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Pralay Mazumdar, psychiatrist, told patient she was sicker than she was to prolong her hospital stay

Herald Sun Suspended jail sentence for psychiatrist who defrauded WorkCover Rebecca David Dandenong Leader December 19, 2014 Psychiatrist Pralay Mazumdar A PSYCHIATRIST who told a patient she was sicker than she was to prolong her hospital stay has received a six-month suspended sentence. Pralay Mazumdar, 60, pleaded guilty to six charges under the Accident Compensation Act relating to dealings with patients at a Dandenong clinic between March 5, 2012, and September 9, 2013. The Glen Waverley man’s charges included fraudulently obtaining payments, knowingly providing false information and providing false information. Ringwood Magistrates’ Court this month heard Mazumdar, while dealing [...]

Indian Psychiatrists Protest the Arrests of Two of their Own – arrests “sent shockwaves in the entire psychiatry community”

Indian Express Psychiatrists protest arrest of two colleagues, stop prescribing drug to addicts By Raakhi Jagga December 23, 2014 Psychiatrists Protest the Arrest of Two of their Brethern Following the arrest of two psychiatrists on December 19, the Punjab and Chandigarh branch of Indian Psychiatric Society (PUNCIPS) has stopped prescribing buprenorphine drug which, as per doctors, is scientifically approved treatment worldwide for patients who are addicts of opium, smack or heroin or also called as opioid addicts. The same tablets were seized from the arrested doctors. Members of PUNCIPS maintained that even they were treating the addicts with the [...]

India Psychiatrists Threaten to Go on Strike over Arrests of 2 Psychiatrists. Cops say more arrests could happen

Times of India Psychiatrists to go on strike; cops suspect big drug racket By Aditi Gyanesh December 22, 2014 Jayaram S. - Indian Association of Private Psychiatry LUDHIANA: After procuring huge amounts of psychotropic pills from Dr Sudha Vasudev's private clinic at Mullanpur Dhaka and her residence at Rishi Nagar in Ludhiana on Saturday, the Jagraon police have said there is a big racket, and there could be other arrests soon. Meanwhile, functioning of psychiatry OPDs in hospitals, clinics and nursing homes in Punjab and Chandigarh would be hit on Monday as psychiatrists under Indian Psychiatry Society and Indian [...]

Duttala Reddy, Illinois Psychiatrist, had Sexual Misconduct with Suicidal Patient; Another Psychiatrist, Kripakaran Puvalai engaged in sexually inappropriate conduct with same patient at same clinic

State Journal Register Springfield psychiatrist suspended for ‘sexually inappropriate’ conduct By Dean Olsen January 1, 2015 Psychiatric Associates of Central Illinois1124 South Sixth Street, Springfield, Illinois A Springfield psychiatrist who took over the care of a female patient victimized by “sexually inappropriate” conduct at the hands of another psychiatrist in the same clinic was disciplined by the state this week for sexual misconduct with the patient. Officials from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation issued a temporary suspension of the license of Dr. Duttala Obula Reddy, a psychiatrist at Psychiatric Associates of Central Illinois, 1124 S. Sixth [...]

Patient Shocked Psychiatrist James Hanley is Still Practicing

Edmonton Journal Cold Lake psychiatrist’s former patient says he shouldn’t be in practice Doctor lost privileges in New Brunswick, Newfoundland By Marty Klinkenberg December 8, 2014 Psychiatrist James Hanley When Kathy Wiseman’s psychiatrist pleaded guilty to engaging in an inappropriate sexual relationship with her, she thought he would never practice medicine again. So Wiseman was shocked last week when she learned that Dr. James Bernard Hanley is working in Alberta. Stripped of licences in Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick in 2007 after admitting to the sexual relationship, Hanley was granted a medical licence by Alberta’s College of Physicians [...]

Debra Koss, NJ Psychiatrist vs. NJ Psychologists – A Fight to Drug More People

nj.com N.J. psychiatrists launch website to defeat bill giving psychologists Rx rights By Susan K. Livio December 05, 2014 Psychiatrist Debra Koss TRENTON — Psychiatrists in New Jersey have launched an online campaign they hope will torpedo “risky” legislation that gives psychologists the authority to write prescriptions. The New Jersey Psychiatric Association unveiled a new website, ProtectNJpatients.com, that explains why the state legislature, the governor and the public should oppose the bill that passed the Assembly in June. While psychologists “are a very important part of New Jersey’s healthcare infrastructure,” they don’t have the education, training and supervision of [...]

Shubu Ghosh, psychiatrist, guilty in Medicaid Fraud Case

Psychiatrist - Shubhranjan Ghosh KTUU, Channel 2 Anchorage psychiatrist changed plea in Medicaid fraud case KTUU Staff December 01, 2014 ANCHORAGE - An Anchorage psychiatrist changed his plea today in a case of fraudulently billing Medicaid and tampering with evidence. In this story: -- Dr. Shubu Ghosh, pleaded guilty to billing Medicaid more than $1 million for services he never performed. -- Dr. Ghosh said he was guilty for falsifying records in an attempt to cover up the improper billing. -- Ghosh founded Ghosh Psychiatrict Services and was arrested in April of this year. -- His sentencing is [...]

Europe’s Oldest Psych Hospital

Europe's Oldest Psych Hospital The Viennese slang "Gugelhupf" (a type of round cake) is a word used to describe mental asylums and psychiatric clinics. The source of this word is this building's round shape. I wonder if that's the source of the English term "spinbin" (a residential facility for psych treatment) Wikipedia The Narrenturm (Fool's Tower) in Vienna is continental Europe's oldest building for the accommodation of mental patients.[1] Built in 1784, it is next to the site of the old Vienna General Hospital (today a university campus), and is now home to the Federal Pathologic-Anatomical Museum Vienna [...]

James Hanley, psychiatrist, license revoked for sexual misconduct in 2 provinces, but Alberta issues him another

​CBC News Psychiatrist who lost licence in N.B., NL, practising in Alberta Dr. James Hanley, who admitted having sex with patient, working at CFB Cold Lake By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon December 2, 2014 A psychiatrist who was stripped of his medical licences in both New Brunswick and Newfoundland and Labrador in 2007 after he admitted to having sex with a patient is now practising in Alberta, CBC News has learned. Dr. James Bernard Hanley, 72, who used to work with veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in Oromocoto, N.B., is working at 4 Wing CFB Cold [...]

Psychiatrists’ Infighting

Psychiatrist Keith Ablow Excerpts from below article: Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, chairman of psychiatry at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, said Ablow seems more interested in entertaining than in reflecting well on his profession. Lieberman is past president of the American Psychiatric Association, which discourages members from speculating on psychiatric characteristics of non-patients. “It is shameful and unfortunate that he is given a platform by Fox News or any other media organization,” Lieberman said. “Basically he is a narcissistic self-promoter of limited and dubious expertise.” Ablow isn’t an APA member, having resigned in 2011 in a dispute [...]

Solomon Wong Kee Miew – Psychiatrist Suspended for Sex with Patient

Today IMH psychiatrist suspended for affair with patient July 19, 2014 SINGAPORE — A psychiatrist at the Institute of Mental Health who initiated an affair with a patient he was seeing has been suspended from practice for 24 months, the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) said yesterday. Dr Solomon Wong Kee Miew, 42, started seeing the female patient in April 2011, and immediately took a liking to her as he found her attractive. He would intentionally schedule consultation sessions with the woman such that he could spend more time with her, an SMC disciplinary tribunal noted. At their sixth and final [...]

Psychiatrist Detained – Accused of Prescribing High Risk Drugs

romania-insider.com Prosecutors detain Romanian psychiatrist for illegally prescribing high-risk drugs by Irina Popescuhttp November 19, 2014 Romanian psychiatrist Bengescu Bellu Cristian Gheorghe Romanian psychiatrist Bengescu Bellu Cristian Gheorghe was detained for 24 hours on Tuesday, November 18, by prosecutors from the Anticorruption department DIICOT. He is accused of allegedly prescribing high-risk drugs without having the right to do so. “In order to obtain improper financial benefits, defendant Bengescu Bellu Cristian Gheorghe prescribed to a patient, over a period of 27 days, a high-risk drug substitution treatment of 6,840 tablets of 2.5 mg Sintalgon, although the necessary treatment for the [...]

Kyle Stewart, “Wierd” Psychiatrist, Confronted with Sexual Misconduct Charges, Agrees to Never Practice Again

Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise (Oklahoma) November 23, 2014 - 12:07am Former area psychiatrist surrenders medical license By Nathan Thompson Psychiatrist Kyle Stewart A former Bartlesville psychiatrist has voluntarily surrendered his medical license to state authorities in lieu of prosecution following allegations of sexual misconduct. According to documents obtained by the Examiner-Enterprise from the Oklahoma State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, Kyle Leslie Stewart, M.D. agreed to surrender his license to practice medicine on Sept. 26 after an investigation by the medical board. Stewart’s license surrender was accepted by the state board on Nov. 6 and filed that same day. The [...]

Video: Louisiana Psychiatrist Slams Psychiatry: “All they have to offer is a pill”

KPLC 7 News Lake Charles, Louisiana Psychiatrist: Over diagnosis leads to strain on resources By Michael Cooper Nov 26, 2014 Excerpts: Dr. Dale Archer has been in practice for close to 30 years and he doesn't mind stepping on some toes. His theory may be controversial but it well worth consideration. "The biggest problem we face in mental health today is the over-diagnosis, over-medication, and over-treatment of psychiatric conditions," Archer said. Psychiatrist Dale Archer It's what Dr. Archer calls the over-medication culture. Dr. Archer questions the statistics that claim 44 million Americans have some form of mental illness. [...]

John Rigano, Psychiatrist, convicted of sexually harassing underage boys, deported

Daily Telegraph Qld sex offender found in Bali school By Gabrielle Dunlevy November 27, 2014 An Australian man with prior convictions for improper dealings with children has been caught teaching English classes in Bali and will be deported, authorities say. John Peter Domenic Rigano, 65, was caught teaching English in Kuta earlier this month in a sweep by immigration officers. In 2009, Rigano, who was then a psychiatrist, was sentenced in the Cairns District Court to nine months' jail, for indecently touching a teenage boy who was being treated for anxiety. Bali authorities found Rigano was misusing a multiple entry [...]

Psychiatrist Ron Rubin: “I’m confused. I don’t get it”

AOL Doctor accused of smoking pot with patients defends reputation October 20, 2014 Psychiatrist Ron Rubin MILWAUKEE (WITI) - Smoking pot with patients - prescribing dangerous amounts of prescription drugs - even treating underage girls without their parents' consent. Those are the accusations which landed psychiatrist Dr. Ron Rubin in hot water earlier this year. Now his medical license has been "suspended indefinitely," and he's defending himself in an exclusive interview with FOX6 Investigator Meghan Dwyer. "I didn't steal money, I didn't sleep with any patients, I didn't act unethically," he says. "I signed an agreement so I could [...]

John Neale, Psychiatrist for 50 years, Sentenced to 40 years in Prison for Child Sex Crimes

Forsyth County News Psychiatrist convicted of child sex crimes By Kayla Robins October 19, 2014 John Neale psychiatrist FORSYTH COUNTY — A Tennessee doctor accused of sex crimes against a minor in Forsyth County was sentenced to serve 40 years in prison. According to court records, John C. Neale was convicted of three counts of child molestation that involved a 6-year-old female relative. The well-known psychiatrist from Johnson City, Tenn., was 74 at the time of his arrest in November 2012, according to an article in The Johnson City Press. “Once he was caught, other people came forward with [...]

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Robert Fleury, psychiatrist, suspended for dating ex-patient

Daily Journal Psychiatrist agrees to suspension for dating ex-patient October 21, 2014 By Matt Harrelson Psychiatrist Robert Fleury PINEHURST — A psychologist (sic) who practices in Richmond and Moore counties has agreed to a 90-day suspension of his license and will pay a $10,000 fine after dating a woman he had previously treated for depression. Dr. Robert A. Fleury of Carolina Behavioral Care in Pinehurst will have his license to practice medicine suspended from Dec. 1 to March 1, according to a consent order between Fluery and the North Carolina Medical Board. He is responsible for paying the fine [...]

Psych Aubrey Levin’s appeal of 3 sexual assault convictions – DENIED

Westman Journal Top court refuses to hear appeal from Calgary psychiatrist convicted of sex assault The Canadian Press October 23, 2014 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has shut the door on a psychiatrist's request to appeal three convictions for sexually assaulting his court-appointed patients. Dr. Aubrey Levin of Calgary was found guilty by a jury in January 2013 and was sentenced to five years in prison. He had asked the Supreme Court to hear an appeal of his convictions, but that request has been denied. As always, the top court did not give reasons [...]

Psychiatrist Waldo Ellison Gives Up License After Patient Committed Suicide

The Virginian-Pilot Va. Beach psychiatrist's license to be suspended Sat. By Elizabeth Simpson October 27, 2014 The medical license of a psychiatrist who played a leading role in the treatment of a Virginia Beach man who committed suicide in 2011 will be suspended by the Virginia Board of Medicine on Saturday. Virginia Beach psychiatrist Dr. Waldo Ellison informed the board he was retiring on that date. He had appeared in an informal hearing of a board committee in September on allegations that he had violated his duty as a doctor by failing to properly diagnose attention deficit disorders and monitor [...]

Kim Street, Psychiatrist, All Screwed Up – Drug addiction and ‘‘bizarre’’ treatments

New Castle Herald What's up Doc: The psychiatrist, the drug addiction and the job offer By GABRIEL WINGATE-PEARSE Oct. 31, 2014 A HUNTER hospital offered a job in its psychiatric emergency unit to a doctor who had been deregistered over his lengthy drug addiction and ‘‘bizarre’’ treatments. While addicted to psychostimulants, Dr Kim Street had painted the walls of his surgery black, was unable to pay bills, and exposed patients to experimental drug therapies without their knowledge. He prescribed the wrong drugs to pregnant women and elderly patients, as well as patients with a history of psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder [...]

Psychiatrist Said Farzad – “Homicidal”, in Hot Water – Threatened to Shoot Up Insurance Office with Machine Guns, Bombs

HeraldNet Suspended psychiatrist accused of making disturbing, aggressive calls By Diana Hefley October 2, 2014 Psychiatrist Said Farzad EVERETT — A psychiatrist whose license was suspended earlier this year now is being prosecuted for allegedly making threats to shoot up a Bothell health insurance office. Said Farzad is fighting the suspension of his medical license and filed an appeal last week in Pierce County Superior Court. Farzad, 63, also must now defend against a telephone harassment charge, a felony. The charge stems from allegations the Gig Harbor man made a series of disturbing phone calls to Molina Healthcare in [...]

Amarjit Singh Bedi – Psychiatrist Diagnosed Woman with Elephantitis

Scotsman Psychiatrist facing sack after prescribing Viagra By Laura Paterson August 26, 2014 A STAND-IN psychiatrist faces being struck off after a disciplinary body found he had advised that sex hormones and Viagra should be prescribed to several patients without carrying out proper assessments. Locum psychiatrist Dr Amarjit Singh Bedi also diagnosed a patient with the tropical body-swelling disease elephantitis despite the fact that she had never been to a country where she could have caught it, the medical tribunal hearing heard. While working for NHS Lanarkshire between 2010 and 2011, Dr Bedi failed to screen for serious conditions such [...]