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Halifax psychiatrist Curtis Steele Takes Nude Photos of 14-year-old Patient
Herald News Woman sues psychiatrist over photos By Eva Hoare August 1, 2013 Psychiatrist Curtis Steele A young woman is suing a Halifax psychiatrist for allegedly taking nude photos of her during the course of an appointment with him. The claimant, who was about 14 years old at the time, went to Dr. Curtis Steele for treatment of “attention deficient and depressive symptoms” in 2003, a statement of claim filed in Nova Scotia Supreme Court alleges. “During their last appointment, the defendant informed the plaintiff that he was a photographer,” the claim filed Thursday alleges. “(Steele) asked the plaintiff [...]
Prosecutors Accuse Colorado Psychiatrist Jeffrey Metzner of Bias in Evaluation of James Holmes – Aurora, Colorado movie theater gunman
The Denver Post Prosecutors accuse psychiatrist of bias in James Holmes evaluation By John Ingold December 26, 2013 Prosecutors have accused the psychiatrist who performed a crucial mental-health exam on the Aurora movie theater gunman of having "an unfair bias" that influenced his findings, according to a judge's order issued this month. Dr. Jeffrey Metzner, a University of Colorado psychiatrist with an expertise in the mental health of prison inmates, was the man picked to perform the most closely watched psychiatric exam in state history. Metzner's job was to determine whether James Holmes was sane when he killed 12 people [...]
PsychSearch – Relentless Pursuit of Records on Psychiatrists
Madville Times DSS Admits Public-Records Error with Release of Doctors Excluded from Medicaid By Cory Allen Heidelberger December 28, 2013 Ken Kramer's public-records tussle with the Department of Social Services shows South Dakota state government's unhealthy addiction to secrecy. The Florida man made a simple request last summer: he wanted to know the name of every doctor South Dakota had kicked out of Medicaid since 2010. Kramer maintains a website to publish information about fraud and abuse in psychiatry. The Medicaid information helps him identify psychiatrists who take advantage of their patients and the public. Kramer had little trouble getting [...]
Halifax Psychiatrist Curtis Steele license suspended – “made inappropriate sexual advances toward a male patient, using a dildo” – Has been a psychiatrist for 48 years
CBC News Halifax psychiatrist Dr. Curtis Steele's licence suspended Two civil lawsuits allege sexual misconduct By Blair Rhodes Dec 05, 2013 Psychiatrist Curtis Steele The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia has suspended a Halifax psychiatrist's licence to practice medicine after a complaint was laid against him. The decision against Dr. Curtis Steele was announced Thursday morning in a small newspaper advertisement and on the college's website. Dr. Gus Grant, the college registrar, said Steele's licence was suspended after someone laid a complaint against him. "At present there is one complaint against Dr. Steele," Grant told CBC [...]
Harold Smith, University of Florida Psychiatrist
Gainesville Sun Medical board votes to reprimand UF professor with checkered past -- Excerpt The Florida Board of Medicine has voted unanimously to reprimand a University of Florida psychiatry professor with a history of drug and alcohol addiction for allegedly prescribing a lethal amount of Oxycontin to a patient at an Orlando area hospital. An administrative complaint by the Department of Health said Dr. Harold E. Smith failed to provide a standard of care in treating Alice Tomlinson, who died Dec. 21, 2010 after being admitted to the Central Florida Behavioral Hospital 10 [...]
Psychiatrist Chukwuma Igbokwe Faces License Revocation for Sexual Harassment, Exposed Himself to Hospital Administrator, Etc.
WalesOnline Doctor and ex-diplomat faces being struck off for sexually harassing colleague December 12, 2013 Psychiatrist Chukwuma Igbokwe The doctor was found to have grabbed his colleague from behind and asked her for sex 'over a desk' A doctor and former diplomat who flashed at a colleague during a two-year 'onslaught' of sexual harassment faces being struck off for bringing the profession into disrepute. Dr Chukwuma Igbokwe, 46, grabbed Vanessa Turley from behind and thrust himself towards her before exposing himself and asking her to perform a sex act, a tribunal ruled. The former Consul to the UK of [...]
Marin County, California Psychiatrist Guy Roger Gullion Suspended – Sexual Misconduct
Marin Independent Journal Marin psychiatrist disciplined over sex misconduct claim By Richard Halstead December 18, 2013 Psychiatrist Guy Gullion A psychiatrist who served as a long-term contract employee of the county of Marin has been disciplined by the Medical Board of California for alleged sexual misconduct with a female patient. The board placed Dr. Guy Roger Gullion on probation for seven years under threat of revoking his license, and ordered him to take several training sessions in ethics and maintaining professional boundaries. He was also ordered to undergo psychotherapy and to submit to professional monitoring. Neither Gullion nor his [...]
Texas Psychiatrist Philip Scott Cited for Possession of Ammunition and Firearms on Federal Property? Apparently Fired?
KWTX Man Cited After Guns, Ammo Found In Truck At Local VA Identified By Rachel Cox November 15, 2013 The two citations issued after police at the Olin E. Teague Veterans’ Center in Temple found guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition in a truck parked illegally outside the facility name Philip Scott, U.S. District Court Clerk Mark Borchardt confirmed Friday. A hospital spokeswoman said Friday Scott is no longer employed at the hospital, but would not say what his job was there. A Philip Scott is listed on the hospital’s online medical staff directory as a board-certified psychiatrist and [...]
New Zealand Psychiatrist Manilall Maharajh License Revoked – Sex with Patient – paid to keep her quiet
New Zealand Herald Psychiatrist punished over sex with vulnerable patient By Brendan Manning Nov 22, 2013 Psychiatrist Manilall Maharajh A psychiatrist who had a sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient, and paid her tens of thousands of dollars to keep quiet about it has been stripped of his registration and ordered to pay more than $70,000. Dr Manilall Maharajh, whose name suppression has been lifted, was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal in September. In its just-released penalty decision, the tribunal said Dr Maharajh's conduct was serious enough to "warrant discipline for the purposes [...]
Minnesota Psychiatrist Ali Ebrahimi Reprimanded for unethical and unprofessional conduct
Southwest Minneapolis Patch Medical Board Disciplines Three Minneapolis Providers By James Warden November 21, 2013 Excerpt: Ali Ebrahimi, a psychiatrist who practices with Associated Clinic of Psychology in Brooklyn Center and Minneapolis, offers psychiatric evaluations and medication management, according to his biography. The board received a complaint in July 2011 that Ebrahimi inappropriately prescribed drugs to a patient with a history of alcohol and chemical abuse, according to the stipulation and order. The complaint accused him of prescribing medicine for the patient’s chronic pain without recognizing the patient’s behaviors. An investigation by the Attorney General’s Office found several cases in [...]
Nova Scotia Psychiatrist Bolarinwa Oluwole License Revoked – Sex with Patient – Irish Officials Will Also Take Action After He Lied to Them
The Irish Independent Psychiatrist lied about sex with patients, inquiry told By Kevin Keane 26 November 2013 A PSYCHIATRIST who had sex with patients in his care has been found guilty of professional misconduct for lying about his past when applying to work in Ireland. Dr Bolarinwa Oluwole had intercourse with women who came to him for psychiatric help while working in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. He also kept a stash of prescription medication, pornography and condoms in his office desk. Dr Oluwole was struck off the Nova Scotian register in 2012 but just months later turned up [...]
Gays Now Rule Psychiatry
PsychSearch.net By Ken Kramer November 29, 2013 Homosexuality was listed as a mental disorder in the DSM (see page 44) but after psychiatrists were ridiculed and pressured by gay activists, the membership of the American Psychiatric Association voted in 1974 to remove it from the DSM. This folly of a science claimed that homosexuality was a mental disorder, but then buckled under political pressure and removed homosexuality from their Bible. How's that for science? Here are the punchlines: On May 15, Saul Levin was named the new chief executive officer and medical director of the American Psychiatric Association. He is [...]
Virginia Psychiatrist Anandababu Chellappan License Revoked – six separate incidents of sexual contact with patients
Richmond Times-Dispatch Henrico psychiatrist's license revoked BY BILL McKELWAY October 30, 2013 Psychiatrist Anada Chellappan A longtime Henrico psychiatrist and surgeon had his license revoked by the State Board of Medicine after acknowledging multiple incidents of inappropriate sexual contact with patients. In an order entered Oct. 25, Dr. Anandababu Chellappan consented to revocation of his license, according to board documents. Chellappan had recently appealed in Henrico County Circuit Court a lower court conviction of assault against a patient, but board documents now spell out in detail admissions by Chellappan to six separate incidents of sexual contact with patients. Chellappan, [...]
California Psychiatrist David M. Gudeman Complains about his impending license revocation and allegations he negligently prescribed painkillers
Ventura County Star (California) Simi Valley psychiatrist fights license revocation; Doctor says errors made during inquiry By Tom Kisken November 29, 2013 Psychiatrist David M. Gudeman had two patients who died of drug intoxication A Simi Valley psychiatrist facing discipline over allegations he negligently prescribed painkillers to patients with addictions is challenging a regulatory board’s decision to take away his license. An administrative law judge ruled in October in a case brought by the Medical Board of California that Dr. David M. Gudeman wrongly prescribed opiates and other powerful medications. Two patients died of drug intoxication, according to board [...]
Russian Psychiatrist Vyacheslav Vesnin Gets Ten Years in Prison – encouraged orgies in front of children
Daily Mail Leader of sinister cult that carried out orgies in the presence of children is jailed in Russia for making youngsters worship sexual promiscuity By Will Stewart 6 November 2013 • Vyacheslav Vesnin, 47, was the 'guru' of a sinister cult that met for orgies • The sect, which operated in southern Russia, had hundreds of members • Cultists would meet for orgies, and take their children along to watch • Vesnin was given nearly ten years in prison, and four others were jailed too Psychiatrist Vyacheslav Vesnin The leader of a 'sect of perverts' which encouraged orgies [...]
Virginia Psychiatrist Jeffrey K. Lightner Falls for the ol “the Chicken Coop collapsed on my Xanax Pills in My Lunch Pail” line
fredericksburg.com State penalizes former local psychiatrist BY CHELYEN DAVIS November 12th, 2013 A former Fredericksburg psychiatrist has lost the ability to renew his medical license for allegedly improperly prescribing pills to patients in Harrisonburg. In a ruling early this month, the Virginia Board of Medicine suspended Jeffrey K. Lightner’s ability to renew his license, which had expired in 2012. The ruling came after an October hearing, which Lightner attended, about allegations that between 2004 and 2010, Lightner “consistently failed to screen patients for substance abuse, follow-up with patients to monitor their progress while taking medications, and respond in a timely [...]
Israeli Psychiatrist Graciela Karmon Sued – Determined Father was Violent and Dangerous to His Children Without Meeting Him
Psychiatrist Finds Man 'Violent' without Meeting Him By Gil Ronen November 11, 2013 Psychiatrist Graciela Karmon Psychiatrist Dr. Graciela Karmon of Ramat Hasharon wrote a damaging psychiatric evaluation of a father without ever meeting him, according to daily newspaper Yisrael Hayom. The evaluation determined that the father, who was involved in divorce proceedings, was a violent person and dangerous to his own children. Karmon gave the assessment as part of her private practice, at the request of the man's wife, who was suing for custody of the couple's children and for child support. Yisrael Hayom said that Karmon apologized [...]
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New Jersey Psychiatrist Ranajit Mitra Suspended – Without Examing Patients He Negligently Wrote Prescriptions for Powerful Painkillers
The Star-Ledger Rahway psychiatrist's license temporarily suspended over painkiller prescriptions By Tom Haydon October 15, 2013 St George Behavioral Care, 2366 St Georges Ave, Rahway, NJ RAHWAY — A Rahway psychiatrist has agreed to a temporary suspension of his medical license over claims he negligently wrote prescriptions for powerful painkillers without examining patients, state officials said today. Dr. Ranajit Mitra has been temporarily prohibited from practicing medicine and writing prescriptions for the painkillers, some of which are addictive, under an interim consent agreement with the state Board of Medical Examiners, acting Attorney General John Hoffman said today. Mitra, 61, owner [...]
Patient Sues NY Psychiatrist Charlotte Murphy for Confidentiality Break – disclosed both confidential and false medical information
New York Daily News EXCLUSIVE: Brian Cashman’s alleged mistress suing doctor for leaking medical information to Yankees GM By Marianne Garvey and Lachlan Cartwright October 16, 2013 Brian Cashman’s mistress is suing her psychiatrist for leaking sensitive medical information to the New York Yankees General Manager. In a bombshell lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York and obtained by Confidenti@l, Louise Meanwell alleges her doctor Charlotte Murphy “disclosed confidential medical information” without her consent Meanwell – who also goes by the name Neathway — saw Murphy from August 2010 to January 10, 2012, according to Meanwell’s complaint. Meanwell [...]
Psych’s Proposed Law Leaked in Australia – Allows Kids to Consent to Shock Treatment and Brain Surgery – Yo People Down Under! Take this OUT!
The Sunday Times (Australia) October 13, 2013 Kids get to choose MENTAL HEALTH LAWS LEAKED By SONIA KOHLBACHER CONTROVERSIAL laws that will allow teenagers to consent to electro-shock therapy and brain surgery will go ahead, a leaked WA Government memo reveals. A briefing for Mental Health Minister Helen Morton ahead of the Bill's introduction to parliament this week concedes new laws allowing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and psychosurgery to be performed on children without their parents' consent, subject to approval by a special medical tribunal, will polarise West Australians. ``Some stakeholders such as the Citizens' Commission on Human Rights (an organisation [...]
Video – FOX News Psychiatrist Keith Ablow Ripped by Stephen Colbert Over Obama Diagnosis
The Huffington Post Colbert Mercilessly Mocks Fox News Psychiatrist For Obama Diagnosis By Ross Luippold May 22, 2013 Psychiatrist Keith Ablow Stephen Colbert took aim at Fox News' resident psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow on last night's "Colbert Report." In response to Ablow diagnosing President Obama with a "victim mentality" that could be traced back to his father's abandonment, Colbert took a tongue-in-cheek approach to proving what a ridiculous diagnosis Ablow dished out. "We've seen this sad story too many times: African-American males without role models go onto become president and give everyone healthcare," Colbert joked. "One must ask, how [...]
Buffalo, NY Psychiatrist Dham Gupta License Revoked – Offered to Pay Patients to Find him Sex Partners
Buffalo News Buffalo-area psychiatrist’s license revoked for behavior By Henry Davis October 24, 2013 Psychiatrist - Dham Gupta A Buffalo-area psychiatrist whose medical license was suspended for attempting to enlist two patients to help him find sex partners has now had his license revoked. An administrative review board for professional medical conduct, at the request of the state Health Department, overturned the suspension penalty for Dr. Dham Gupta, and revoked his license effective Wednesdsay. The review board argued that the one-year suspension imposed in June by a committee of the state Board for Professional Medical Conduct was inconsistent with [...]
Illinois Psychiatrist Kripakaran Puvalai – Long History of Sexually Inappropriate Conduct
State Journal-Register Local psychiatrist suspended for "sexually inappropriate conduct" By Dean Olsen The State Journal-Register Oct 28, 2013 Office of Psychiatrist Kripakaran Puvalai State officials on Monday suspended the medical license of a Springfield psychiatrist suspected of flirting with and inappropriately touching six female patients between 2009 and 2013. The state isn’t alleging that Dr. Kripakaran Puvalai had sex with patients, but according to a complaint filed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Puvalai “engaged in a pattern of sexually inappropriate conduct and multiple physician-patient boundary violations with numerous patients of his psychiatric practice.” The complaint said [...]
India – Psychiatrist C. Arunkumar Suspended for Charging State Hospital While Really Working At His Private Practice
The New Indian Express 5 KIMS doctors suspended in Hubli By Express News Service 28th September 2013 Psychiatrist C. Arunkumar Sending out a strong message to government doctors who carry out private practice during duty hours, the State government on Friday suspended five senior doctors of the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Hubli. The suspended doctors are KIMS doctors association president Dr Durgaprasad Kabade, nephrologist Dr Raviraj Raikar, physician Dr Ishwar Hasabi, psychiatrist Dr Arunkumar and surgeon Dr Narayanachandra Hebasur. Each was drawing a salary of over `1 lakh a month. After swiping biometric cards for attendance at [...]