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Stevie Nicks: “I will go to my grave angry at that man” (her former psychiatrist)

Daily Mail 'I will go to my grave angry at that man': Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks opens up about the psychiatrist she blames for ruining her chances of having a family By Daily Mail Reporter 17 September 2013 She was as famous for her drugs battle and rock and roll lifestyle as for her distinctive voice during the height of her fame with Fleetwood Mac. And as Stevie Nicks returns on tour with the band, she reveals that she holds a 20-year grudge against the psychiatrist she claims prevented her from marrying and having children when he treated her for [...]

Psychiatrist Trashes DSM “waste of time and money that could mean misdiagnosis and over-medication for millions”

London Community News Psychiatrist says “buyer beware” of new diagnostic tool By Craig Gilbert September 22, 2013 Psychiatrist Allen Frances Buyer, beware. That’s the message one the most vocal critics of the latest edition of the manual used to diagnose mental disorders in North America delivered in London Thursday (Sept. 19). Dr. Allen Frances, who chaired the task force that helped develop the fourth and previous edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) and was involved with DSM-III, spoke at Regional Mental Health Care (RMHC) London. He is a regular blogger for [...]

Judge rejects Israeli Child Psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Meir’s argument that abuse, humiliation and neglect are legitimate forms of treatment

Haaretz Jail and fines for abusive medical staff at Jerusalem psychiatric hospital By Nir Hasson Oct. 1, 2013 A nurse at the Eitanim psychiatric hospital outside Jerusalem was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment on Moncay and three other employees got suspended sentences and/or fines for abusing patients in the early 2000s. The four were convicted in December. Dana Ben Meir, the nurse responsible for the care of autistic and brain-damaged patients and the one who initiated the abuse, was sentenced by the Jerusalem District Court to nine months in jail, 18-months suspended and a fine of NIS 15,000. The director [...]

Freedom Magazine – Florida Undercounts Psych Drug Related Deaths

Freedom Magazine While Floridians Die, Psychiatrists Profit by John F. Sugg Volume 19, Issue 1 The bad news: “Legal” drugs are killing more Floridians than street narcotics, according to recent reports by the state’s Medical Examiners Commission. The commission found deaths in Florida related to prescription drugs outnumber deaths from illicit drugs three to one. The really horrible news: That’s only a fraction of the problem with the so-called “legal” drugs. Pharmaceutical companies have aggressively fought tabulating the deaths involved in the use of many killer drugs—generally called antidepressants and antipsychotics. Likewise missing from the medical examiners’ report is any [...]

“Renowned” Puerto Rico Psychiatrist Alfonso Madrid Arrested – Fraud

San Juan Star Noted Psychiatrist Among Those Held for Workers’ Comp Fraud By MARIA MIRANDA SIERRA September 6, 2013 Renowned psychiatrist Alfonso Madrid was one of the people arrested during a federal raid Thursday morning related to federal program fraud at the U.S. Labor Department, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez announced at a news conference in the Hato Rey sector of San Juan. Madrid, a well-known and respected doctor in Puerto Rico, is best known for his evaluation of the sexual assault victim in the case of former San Juan Security Commissioner Hilton Cordero. [...]

Patient stabs psychiatrist 40 times in Italy

New York Daily News Patient stabs psychiatrist 40 times in Italy, killing her: police THE ASSOCIATED PRESS September 4, 2013 Italian psychiatrist Paola Labriola was found stabbed to death in Italy on Wednesday. Police in Puglia say the attacker sat patiently in the waiting room before his deadly appointment. ROME — Investigators in Italy say a patient stabbed his psychiatrist some 40 times, killing the woman during their appointment at a public health facility. Police said the attacker, a man in his 40s with a history of drug and alcohol abuse and a criminal record for drug dealing, was [...]

Tennessee Psychiatrist Sidney Moragne Prescribed Methadone without a License – Gets Slap on Wrist

Jackson Sun Jackson psychiatrist placed on probation by David Thomas Aug. 16, 2013 Psychiatrist Sidney Moragne The Board of Medical Examiners of the state of Tennessee has placed Dr. Sidney Moragne on probation for a period of no less than three years. Moragne is a psychiatrist with a private practice in Jackson. The Jackson Sun attempted to reach Moragne at his office but was told he was on vacation. He was placed on probation by the board for prescribing methadone for methadone maintenance to patients of his private practice without a license required by the Tennessee Department of Mental [...]

WW III – Psychologists & Mental Health Counselors vs. Psychiatrists

PsychSearch.net no longer provides documents on the misdeeds of psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers or marriage and family therapists. Instead, we are providing ammunition (data and documents) to those in these professions in their quest for dominance over psychiatrists - the druggers and shockers. Therefore, this website is now only providing documentation on psychiatrists. Divide and conquer (derived from the Latin saying Divide et impera) in warfare, a tactical maneuver to efficiently deal with a numerous opponent. Las Vegas Sun Psychiatrists are a drain on taxpayers By Edward Loughlins Aug. 13, 2013 State taxpayer money is being wasted at [...]

Australian Psychiatrist Vincent Victor Berg Accused of Sexually Assaulting Boy

The Gold Coast Bulletin (Australia) August 15, 2013 Accused of assault Psychiatrist Vincent Berg A FORMER Queensland Health psychiatrist is on trial accused of indecently assaulting a teenager 13 years ago. Vincent Victor Berg, 61, was employed at the Townsville Mental Health Unit in 2000 when he allegedly touched the genitals of a 15-year-boy during a physical examination. Berg, who now lives on the Gold Coast, yesterday pleaded not guilty in the Southport District Court to one count of indecent treatment of a child. Crown prosecutor Mark Whitbread said Berg went to the family's Aitkenvale home in late 2000 [...]

Psychiatrist Allowed to Inject Patients with Horse Tranquilizer

MSN NZ Kiwi psychiatrist cleared over party drug use July 30, 2013 A Southland psychiatrist who injected depressed patients with the horse tranquiliser and party drug ketamine has been cleared by the health watchdog. Ketamine is approved for use as an anaesthetic only but was given to 11 severely-depressed patients at Dunedin hospital in 2010 for off-label use as an anti-depressant. A complaint was lodged that the specialist's prescribing was for research purposes and was `experimental', but in findings released on Tuesday, Health and Disability Commissioner Anthony Hill ruled the use legitimate. He criticised the psychiatrist for not keeping more [...]

New Jersey Psychiatrist Claudio Dikovsky Guilty of Accepting Bribes

NorthJersey.com Paterson psychiatrist pleads guilty to accepting bribes for directing blood work to Parsippany lab July 17, 2013 BY JIM NORMAN A Paterson psychiatrist and two other New Jersey physicians pleaded guilty Wednesday to accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for sending blood samples to a Parsippany-based diagnostic medical laboratory, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman said. Claudio Dikovsky, 51, who lives in Fort Lee and has a medical office in Paterson, admitted he accepted more than $224,000 from Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services for phony contracts to provide space and services for the lab, Fishman said. The money [...]

Samson Adegbite

Business First of Buffalo NYS penalizes Williamsville doc for negligence By Tracey Drury August 2, 2013 A Williamsville psychiatrist has lost his ability to practice medicine following four charges of negligence and failure to maintain records. Dr. Samson Adegbite, who currently practices at the Batavia Community Care Center, was disciplined by the Office of Professional Misconduct and Physician Discipline within the state Department of Health. Effective Oct. 15, Adegbite will be prohibited from all patient contact and the practice of medicine, clinical or otherwise. According to a consent decree effective July 28 and published on the DOH website, Adegbite stated [...]

California Psychiatrist Anath Shanmugam Surrenders License after Sexting Patient

CBS Sacramento Psychiatrist Accused Of Preying On And Sexting With A Patient By Ron Jones August 1, 2013 SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A veteran Sacramento psychiatrist has been accused of abuse of power and allegedly preying on a patient. According to the Medical Board of California, the victim’s story started at the Chateau Senior Center in Sacramento where she worked as a caregiver. She apparently had a panic attack, fainted, and was taken to a local hospital. That’s where the reports say she met Dr. Anath Shanmugam to help her work through her past. She was still recovering as a child [...]

Canadian Court Critical of Psychiatrist Shree Bhalerao

National Post Ruling says hospital can’t force anti-psychotic drug on patient after questionable schizophrenia diagnosis By Joseph Brean July 31, 2013 Psychiatrist Shree Bhalerao Nearly four years after staff at Toronto’s Saint Michael’s Hospital started slipping an anti-psychotic drug into a woman’s orange juice while treating her for lupus, Ontario’s highest court has tossed aside the ruling that allowed her to be drugged against her will, in part because the psychiatrist who diagnosed her with schizophrenia admitted he was “making parts of [her symptoms] up.” In a sharply worded ruling, the Court of Appeal said there was “no evidence” [...]

Psychiatrist Gets 10-day in the Pokey for Touching Patient’s Breasts

Richmond Times-Dispatch Henrico psychiatrist fighting charges He receives 10-day jail sentence for touching victim inappropriately BY BILL McKELWAY July 2, 2013 Psychiatrist Anada Chellappan A Henrico County psychiatrist whose license was suspended by the state Board of Medicine in January was convicted of a reduced charge Monday stemming from his inappropriate touching of a female patient. Henrico General District Judge Mary B. Malveaux ordered Dr. Ananda Chellappan to serve a 10-day sentence, convicting the longtime psychiatrist of simple assault rather than misdemeanor sexual battery. Joseph D. Morrissey, Chellappan’s lawyer, filed notice of appeal in the case. Chellappan was found [...]

Two Maine Psychiatrists – Unprofessionals

Sun Journal St Mary's psychiatrist disciplined for unprofessional behavior Jackie Farwell, Bangor Daily News June 14, 2013 A state licensing board has disciplined two Maine psychiatrists in separate incidents involving unprofessional behavior. William Fannin, an adolescent and child psychiatrist, accepted a conditional license after his employment at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston was suspended “as a result of unprofessional behavior that put himself and the public at risk,” according to a press release from the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine. The incidents occurred on Nov. 5 and 7, 2012, according to Fannin’s consent agreement with the board, [...]

Buffalo Psychiatrist’s “Intolerable Behavior” – Asks Patients to Find him Sex Partners

Buffalo News Psychiatrist cited for soliciting sex partners from patients Charged with asking patients to find partners By Henry Davis July 12, 2013 Psychiatrist - Dham Gupta The state has suspended the medical license of a Buffalo-area psychiatrist for one year after charging him with attempting to enlist two patients to help him find sex partners. Dr. Dham Gupta also must serve five years of probation after the suspension and, before resuming a medical practice, must undergo a psychiatric evaluation and comply with all treatment recommendations, according to the decision of the state Board for Professional Medical Conduct. A [...]

Miami Psychiatrist Arrested – $63 million Fraud Case

Miami Herald Miami doctor and therapists charged with $63 million Medicare-fraud scam BY JAY WEAVER July 16, 2013 A psychiatrist who has been practicing in Miami since the 1970s was arrested Tuesday along with six therapists on charges of scheming to steal $63 million from the taxpayer-funded Medicare program. Roger Rousseau, 71, the former medical director for a defunct mental-health clinic operation, was indicted on charges of conspiring to commit health care fraud. Rousseau, who had his first appearance along with the other defendants in federal court, was released on a $375,000 bond. “We don’t think the evidence supports those [...]

Psychiatrist Faces War Crimes – accused of genocide and crimes against humanity

Deutsche Welle (Germany) Five years after arrest, Karadzic shows no remorse for Bosnia crimes By Dzevad Sabljakovic, Zoran Arbutina July 21, 2013 Psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic On July 21, 2008, Dragan David Dabic - an alternative medicine doctor - was arrested in Serbia. In reality, Dabic was a false identity for one of the world's most-wanted men: alleged war criminal Radovan Karadzic. For 12 years, Karadzic managed to escape international justice. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia issued a warrant for his arrest in July 1996. Karadzic was accused of genocide and crimes against humanity, committed during the [...]

“Respected” Ohio Psychiatrist Gets the Slammer

Fox 8 Cleveland Doctor Sentenced for Running ‘Pill Mill’ by Jack Shea June 25, 2013 Psychiatrist Samuel Nigro CLEVELAND – A local psychiatrist who admitted that he used his practice to illegally prescribe powerful drugs for profit was sentenced Tuesday to nine months in prison. In April, Dr. Samuel Nigro pleaded guilty to charges that include drug trafficking, tampering with drugs and attempting to engage in a pattern of corrupt activity. Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Dan Kasaris told FOX 8, “Drug addicts went to him for pills. Now there probably were some who did go to him for psychiatry, [...]

Pennsylvania Psychiatrist Michael Kessler arrested for child born

WNEP 16 Psychiatrist Arrested for Child Porn by Lara Greenberg June 21, 2013 Psychiatrist Michael Kessler STROUDSBURG — A former psychiatrist is locked up on child porn charges. The arrest comes after the state determined he was too dangerous to practice medicine. Michael Kessler ignored our questions as he was led out of the Monroe County Detectives Office and taken to jail. Police arrested Kessler at his home in Cresco after finishing a month-long investigation into his relationship with a 13-year-old boy. According to court papers, Kessler posed as a 14-year-old on Facebook and sent pornographic videos and pictures [...]

William Belfar, New York “Anti-Pill” Psychiatrist – Arrested by Feds

Newsday (New York) June 19, 2013 Feds: Anti-pill doctor sold prescriptions By Ellen Yan Psychiatrist William Belfar A psychiatrist who publicly denounced doctors for selling painkillers for money was arrested yesterday for cashing in on the illegal business, too, federal officials said. William S. Belfar, of Huntington, charged up to $1,000 for each oxycodone prescription he wrote out to two undercover FBI agents and an FBI informant on three occasions between May 2011 and this past April, according to the FBI and the U.S. attorney in Manhattan. During one sale, Belfar wrote the prescription even though he said he [...]

76-year-old Psychiatrist Arrested for Sexual Assault

CBC Ottawa psychiatrist charged with sexually assaulting patient May 1, 2013 A 76-year-old Ottawa psychiatrist has been charged with sexual assault after a patient of his told police he touched her inappropriately during medical appointments at his office. Mark Solomon was charged by police last week and was released from custody on a promise to appear in court. The patient, a 37-year-old woman, came forward to police on March 29. She said the incidents happened in his office at 1867 Lenester Ave., near Maitland and Carling avenues. Solomon's next court appearance is scheduled for May 9. The College of Physicians [...]