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Jean Paul Guittet, French psychiatrist, suspended for inappropriate contact with patient

machine translation: lefigaro.fr Sarthe: a psychiatrist suspended for 3 months for displaced gestures October 19, 2017 Psychiatrist Jean Paul Guittet Dr Jean-Paul Guittet, a psychiatrist in Le Mans, was sentenced by the disciplinary chamber of the order of doctors to three months suspended exercise, according to information from France Bleu Maine. An elderly patient accuses the practitioner of having raped her in 1989. "I was 27 years old at the time. I talked to my attending physician who listened to me but did nothing!" She cries. She filed a complaint in 2015, while other patients denounced the actions of [...]

Maine Psychiatrist Reinaldo de los Heros Suspended over drug prescriptions – “immediate jeopardy to the public”

Portland Press Herald License of Portland psychiatrist suspended over drug prescriptions By Gillian Graham & Joe Lawlor October 11, 2017 Psychiatrist Reinaldo de los Heros The state medical board has suspended the medical license of a psychiatrist who was placed on probation in 2016 following the suicide of one of his patients. The medical license of Dr. Reinaldo de los Heros, who practices in Portland, was suspended for 30 days starting Oct. 10, the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine announced Wednesday. After reviewing de los Heros’ practices, the board concluded his ability to prescribe controlled substances represented “immediate [...]

Blaise Wolfrum, Illinois Psychiatrist, “danger to the public”, “violated boundaries with a young patient”

WGN9 Suburban psychiatrist’s license suspended after claims of inappropriate contact with patient October 18, 2017 By Meghan Dwyer Psychiatrist Blaise Wolfrum SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — A Schaumburg psychiatrist has had his medical license suspended after state regulators said he had inappropriate contact with a young patient and was not following the rules for prescribing controlled substances. The state said he’s a danger to the public. He said they don’t have all the facts. Psychiatrist Blaise Wolfrum is the medical director at Behavioral Health Associates in Schaumburg. He said he has successfully treated thousands of patients and helped them with [...]

New Mexico psychiatrist Alan Emamdee, already arrested for sexual misconduct, now sued by 12 patients

Farmington Daily News Doctor accused of sexual misconduct, abuse by patients By Joshua Kellogg October 12, 2017 Psychiatrist Alan Emamdee FARMINGTON — A civil lawsuit was filed against San Juan Regional Medical Center and Dr. Alan Emamdee by 12 of his former patients who accuse him of sexual abuses and assaults the suit claims were facilitated by the hospital and San Juan Health Partners. The 34-page complaint was filed in First Judicial District of New Mexico on Oct. 4 by attorneys for McGinn, Carpenter, Montoya and Love, P.A., an Albuquerque-based law firm, and Titus and Murphy Law Firm of [...]

Thomas Jenkins, UK pedophile psychiatrist, caught by undercover cops attempting to groom an underage boy – license revoked

BBC Paedophile Grindr doctor struck off medical register October 5, 2017 North East Wales Psychiatrist Thoomas Jenkins A paedophile junior doctor who was caught by an undercover police officer attempting to groom an underage boy has been struck off the medical register. Thomas Jenkins, 28, logged onto gay dating app Grindr and asked user Liam, who he thought was 13, for sex. But it was the police officer and Jenkins, who lives in Manchester, was arrested at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. He admitted inciting a boy of 13 to engage in sexual activity at Manchester Crown Court in April. A judge [...]

Psychiatrist Colin Bouwer, Convicted Wife Killer, Kicked out of New Zealand, deported to South Africa

Otago Daily Times October 9, 2017 Dunedin wife killer leaves NZ Psychiatrist Colin Bouwer Convicted wife killer Colin Bouwer has been deported to South Africa. An Immigration New Zealand (INZ) spokesman said this afternoon the 67-year-old left New Zealand this morning and his resident visa had been cancelled. Bouwer was jailed in 2001 after being found guilty of administering a fatal combination of sedatives and hypoglycaemia-inducing drugs to his wife for months. The drugs mimicked the symptoms of a rare tumour. The former head of psychological medicine at the University of Otago was jailed with a minimum non-parole period [...]

Timothy Bunton, Virginia & Mass. Psychiatrist – now a registered sex offender – went to Harvard, worked at VA hospital

The Enterprise Former Brockton VA doctor now registered sex offender By Marc Larocque October 6, 2017 Psychiatrist Timothy Bunton BROCKTON – A former Brockton VA campus doctor pleaded guilty to using a computer to solicit a minor, and he is now losing his right to practice medicine in Massachusetts. Timothy J. Bunton had already voluntarily agreed not to practice medicine in Massachusetts after he was first arrested in 2015, according to state officials. But after he pleaded guilty to the charge, and became a registered sex offender in Virginia, the Massachusetts Board of Medicine took disciplinary action at its [...]

Ovais Badat, leading UK psychiatrist, convicted – gave patient champagne and cocaine in hotel room – she relapsed into drug use

Bristol Post Leading Bristol consultant psychiatrist gave woman patient champagne and cocaine in hotel room By Geoffrey Bennett October 2, 2017 Psychiatrist Ovais Badat One of the UK’s top consultant psychiatrists faces jail term after being convicted of supplying a Class A drug. Dr Ovais Badat worked at the Hengrove-based adult ADHD service of Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. But the outwardly respectable medical professional hid a dark secret – he was supplying cocaine and making out false prescriptions to get his hands on more substances. Badat, of Hopewell Street, Tetbury, denied all wrongdoing when he [...]

Pasadena psych Dirk de Brito, convicted of assault, license suspended

San Gabriel Valley Tribune Medical board suspends license of Pasadena psychiatrist convicted of assault, making criminal threats By Stephanie K. Baer October 5, 2017 Psychiatrist Dirk de Brito An administrative law judge has suspended the license of a Pasadena psychiatrist convicted of assault and making criminal threats against his children’s nanny and a former employee. In an order issued Wednesday, Judge Julie Cabos-Owen granted the Medical Board of California’s petition for an interim license suspension, ordering Dirk de Brito to not practice “any aspect of medicine” until a final decision of the board. “It was granted on an emergency [...]

Omesh Chandra Kashyap, 85-year-old Psychiatrist, Wanted in Canada

news18.com SC Stays Extradition of 85-year-old Psychiatrist Wanted in Canada By Utkarsh Anand September 21, 2017 SC Stays Extradition of 85-year-old Psychiatrist Wanted in Canada File photo of the Supreme Court of India. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed the extradition of an 85-year-old Indian-origin man, who has been charged in four cases of molestation and sexual assault in Canada and allegedly fled the country to thwart prosecution. Omesh Chandra Kashyap has, however, refuted all the charges saying he was being framed because he, as a renowned psychiatrist, had helped expose a scandal on sexual abuse of children by [...]

Oleg Druz, Ukraine military psychiatrist, suspended, unsatisfactory performance of official duties

MKRU Military psychiatrist of Ukraine has been suspended because of the statement about the danger of 93% of participants ATO September 9, 2017 The Minister of defence of Ukraine dismissed the head of the clinic of psychiatry National military medical clinical center “Main military clinical hospital” Oleg Druz, who has previously stated that 93% of participants of military operations in the Donbas are in need of treatment, as are potential threat to society. “Just took the decision to remove from office… Colonel Oleg Friends in connection with the unsatisfactory performance of official duties and appointed office investigation”, – said Stepan [...]

NY Psych Clifford Jacobson

Democrat and Chronicle Often-disciplined Brighton psychiatrist pleads guilty to drug charge By Patti Singer September 19, 2017 Psychiatrist Clifford Jacobson A psychiatrist who practiced in Brighton and had been ordered to surrender his medical license in March faces five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for illegally distributing a controlled substance. Dr. Clifford Jacobson, 67, pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Rochester, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney of the Western District of New York. According to the prosecution, Jacobson from 2014 to 2017 sold prescriptions for Schedule IV controlled substances to undercover agents and patients who [...]

Ely Pelta, “Sugar Daddy” Miami Psychiatrist, history of sexual misconduct

Miami Herald Doctor’s license suspended after he texted female patient ‘You need a sugar daddy’ By Daniel Chang September 29, 2017 Psychiatrist Ely Pelta The text messages from the psychiatrist to his new patient began with offers to help her find another job, after she had come to him for help with work-related anxiety and depression. The patient would owe Dr. Ely Pelta a favor, though, and his text messages made clear how he wanted to be repaid. She needed a “sugar daddy,” Pelta wrote to the woman, and he wanted her to be his “sugar baby,” according [...]

Robert Hampshire, Aussie psychiatrist, “a risk to the health and safety of the public”

Sydney Morning Herald Society shrink Dr Robert Hampshire's career in tatters over lewd calls By Kate McClymont October 2, 2017 Psychiatrist Robert Hampshire The colourful career of society shrink Dr Robert Hampshire appears to be all but over after he was caught sending lewd late-night texts to a client following a day of drinking. On Friday the psychiatrist lost his appeal to be allowed to continue practising while he waits a full hearing of the matter. In refusing to lift his suspension, Acting Judge Frank Marks of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal found that Dr Hampshire represented "a risk [...]

Select Quotes on the Incarceration of the Mentally Ill

Select Quotes to PsychSearch from Law Enforcement and Mental Health Advocates about the incarceration of the mentally ill: “Jailers and prison guards are not social workers, nurses, or doctors. People with a mental illness get no treatment for their condition while in jail or prison. They are medicated (sedated) with the cheapest drug available to keep them from being a problem for staff. There is no consideration given to their needs. They are often placed in solitary confinement more often and for much longer than other inmates.” - Mental Health Advocate, Central Oregon “As a provider of last resort, [...]

Pasadena Psychiatrist Dirk de Brito convicted of assault

Pasadena Star News Pasadena psychiatrist convicted of assault, making criminal threats faces next challenges By Stephanie K. Baer September 2, 2017 Psychiatrist Dirk de Brito A Pasadena psychiatrist recently convicted of assault and making criminal threats against his children’s nanny and a former employee said he has continued seeing patients at his practice. Dirk de Brito, 54, of La Cañada Flintridge, who specializes in adult ADHD, bipolar disorder and depression, faces two civil lawsuits. He maintains he never physically harmed his employees. De Brito pleaded “no contest” in May to two misdemeanor charges related to accusations he attacked his [...]

Aussie Psych Aaron Voon Sentenced for filming little boys in public toilets

ABC Online Child psychiatrist Aaron Voon gets suspended sentence for filming boys in public toilets By Emily Piesse September 8, 2017 Psychiatrist Aaron-Szen-Voon ignores questions from reporter A West Australian child psychiatrist who made indecent recordings of children in Perth and overseas has received a suspended jail term of 18 months. Aaron Voon, 42, was arrested in Perth last year, after returning from a trip to Edmonton, Canada, where he had been caught using his mobile phone to film a young boy in a public toilet. Voon was later charged in relation to similar recordings made in Perth and [...]

Ian De Saxe, Sydney Psychiatrist – guilty of misconduct in relation to three patients

Daily Mail Sydney psychiatrist suspended over telling an accused paedophile having sex with an underage boy 'wasn't that bad' and that he was 'willing to lie for him' after asking him for oral sex By Australian Associated Press September 12, 2017 Psychiatrist Ian De Saxe A Sydney psychiatrist has been suspended for misconduct including telling an alleged child sex offender 'in other countries it is legal' and 'back in Greek times it was OK'. Dr Ian De Saxe also was found to have told the patient: 'I'm willing to lie for you and willing to write you a [...]

Abraham Nicolaas van der Walt

Southland Times Bankrupt Invercargill psychiatrist says $4200 a fortnight not enough for balanced and normal lifestyle Last updated 19:07, August 29 2017 A bankrupt psychiatrist couldn't convince the courts his repayments should be reduced so he had more money for weekly ... STUFF A bankrupt psychiatrist couldn't convince the courts his repayments should be reduced so he had more money for weekly massages and a personal trainer. A bankrupt Invercargill psychiatrist was unable to convince the courts his fortnightly debt repayments should be reduced so he could maintain a better work-life balance, including personal trainers, weekends in Queenstown hotels and [...]

Karl McIntosh, Delaware psychiatrist, indicted for fraud and identity theft

The News Journal Wilmington doctor indicted on insurance fraud and identity theft charges By Esteban Parra July 27, 2017 Psychiatrist Karl McIntosh A Wilmington psychiatrist – a former Delaware Medical Board officer – has been indicted on charges he submitted more than $100,000 in insurance claims over a two-year period for visits that did not occur. To facilitate this fraud, Dr. Karl McIntosh used his patients' personal identifying information without their consent, according to the state Department of Insurance's fraud unit. At least four of the 11 people whose identities were stolen by 53-year-old McIntosh were minors, court documents [...]

Toronto Psychiatrist Nagi Ghabbour License Revoked – Ontario starting to get tougher on Psychs who have sex with patients

Toronto Star Toronto psychiatrist stripped of licence for romantic relationship with patient By JACQUES GALLANT August 22, 2017 Psychiatrist Nagi Ghabbour In a display of its tougher stance on misconduct involving patient-doctor relationships, the discipline committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has revoked the licence of a psychiatrist who entered into a romantic relationship with a patient he intends to marry. Whereas similar conduct in previous cases was typically met with suspensions, the decision to strip Toronto doctor Nagi Ghabbour’s licence is likely a response to criticism that the committee was being too lenient in [...]

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 [...]