MEDIA

Spokane Psychologists James Mitchell & Bruce Jessen to face torture trial in CIA waterboarding

  RT Contractors who created CIA’s torture program will face trial by jury August 9, 2017 Psychologists James Mitchell (left) and Bruce Jessen (right) The case against two psychologists who were paid over $80 million to devise the CIA’s torture program under the Bush administration will go to trial, after a federal judge in Spokane, Washington, denied their request to throw the lawsuit out. A jury will hear the lawsuit, Salim v. Mitchell, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of three former detainees against James Mitchell and John “Bruce” Jessen, US District Judge Justice Quackenbush said [...]

Leandro Anit Jr, Nebraska Psychiatrist, Sex with Patient – Public Outraged over Board’s Permissive Disciplining

Lincoln Journal Star Psychiatrist suspended, fined over relationship with patient By Lori Pilger August 11, 2017 Psychiatrist Leandro Anit Jr- The state has fined an Omaha psychiatrist who had worked at CenterPointe in Lincoln $10,000 and suspended his license for 30 days over an inappropriate relationship with a patient. Dr. Leandro Anit Jr. agreed to the settlement and waived his right to a disciplinary hearing, according to documents on file with the Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health. His suspension began a week ago. Wednesday, CenterPointe President and CEO Topher Hansen called it little [...]

Conn. Psychiatrist Anton Fry Reprimanded – knowingly billed Medicare for “telephone counseling”

Hartford Courant State Medical Board Fines, Disciplines Doctors KATE FARRISH Conn. Health I-Team Writer August 15, 2017 The state Medical Examining Board disciplined four doctors on Tuesday, including reprimanding and fining a prominent Norwalk plastic surgeon $2,500 for failing to keep adequate medical records. Begin Excerpt Psychiatrist Anton Fry The board also reprimanded a Danbury psychiatrist in connection with false Medicare claims he made between 2009 and 2015, according to a consent order with Dr. Anton Fry. The consent order said that Fry knowingly submitted bills for Medicare reimbursement for non-reimbursable telephone counseling and paid $18,000 to the federal [...]

Kenneth Fattmann, Missouri & Arkansas Psychiatrist, Reprimanded for Engaging a Patient in Sexual Activity

The Kansas City Star Missouri board reprimands psychiatrist for sex with former patient By Andy Marso August 2, 2017 Psychiatrist Kenneth Fattmann A Missouri medical licensing board has publicly reprimanded a psychiatrist for fostering a sexual relationship with a former patient who was contemplating suicide when they met weeks earlier. An order handed down July 27 by the Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts states that Dr. Kenneth Fattmann treated the patient at Cox North Hospital in Springfield, Mo., on or about August 13, 2010. After she was discharged from the hospital he continued communicating with [...]

J. Patrick Bertroche, Iowa Psychiatrist, Fined for Pre-Signing Blank Prescription Orders

Des Moines Register Psychiatrist fined $5,000 for pre-signing prescriptions for his staff to fill out later By Tony Leys July 27, 2017 Psychiatrist J. Patrick Bertroche A longtime Des Moines psychiatrist has agreed to pay a $5,000 fine after being accused of pre-signing blank prescription orders for his staff to fill out later. J. Patrick Bertroche, 50, agreed to pay the fine to settle an administrative charge from the Iowa Board of Medicine, documents released Wednesday show. He also agreed to take an ethics course from a training program in Colorado. Bertroche told state investigators the pre-signed prescriptions were [...]

Geezer Minnesota Psychiatrist Faruk Abuzzahab accused of overprescribing, resigns

minnesota.cbslocal.com Twin Cities Doctor Resigns Medical License After Accusations Of Over-Prescription July 28, 2017 By Liz Collin Psychiatrist Faruk Abuzzahab MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Twin Cities psychiatrist, under the microscope following a WCCO Investigation, gave up his license to practice medicine. Dr. Faruk Abuzzahab, 85, had been in trouble before for writing excessive amounts of prescriptions to patients, but after WCCO detailed his connection to a Bloomington man’s pill addiction, the doctor resigned. Now, a family shares their relief and their ongoing frustration at a system that they feel failed them. “Justice prevailed, but it sure took a long [...]

www.bt.dk KRIMI 14. JUL. 2012 - 16.05 | OPDATERET 17. SEP. 2012 - 8.51 Patienter: Vi havde også sex med dansk psykiater OK Foto: privatfoto JAN LAURIDTSEN FØLG Den norske avis Dagbladet kunne forleden afsløre, at to ud af 12 læger, der har sex-misbrugt deres patienter i Norge fra 2008 til 2010, er dansk. I samarbejde med Dagbladet kan BT nu afsløre, at den ene af de to danskere - 46-årige læge og psykiater Kim Jørgen Holtz - ifølge vidner i sagen mod ham har forgrebet sig på flere kvindelige patienter, end blot den ene norske, som han i april [...]

RK Brahma, Indian Psychiatrist, arrested for death of patient

The Times of India Psychiatrist arrested for death of patient By Tamaghna Banerjee July 18, 2017 KOLKATA: A 67-year-old psychiatrist in Salt Lake was arrested and sent to jail for 14 days on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder of a middle aged automobile engineer who was undergoing treatment at his nursing home for a month and was found dead with multiple injuries on his body on May this year. The doctor, RK Brahma, the director of the nursing home, had issued his death certificate claiming the engineer had died of "acute myocardial infection" on May 20. However, [...]

Alan Emamdee, New Mexico Psychiatrist, arrested for sexually abusing patient

kob4 Farmington psychiatrist arrested for sexually abusing patient Devin Neeley July 21, 2017 FARMINGTON, N.M. -- A Farmington doctor is behind bars after being arrested for sexual abuse of a patient, and police say there could be more victims. Farmington police arrested psychiatrist Alan Emamdee and charged him with six counts of criminal sexual penetration and five counts of criminal sexual contact. “These were all visits to his office during office hours that were part of supposed treatment,” said George Joy, a detective with the Farmington Police Department. Emamdee was employed by San Juan Health Partners for the last three [...]