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TMB suspends San Antonio psychiatrist

Psychiatrist Shawna Mohney Deeves Texas Medical Board Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 8, 2013 Media contact: Jarrett Schneider, 512-305-7018 Customer service: 512-305-7030 or 800-248-4062 TMB suspends San Antonio psychiatrist On October 4, 2013, a disciplinary panel of the Texas Medical Board temporarily suspended, without notice, the Texas medical license of San Antonio psychiatrist Shawna Mohney Deeves, M.D., after determining that Dr. Deeves' aggressive conduct and documented deteriorating mental state demonstrated that Dr. Deeves poses a continuing threat to public health and safety. The Board found Dr. Deeves has been diagnosed with significant psychiatric illness and that her [...]

Alabama Psychiatrist Mohammad Mohabbat Arrested – Sexual Abuse and Harassment of Patient

Tuscaloosa News Crime Beat Northport psychiatrist charged with sexual abuse Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at 3:25 by crime.beat Psychiatrist Mohammad Mohabbat A Northport psychiatrist has been accused of sexual abuse against a patient. Dr. Mohammad Omar Mohabbat was charged with second-degree sexual abuse and harassment on Sept. 26. A grand jury indicted him that day after hearing evidence from an investigation conducted by the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit and other agencies, said homicide unit assistant commander Lt. Kip Hart. The investigation began after law enforcement received a complaint of improper conduct between Mohabbat and a patient. He was [...]

Canadian Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Patients Wants New Trial

CBCNEWS Aubrey Levin remains on bail as appeal court ponders request Former court psychiatrist appealing 5-year sentence for sexually assaulting patients Oct 11, 2013 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin Former court psychiatrist Aubrey Levin, who was convicted of sexually assaulting three of his patients, was in a Calgary courtroom today asking Alberta's Court of Appeal for a new trial. The three justices presiding over the case are now considering whether or not to grant his request. Levin remains on bail until the decision has been made. Defence arguments today largely focused on the credibility of the Crown's key witness and questioned [...]

California Psychiatrist Duke Fisher Closes Office Due to an Emergency – Yeah, He was Arrested for Drug Violations

KSBW Monterey doctor arrested in undercover prescription drug sting Dr. Duke Fisher accused of selling prescription drugs for cash Sep 05, 2013 By Brittany Nielson Psychiatrist Duke Fisher MONTEREY, Calif. — A Central Coast doctor was arrested for allegedly exchanging prescription drugs for cash, authorities said. Dr. Duke Fisher, a psychiatrist, has offices in Monterey and San Jose. He was arrested last week during an undercover operation when police said he made a deal in front of an undercover California Medical Board officer who was posing as a patient. The board received complaints about Fisher abusing prescriptions and exchanging [...]

TeenScreen Announcement – Turning Lemons into Lemonade

You are probably educated on TeenScreen, the terminated Columbia University suicide survey program. Unlucky children, flagged by TeenScreen, were referred to psychiatrists. It was just a way to put more people on psychiatric drugs. The goal of TeenScreen was to screen every child in the United States before they graduated high school. Some of you even crossed swords with these psychiatric drug pushers. For years, they promoted their psychiatric screening of children at the domain name www.teenscreen.org. We never published their domain name www.teenscreen.org for fear that some unsuspecting innocent would fall for their B.S. However, we fear no more! [...]

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 [...]