tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55596652011-12-31T04:56:25.876-05:00<big>Documenting Psychiatrists Behaving Badly</big><hr><small>Of all professions, psychiatrists seem to get into the most trouble. I have been collecting stories about psychiatric screwups for a while. Sadly, it has been disgustingly easy to do. We post stories with links to the original sources. We couldn't make this stuff up if we wanted to.<br><br>This blog is not affiliated with any other group or organization. My Name is Sickmind Fraud.</small><hr>Sickmind Fraudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04768504318756916711noreply@blogger.comBlogger19971100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5559665.post-20668742442034218602009-07-15T15:21:00.005-04:002009-07-15T15:59:24.168-04:00

A commentary publish on the BBC website It looks like the drugs merely get you stoned or something, and cost way too much as well.Taking a pill to treat depression is widely believed to work by reversing a chemical imbalance.Medication is a mainstay of mental health therapyBut in this week's Scrubbing Up health column, Dr Joanna Moncrieff, of the department of mental health sciences at University

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I occasionally poke around the news site Reddit, and came across this discussion related to the Rorschach Ink Blots. It seems only fair to post some of the interpretation summaries so that Redditors can see how they did.I imagine that these days a lot of people will see imagery from many of the games they have played, movies they have seen, local TV shows, popular songs, etc. The standard

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As seen on ParentingPlan.net We have not quoted the entire paper, but only the introductory section with a few of the smaller examples. The original post has many fine examples, plenty of detailed references, and is oriented to situations where parents are separated. Unfortunately, given other news reports of recent years, this paper is still quite relevantMisuse of Psychological Tests in

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As reported in the San Mateo County Times Closing arguments are expected to conclude today in the trial of Dr. William Ayres, the once-prominent child psychiatrist accused of lewdly touching half a dozen boys under the guise of medical necessity.Prosecutor Melissa McKowan and defense attorney Doron Weinberg began their closing statements Monday in San Mateo County Superior Court. Ayres, 77, faces

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We have an update on the prosecution of psychiatrist Allan Beitel. Essentially, the charges were dropped for a number of practical reasons as seen in the article below.He wasn't going to get anymore jail time than what he had already served while waiting for trial, and the victim was moving out of the country, and would not be available to give testimony. These circumstances are not a clean

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A paper in the journal Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 11, Number 1, 2009 , pp. 29-36(8) Publisher: Springer Publishing Company, by McLaren and NiallAbstractObjective: An empirical examination of the scientific status of psychiatry. Method and Results: Analysis of the publications policy of the major English-language psychiatric journals shows that no journal meets the minimum

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From a report first seen here Electroshock therapy is being administered to youngsters at a controversial Internet addiction clinic where patients are "reborn".More than 3,000 youths have been tricked or forced in to a four-month program run by Dr Yang Yongxin at a clinic in Shandong province. About 100 people are currently receiving treatment at the clinic.Patients are given electroconvulsive

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Report from the San Mateo County Times After two years of events worthy of a prime time legal drama, embattled child psychiatrist Dr. William Ayres will finally stand trial Monday. He is accused of molesting seven of his young male patients.Ayres, 77, was a prominent member of the San Mateo medical community and served as president of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.He

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The Wall Street Journal has published a revealing story about one of the seamier sides of the drug industry's marketing campaigns: paying patients to offer testimonials about their drugs. Despite side effects one man had to continue because the money way so good. He is now writing a book about his experience. Here's the Video. I note in the video that they show the complete original

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Some psychiatrists are trying to get excessive bitterness identified as a mental illness named post-traumatic embitterment disorder. Of course this has some people who live perfect little lives, and always get what they want, questioning the new classification. The so called "disorder" is modeled after post-traumatic stress disorder because it too is a response to a trauma that endures. "They

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As seen in the Telegraph Army Sgt. John M. Russell, 44, has been charged with murder and aggravated assault in the Baghdad shootings, which his father said took place about six weeks before the end of his third tour of duty in Iraq.Wilburn Russell, 73, alleged his son had been treated poorly at the stress centre and had e-mailed his wife calling two recent days the worst in his life."I hate what

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An excellent but long post from the fine folks at feministing.com, with only a portion quoted belowThe Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has been called the "bible of mental illness" because it lists and defines all of the "official" psychiatric diagnoses according to the American Psychiatric Association. The DSM is in the early stages of undergoing its 5th major

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As seen in New Scientist, regarding a paper published in Nature NueroScience There is fresh evidence that the budding field of social neuroscience is producing misleading results because of statistical methods often used to analyse brain scans.In January, Hal Pashler of the University of California, Davis, and colleagues, sparked controversy when they criticised the statistical methods used by a

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As reported on ABC News As the secrets about the CIA's interrogation techniques continue to come out, there's new information about the frequency and severity of their use, contradicting an 2007 ABC News report, and a new focus on two private contractors who were apparently directing the brutal sessions that President Obama calls torture.According to current and former government officials, the

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Some selected snippets from this reportShort-term Intensive Treatment Not Likely to Improve Long-term Outcomes for Children with ADHDInitial positive results gleaned from intensive treatment of childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are unlikely to be sustained over the long term, according to a recent analysis of data from the NIMH-funded Multimodal Treatment Study of Children

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As reported in the Independent, psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich has been charged with others for misconduct in the death of Anna Nicole Smith. Documents obtained after Smith's death showed Eroshevich authorized all 11 prescription medications found in the model's hotel room the day she died. Most of the drugs were prescribed in the name of Stern, her lawyer-turned-companion, and none were

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A Photo set on Flickr:Wikipedia says: "Forest Haven was a children's developmental center in Laurel, Maryland. It is sometimes referred to (inaccurately) as "DC Children's Center", although this was not an official moniker.It was notorious for its poor conditions and abuse of patients. It was shut down in 1991 by a federal court."We spent more than 5 hours walking around the campus and probably

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A Satire from the Onion, although the way drug companies operate, it makes you wonder sometimes.FDA Approves Depressant Drug For The Annoyingly Cheerful

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Report from thje Kern Valley Sun Attorney General Jerry Brown today announced the arrests of a nurse, physician, and a pharmacist of the Kern Valley Healthcare District's Skilled Nursing Facility for “forcibly administering psychotropic medications for their own convenience, rather than for their patients’ therapeutic interests.” The Attorney General said these actions are alleged to have

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Who are the real child abusers here? More than half of all foster children in Texas above 6 receive psychotropic medication, 41,3% of those who receive medication receive 3+ different classes of medicines. A study published in Pediatrics, the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics Psychotropic Medication Patterns Among Youth in Foster CareJulie M. Zito, PhD a,b, Daniel J. Safer,

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As reported in Russia Today This was the striking discovery made by the region’s human rights committee over the course of a two-year investigation, revealing numerous grave offences.After receiving more than 50 complaints from patients of the 15 psychiatric asylums in the Perm region, an investigation was launched to analyse living conditions in these institutions. After two years of detailed

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As seen in this reportFor years, the juvenile court system in Wilkes-Barre operated like a conveyor belt: Youngsters were brought before judges without a lawyer, given hearings that lasted only a minute or two, and then sent off to juvenile prison for months for minor offenses.The explanation, prosecutors say, was corruption on the bench.In one of the most shocking cases of courtroom graft on

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As seen on the List Universe.Human experimentation and research ethics evolved over time. On occasion, the subjects of human experimentation have been prisoners, slaves, or even family members. In some notable cases, doctors have performed experiments on themselves when they have been unwilling to risk the lives of others. This is known as self-experimentation. This is a list of the 10 most evil

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We now have another excellent story by Evelyn Pringle, as seen in the Scoop Independent News, and elsewhere.SSRI Pushers under FireBy Evelyn PringleThroughout the 1990's, most doctors who attended conferences, medical seminars and other events were not aware that the so-called "key opinion leaders" encouraging them to prescribe the new generation of antidepressants for everything under the sun,

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The Lake Alice Hospital website is the only/first website dedicated to the notorious psychiatric hospital. A snippet from their history page.Located at Rangitikei New Zealand, it was opened In August 1950Lake Alice is named after the Lake which shares the same name, which is the second lake to the south of the estate. Built as a psychiatric hospital, the complex consists of 56 Acres with 10 two

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As seen in the LA Times [...] An update is underway for the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known as the DSM, which defines the emotional problems for which doctors prescribe drugs and insurance companies pay the treatment bills. Psychiatrists working on the new edition were required to sign a strict confidentiality agreement.Critics contend that the

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Commentary by Martha Rosenberg on OpEd NewsIf 100 million Americans have high cholesterol and only 8 million have schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, how can AstraZeneca's Seroquel not cholesterol pill Crestor be its second best selling pill?Right after its number one pill, the Purple Performer Nexium?Can anyone say disease mongering?For years, AstraZeneca has tried to convince depressed people

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A report from MSNBCSome children showing up in emergency rooms with overdoses of cough or cold syrup may have been intentionally medicated to keep them quiet, doctors cautioned on Thursday.An analysis of 189 children who died from medication overdoses showed a significant percentage appeared to have been intentionally overdosed, the doctors reported in the Annals of Emergency Medicine."This is a

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Seen on the ZME Science Blog, via a link to the story recently on Reddit, in reference to this paperA drug company is a commercial business whose focus is to research, develop, market and/or distribute drugs, most commonly in the context of healthcare; from wikipedia. But according to a study by two York University researchers estimates the U.S. pharmaceutical industry spends almost twice as much

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As Reported in the NY Times Local officials in Shandong Province have apparently found a cost-effective way to deal with gadflies, whistle-blowers and all manner of muckraking citizens who dare to challenge the authorities: dispatch them to the local psychiatric hospital.In an investigative report published Monday by a state-owned newspaper, public security officials in the city of Xintai in

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A Report in the Mercury News The state medical board is seeking to revoke the license of a former UC Santa Cruz psychotherapist who authorities say admitted to having a brief sexual relationship with a 21-year-old student whom he was treating for relationship issues and an eating disorder.Milton Peechuan Huang, 45, of Scotts Valley, was a staff psychiatrist at the Student Health Center during the

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As reported by the Houston ChronicleThe Texas Medical Board temporarily has suspended the license of Houston psychiatrist Dr. Eli Anderson, saying he failed a test for cocaine use and his practice represents a threat to the public's welfare.Agency documents indicate Anderson, 64, pleaded no contest to a third-degree felony cocaine possession charge in June 2005. He was placed on a five-year order

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Highlights from a MUCH longer article in the LA Times Lapses at Psychiatric Solutions Inc., a major hospital chain with high earnings, have put patients at risk, regulators find. Some have even died.[...]Since 2005, the 10 hospitals PSI has owned longest have compiled almost twice as many patient-care deficiencies as 10 similar hospitals owned by its closest competitor, Universal Health Services

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From the Sentinel newspaper out of Nouth Brunswick, New JerseyuA psychiatrist at a behavioral health center in Edison was arrested on Oct. 17 on the belief that he inappropriately touched one of his patients.The suspect, Chowdhury M. Azam, a 54-year-old Monmouth Junction resident, was charged with criminal sexual contact, a fourth-degree crime. Criminal sexual contact is described in the state

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A report from TampaBay.com Michael Anthony Holder is a family therapist who conducts at-home "Dynamic Parenting Courses" to correct negative patterns in children's behaviors.But he's in jail now, after Hillsborough County Sheriff's Deputies charged him with two counts of domestic battery, including the battery by strangulation of his 15-year-old stepson.An arrest report says that during a

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From a Report in the NY Times An influential psychiatrist who was the host of the popular NPR program “The Infinite Mind” earned at least $1.3 million from 2000 to 2007 giving marketing lectures for drugmakers, income not mentioned on the program.The psychiatrist and radio host, Dr. Frederick K. Goodwin, is the latest in a series of doctors and researchers whose ties to drugmakers have been

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From ABC News in AustraliaAn 80-year-old former Perth psychiatrist has been found guility of molesting and raping two of his patients more than 30 years ago.Alan John Stubley had been on trial for the past week accused of forcing the two women to have sex with him during psychotherapy sessions between 1975 and 1978.After six hours of deliberations, a Supreme Court jury found him guility of ten

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A Report from the Sacramento Bee Napa State Hospital's attempt to release a killer into community treatment in Sacramento was based on the "horrifying" testimony of a psychiatrist who "clearly committed perjury in this court," a judge said Monday.Sacramento Superior Court Judge Kevin J. McCormick made his comments about the Napa psychiatrist, Dr. Nathan Thuma, when he ruled from the bench that

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From a Report out of Plymouth, EnglandA Plymouth psychiatrist who released a dangerous schizophrenic from a mental health ward hours before he tried to kill his mother was today found guilty of 'recklessly' putting the public at risk.Dr Andrea Tocca described the 39-year-old as 'no danger to himself or others' and discharged him from Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, Devon, a day after he assaulted

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A report from the Hamilton Spectator, near Toronto, CanadaA Hamilton psychiatrist has been handed an expensive penalty after a disciplinary panel accepted his admission of professional misconduct.Dr. Brian Kirsh, medical director of the chronic pain management unit for Hamilton Health Sciences at Chedoke Hospital, appeared before the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario yesterday.A

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From a Report in the West AustralianA 62-year-old woman has described freezing with fear as her psychiatrist sexually abused her during a session for post-natal depression in the 1970s.Former psychiatrist Alan John Stubley, 80, is on trial in Perth Supreme Court accused of forcing sex offences against two of his female patients in the mid-late 1970s.One of the alleged victims today told the jury

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Of course, curing them of the condition is something that the simply do not know how to do. As seen on News.Com AustraliaTo most people, the thought of amputating a perfectly healthy limb is unimaginable.But for at least three Australians, possibly dozens more, cutting off their leg has felt perfectly normal.These so-called "amputee wannabes" have a very rare condition in which they feel one of

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The Website PharmaLot has an item noting the intrusion of recent scandals involving Harvard Psychiatrist Joseph Biederman into primetime TV in the form the TV show Boston LegalThere is little time to watch TV on the Pharmalot corporate campus, but we were directed to a recent episode of ‘Boston Legal,’ that compelling drama about - what else? - a bunch of emotionally challenged lawyers, because

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As reported in the Edison/Metuchen SentinelApsychiatrist at a behavioral health center in Edison was arrested on Oct. 17 on the belief that he inappropriately touched one of his patients.The suspect, Chowdhury M. Azam, a 54-year-old Monmouth Junction resident, was charged with criminal sexual contact, a fourth-degree crime. Criminal sexual contact is described in the state legal code as "

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As seen in this report from Middlesex County in New JerseyAn Edison psychiatrist has been charged with criminal sexual contact after he allegedly touched one of his patients inappropriately, authorities said Tuesday.AdvertisementChowdhury M. Azam, 54, is accused of touching the patient on one occasion and was arrested on Friday, Oct. 17, after the alleged victim reported the incident to Edison

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As seen in this reportThe widow of a former Los Alamos physicist who took an overdose of sleeping pills blames the death on the Santa Fe psychiatrist who treated him, according to a recent lawsuit.Stanford P. Lyon was pronounced dead on March 7, 2007, two days after he was found unconscious with an empty bottle of Ambien nearby, according to the complaint filed in state District Court Wednesday

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As Seen in Discover MagazineTHE STUDY"Initial Severity and Antidepressant Benefits: A Meta-Analysis of Data Submitted to the Food and Drug Administration" by Irving Kirsch et al., published online on February 26 in PLoS Medicine. THE QUESTIONIrving Kirsch no longer sends patients to seek out antidepressants. "As a clinical psychologist," he says, "I used to refer patients to colleagues who were

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From a much longer report in the NY TimesOne of the nation’s most influential psychiatrists earned more than $2.8 million in consulting arrangements with drug makers from 2000 to 2007, failed to report at least $1.2 million of that income to his university and violated federal research rules, according to documents provided to Congressional investigators.The psychiatrist, Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff

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As seen in the Globe and Mail. Edited for Space The competency of a Toronto psychiatrist who was treating Chau Huc Minh at the time he massacred his family in 2006 is under scrutiny by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.The College has scheduled a hearing to determine whether the psychiatrist - Dr. Hung-Tat Lo - is competent to continue practising in light of his actions in the

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As reported via Reuters Common antidepressant drugs may reduce some men's fertility by damaging the DNA in their sperm, according to scientists.A study of 35 healthy men given paroxetine - sold as Paxil or Seroxat by GlaxoSmithKline - found that, on average, the proportion of sperm cells with fragmented DNA rose from 13.8 percent before treatment to 30.3 percent after just four weeks.Similar

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As posted as an introduction on Chemical Imbalance.orgThis website provides scholarly information on mental health topics of interest to helping professionals, as well as to the general public. We focus primarily on two controversial areas in the field of mental health. First, we examine the popular notion that depression and anxiety are caused by an imbalance of neurotransmitters which is

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We now have a blog devoted to tracking the declining career William Hamilton AyresWilliam Hamilton Ayres is a "noted" former child psychiatrist who now stands accused of molesting many young boys over the course of his long career. For those not familiar with the case, click on career milestones below the mugshot.William Hamilton AyresCareer MilestonesGreat Background Article!Another Good

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As seen on Scientific BloggingAmerican children are approximately three times more likely to be prescribed psychotropic medication than children in Europe, according to a new study published Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. The study claims that the differences may be accounted for by regulatory practices and cultural beliefs about the role of medication in emotional and

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Think prescription drugs make you healthy? In this video, the Health Ranger challenges drug companies to a $10,000 Health and Fitness challenge. His challenge of finding someone on 8 life quality enhancing drugs over the course of a year might be hard to do. There might not be anyone out there, realistically. (but give it ten years)But his point of healthy living as a cure for many things is not

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The DEA has a new web site to report all the Dr. FeelGood Psychiatrists, etc.It's the Office of Diversion Control. To Turn in pharmaceutical pill pushers confidentially CALL 1-877-RX-abuse DEAThis site has a list of arrests of these Dr FeelGood Clones complete with the name and charges that the doctor was settled with.

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From a study in the August Journal of Psychiatric Research, seen via the Furious Season Weblog. here is the Abstract of the PaperOur objective was to assess the persistence of the placebo response during at least 12 weeks of continued placebo administration in depressed patients who have responded to 6–8 weeks of acute placebo treatment. We identified 8 placebo-controlled antidepressant trials

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From the San Diego Union-Tribune of March 21, 1996, via FatherMag.comA La Mesa psychotherapist facing state disciplinary hearings has surrendered her counseling license amid allegations that she coerced an 8-year-old rape victim into falsely identifying her father as the attacker. Kathleen King Goodfriend was accused by government regulators of being "grossly negligent or incompetent" in her

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Report From the Boston GlobeThe church therapist who treated a Vermont Roman Catholic priest accused of molesting boys later became the target of a Massachusetts lawsuit alleging he, too, engaged in sex acts with a boy for nine years, beginning when the boy was 9.The Rev. Thomas Kane of Whitinsville, Mass., was executive director of the House of Affirmation in Whitinsville. That's where the

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Report from the Charleston Gazette, out of West VirginiaA South Charleston psychiatrist has been publicly reprimanded by the state Board of Medicine and placed on probation for three years after he allegedly carried on an inappropriate personal relationship with a patient through telephone conversations, e-mail and text messages.Dr. Russ Voltin, who also works as co-medical director of the

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A column in the American Chronicle by John CareyIt is part of the American dream to put a dollar into a company stock today, and get lots of dollars back when you sell. The only modifier to this dream by some is an aversion towards "sin" stocks – avoiding companies that make alcohol, cigarettes, pornography, guns or provide gambling.But when I suggest that you pitch drug-companies into this same

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A report from the Miami HeraldLast month, a 16-year-old Broward County girl was brought into Circuit Judge John A. Frusciante's courtroom for a hearing. She was handcuffed, her legs shackled with cloth restraints, with two armed deputies leading her by the arm.Her offense? She's never been charged with one. A mentally ill foster child who was neglected by her mother and wound up in a psychiatric

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A report from Beirut, LebanonA psychiatrist committed suicide Wednesday morning after shooting dead a father and his two daughters.Jack Hreiki, a 42-year-old psychiatrist, shot a 26-year-old lawyer, Chantal Ghanem; her sister Cheryl, a 29-year-old accountant; and their father Ghassan, a 58-year-old engineer; in the town of Batroumin in the northern province of Koura.The victims were on their way

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From the MSNBC ReportA mental patient died after workers at a North Carolina hospital left him in a chair for 22 hours without feeding him or helping him use the bathroom, said federal officials who have threatened to cut off the facility's funding.The state sent a team Tuesday to help Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro draft new procedures to ensure patients receive proper care.An investigator's

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A report out of JerusalemA 55-year-old man from Jerusalem intends to tell a Jerusalem court next month that a sexual relationship he had with his female psychiatrist in her private clinic damaged his mental health. The case is expected to set precedents concerning the psychiatrist-patient relationship.The case, pertaining to 114 therapy sessions between October 2000 and November 2001, had been

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We have come across this splendid little satire in which you can write you own drug commercial or invent your own drug print ad.All courtesy of the fine folks at Ad Freaks who describe it this way.The new fun thing online, apparently, is creating one's own fake drugs. A few months back, I created Dave-agra ("Dave" plus "Viagra." Don't ask!) at GetYourDrugOn.com, a site created by Door No. 3 for

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From a much longer article in the LA Times Page two here. We note that the single page version of the story was re-written, and is substantially different from the version we have posted below. A 2006 law intended to crack down on sex offenders has proved a bonanza for a small group of private psychologists and psychiatrists, 14 of whom billed California taxpayers last year for a half a million

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A report from Grand Rapids, Michigan A child psychiatrist has pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault involving a young relative.Carlos Alberto Marcano, 59, of Byron Township, will be sentenced Sept. 24 in Kent County Circuit Court on counts of first-degree and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.Police earlier said he had confessed to sex abuse that happened between 2005 and 2007.He was

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Report From the Hartford CourantOn Feb. 14, 2002, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal asked Connecticut health regulators to yank Dr. Peter Benet's license to practice medicine, calling the psychiatrist a "physician who sacrificed his patients for money and power."But the state didn't take action. Benet continued to see patients. Now he is facing disciplinary action by the Department of Public

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MASSPIRG is an advocate for the public interest in the state of Massachusetts. When consumers are cheated or the voices of ordinary citizens are drowned out by special interest lobbyists, MASSPIRG speaks up and takes action. They use the time-tested tools of investigative research, media exposés, grassroots organizing, advocacy and litigation. Last week on August 1st, they released this press

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As reported in NatureStanford University last week removed its chairman of psychiatry, Alan Schatzberg, as principal investigator from a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) grant, after a US Senate investigation raised questions about his impartiality in overseeing the grant.The grant is for investigating the use of mifepristone, a steroid that is being developed for possible use in

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A column from the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript by Bonnie HarrisWorld-renowned Harvard child psychiatrist and director of the research team at Mass General Hospital Dr. Joseph Biederman has been found by Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa to have failed to report millions of dollars he has received over the years from the drug companies that make the drugs he prescribes for ADHD and bipolar disorder.

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From a much longer article in the Houston PressEvery day she comes here to be with him — to wash his wiry hair and clip his yellowed nails and rub his calloused feet. The boy has no control over his body. His head rolls from side to side, his eyes dart from one thing to another and drool pools out of his mouth. His name is Haseeb, and he is 34.He wasn't always like this. For most of his life, he

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From North Carolina's News & Observer NewspaperA psychiatrist at a state mental hospital in Goldsboro is still on the job despite an internal investigation that concluded he hit a mentally ill teenager who has developmental disabilities.Dr. Ralph Berg, 58, struck Ricky Luciano in the back during a tussle over a T-shirt at Cherry Hospital. The incident, which occurred April 28, was recorded on a

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From the Derby Evening Telegraph A Transcript reveals how a doctor was warned by a police inspector about the risk of releasing a patient who threatened to torch his house - 24 hours before he set himself on fire and died.It shows Inspector Alison Dando telling psychiatrist Dr Raj Sinha that, if anything happened to Andrew Whetton, "it would look bad on the health authority".The 48-year-old

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From the Philidelphia InquirerThe social workers who were supposed to watch over 14-year-old Danieal Kelly didn't do much of anything while she slowly died of starvation and neglect.But they got very busy after she died, according to a grand-jury report.The call came Aug. 4, 2006. She'd been found dead, looking like a victim of a concentration camp, with rotting bedsores and weighing 42

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More on the prospects for mad psychiatrist Radovan Karadzic.The July 30 extradition of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to the Netherlands, following his July 21 arrest, put an end to many years of efforts to bring one of the world’s most wanted fugitives to justice. After 12 years on the loose, Karadzic will face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, committed during the

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It sounds like the misconduct is described with sufficient mumbo jumbo and code words to obscure what really happened with this shrink. "Boundary Issues" seems to be a code that say that the shrink was getting way too friendly with the patient.Report from the Burlington PostA local psychiatrist recently had his licence temporarily suspended.On June 24, the discipline committee of the College of

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From a report in the Star TribuneA New Brighton psychiatrist charged with sexually assaulting one of his patients pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual conduct Monday in Hennepin County District Court.Thomas Folsom, 53, admitted to having sex with the patient and calling it therapy. He had been charged with four counts of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree; three of the charges

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A Report from the Herald Sun in AustraliaDr Jerry Gelb - suspended from treating patients over the gun incident early last year - is facing further sanctions from the Medical Practitioners Board over his relationship with the patient.The board heard this week that Dr Gelb was a "naive and inexperienced" psychiatrist in his first year of practice when he began a sexual relationship with a woman he

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From the profile on Radovan Karadzic seen on CNNRadovan Karadzic, whose Interpol charges listed "flamboyant behavior" as a distinguishing characteristic, was a practicing psychiatrist who came to be nicknamed the "Butcher of Bosnia." Twice indicted in 1995 by the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, Karadzic faces charges of genocide, complicity in genocide,

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A report from the Sunday Mercury; Birmingham (UK) A doctor turned NHS whistleblower has revealed her regret at going public with claims of patient abuse at Midland hospitals.Psychiatrist Rita Pal, from Sutton Coldfield, says her career was 'assassinated' after she made allegations that seriously ill elderly patients were being helped to die by NHS staff.Dr Pal, 36, presented a dossier of evidence

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A report from the Toronto Metro Newst started with an innocent game of chess between a patient and his nurse. But it quickly evolved.Soon, the pair were having sex all over the hospital — in his room, the staff lounge, examination room.But their clandestine encounters went beyond the walls of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health on Queen St. W. When permitted to leave the hospital for a few

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As reported in the Milwaukee Journal SentinelA former Cedarburg woman who along with her psychiatrist boyfriend led police on a cross-country chase has filed a lawsuit against him alleging medical malpractice because the two began a sexual relationship while she was his patient.Darcy J. Bogenrief, 43, alleges in the lawsuit filed in Ozaukee County Circuit Court that she sought treatment in late

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GlaxoSmithKline has long gotten into trouble for drugs (including psych drugs) that have had achieved notoriety for a variety of destructive side effects. Thus this most recent report does not come as a surprise, and is sadly revealing of the broader morals of the companyAt least 12 babies who were part of a clinical study to test the effectiveness of a vaccine against pneumonia have died over

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From the Atlanta Journal ConstitutionA Gwinnett County grand jury has indicted a psychiatrist for allegedly fondling 14 female patients while working at a Lawrenceville-based mental health clinic.Mohammad Uzair Qureshi, 45, of Lawrenceville, is charged with 16 counts of sexual assault by a practitioner of psychotherapy against a patient, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a

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Newsweek has a feel good interview with a psychiatrist who is against the use of Prozac.In a new book, psychiatrist James Gordon explains why he believes there's a more effective and drug-free way to treat depression and anxiety. James Gordon, founder of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, D.C., says there's a better way to treat depression—through diet, exercise and meditation. Roll

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A report from the North Bay Nugget out of Ontario, CanadaA North Bay doctor has received a public reprimand for professional misconduct and was ordered to be monitored by a fellow physician for 30 months.Dr. Darren Saunders was accused of grabbing a registered nurse at the North Bay and District Hospital and causing bruises, and making statements about love bites," says a summary by the Ontario

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Furious season has a quick summary of a long article in the NY Times Sunday Magazine on Suicide. One tidbit of note: I also admire his pointing out that the suicide rate now is roughly where it was in 1965 despite 20 years of sticking Americans on anti-depressants and the like, and that once some would-be jumpers are stopped, they never again try to kill themselves..Here's the quote from the NY

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An Article by Jonah Lehrer, as seen in the Boston Globe (Highlights given below) Note: Of course, maybe the drugs aren't the cure in the first place, because the actual problem is not being addressed at all.Given the numerous side effects of drugs like prozac, maybe the best therapy would be a national health and exercise program. Not that anyone would actually want to get this into law.UpDate:

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As seen in the American ChroniclePsychology and psychiatry are significantly inventive professions in which every human behavior outside expectation is compartmentalized and labeled as abnormal. Compartmentalizing the behavior of others helps clinicians to think they understand behavior that is perceived as unusual or is beyond their own realm of understanding.For example, a psychologist in New

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Another Chapter in the Decline of Psychiatry, from a report by the Arkansas News Bureau A Southeast Arkansas child mental health provider closed its doors Wednesday, a day after a judge cleared the way for the state to terminate Medicaid payments to the facility.Lawyers for Gilead Family Resource Center, a McGehee-based provider cited by the state for billing irregularities and improper medical

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As reported by the Post Crescent, out of Appleton, Wisconsin. An Affinity Behavioral Health psychiatrist has been suspended from his position after he was charged this week with sexual exploitation by a therapist.AdvertisementCharles D. Morgan, 62, of Neenah, charged Monday in Winnebago County Circuit Court, faces a maximum penalty of 12½ years in prison and a $25,000 fine if convicted.Morgan is

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A report out of Brooklyn from the NY Daily News, we also have the video in question at the bottom of this reportA shocking video shows a woman dying on the floor in the psych ward at Kings County Hospital, while people around her, including a security guard, did nothing to help.After an hour, another mental patient finally got the attention of the indifferent hospital workers, according to the

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As seen at the Perry Bible FellowshipUnfortunately this one is Not Safe For Work, dealing as it does, with adult topics.Here is the Link:Psychoanalyst

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As reported in the Review JournalProminent Las Vegas psychiatrist Robert L. Horne was the target of two lawsuits in four years, and both cases were sealed from public view by the same judge, according to newly unveiled court records.Those lawsuits were among the hundreds of cases, many involving wealthy or well-known individuals, that Clark County judges shielded from scrutiny for unknown

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From the most excellent WSJ Health Blog. There is this small matter of a very large amount of money going to a person investigating the possible use of a drug. Corcept is studying the drug mifepristone to treat psychotic depression; Schatzberg is listed as the principal investigator on an NIH-funded study of mifepristone. Can you guess what the research results were? Chuck Grassley is at it again

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A flash back to the bizarre case of Dr. Margaret Bean-Bayog, Harvard psychiatrist, taken from a report in the NY Times on September 18th, 1992.Psychiatrist in Sex Abuse Case Offers Her License Dr. Margaret Bean-Bayog, the Harvard psychiatrist who has been accused of sexually abusing one of her patients and contributing to his suicide, offered to resign her medical license today.The offer was

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a followup and conclusion to earlier reports. As reported by Reuters.Psychiatrist and broadcaster Dr Raj Persaud has been found unfit to practice after he admitted plagiarising other people's work, the medical watchdog said on Friday.His conduct was "inappropriate, misleading, dishonest and liable to bring the profession into disrepute", a General Medical Council panel found.He had undermined

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As seen in this report by Charlene Muhammad of FinalCall.Com. While we acknowledge that some news reports from the Black Muslim community can be controversial, there are also many items that are woefully underreported. We are breaking this up into three sections, with the first one posted below today: The Rev. Fred Shaw, Jr., of the Basic Life Institute in Compton, Calif., has been working with

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From Scoop News, a follow up to our earlier coverageThe Issue of Competency to Stand TrialAfter initially evaluating Lindauer, court appointed psychiatrists in New York argued that her clams of innocence and her willingness to produce witnesses to verify those claims were signs of delusional thinking. However, a Maryland based psychiatrist and two psychotherapists with whom Lindauer visited on a

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