause The Virginia Board of Medicine suspended a Gainesville doctor’s medical license Jan. 18 based on multiple violations. Craig Charles Krause, a psychiatrist, is accused of engaging in sexual contact with patients; lewd, offensive behavior toward patients; keeping 3,000 videotapes and 10,000 photographs of patients’ feet; and routinely prescribing large quantities of medications to patients who should not have been receiving the drugs. Many of the patients had a history of abusing or selling drugs, according to the board. Krause was one of 27 people [...]
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 [...]