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ALASKA
Alaska Board of Psychologists & Psychological Associate Examiners
Address
P. O. Box 110806

Juneau, Alaska 99811-0806

Phone

(907) 465-5470

ARIZONA
Arizona Board of Psychologists Examiners
Address
1400 West Washington Street, Suite 240

Phoenix, Arizona 85007

Phone

(602) 542-8162

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ARKANSAS
Arkansas Board of Examiners in Psychology
Address
101 East Capitol, Suite 415

Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

Phone

(501) 682-6167

CALIFORNIA
California Board of Psychology
Address
1625 North Market Blvd.
Suite N-215

Sacramento, California 95834

Phone

(916) 574-7720

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COLORADO
Colorado Board of Psychologists Examiners
Address
1560 Broadway, Suite 1350

Denver, Colorado 80202

Phone

(303) 894-7768

CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Address
410 Capitol Ave. MS#12APP
P. O. Box 340308

Hartford, Connecticut 06134-8376

Phone

(860) 509-8376

DELAWARE
Delaware Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Address
Cannon Building, Suite 203
861 Silver Lake Blvd.

Dover, Delaware 19904

Phone

(302) 744-4534

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
District of Columbia Board of Psychology
Address
899 North Capitol Street, NESuite 200

Washington, District of Columbia 20002

Phone

(202) 724-4900

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FLORIDA
Florida Board of Psychology
Address
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin CO5

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3255

Phone

(850) 488-0595

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GEORGIA
Georgia Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Address
237 Coliseum Drive

Macon, Georgia 31217

Phone

(478) 207-2440

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GUAM
Guam Board of Allied Health Examiners
Address
651 Legacy Square Commercial Complex S.
Rte. 10, Suite 9
Mangilao, Guam 96913

Phone

(617) 735-7407

HAWAII
Hawaii Board of Psychology
Address
PO Box 3469

Honolulu, Hawaii 96801

Phone

(808) 586-2699

IDAHO
Idaho Board of Psychological Examiners
Address
P. O. Box 83720

Boise, Idaho 83720-0063

Phone

(208) 334-3233

ILLINOIS
Illinois Psychologists Licensing Board
Address
Dept of Financial & Professional Regulation
320 W Washington Street, 3rd Floor

Springfield, Illinois 62786

Phone

(217) 785-0800

INDIANA
Indiana State Psychology Board
Address
402 W Washington St., Room W072

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

Phone (317) 232-2960
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IOWA
Iowa Board of Psychology
Address
321 East 12th Street
Lucas State Office Bldg, 5th Floor

Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0075

Phone

(515) 281-6352

KANSAS

Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board
Address
700 SW Harrison Suite 420

Topeka, Kansas 66603

Phone

(785) 296-3240

KENTUCKY
Kentucky State Board of Psychology
Address
P.O Box 1360

Frankfort, Kentucky 40602

Phone

(502) 564-3296

LOUISIANA
Louisiana Board of Psychologist Examiners
Address
8706 Jefferson Highway Suite B

Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809

Phone

(225) 925-6511

MAINE
Maine Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Address
35 State House Station

Augusta, Maine 04333

Phone

(207) 624-8621

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MARYLAND
Maryland Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Address
4201 Patterson Avenue

Baltimore, Maryland 21215

Phone (410) 764-4787
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MASSACHUSETTS
Massachusetts Board of Registration of Psychologists
Address
Div. of Professional Licensure
1000 Washington Street, Ste 710

Boston, Massachusetts 02118

Phone

(617) 727-0592

MICHIGAN
Michigan Board of Psychology
Address
Bureau of Health Professions-Board of Psychology
P.O. Box 30670

Lansing, Michigan 48909

Phone

(517) 335-0918

MINNESOTA
Minnesota Board of Psychology
Address
2829 University Ave. SE, Ste 320

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414

Phone

(612) 617-2230

MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Board of Psychology
Address
2395 Deerfield Road

Yazoo City, Mississippi 39194

Phone

(888) 693-1416

MISSOURI
Missouri State Committee of Psychologists
Address
P.O. Box 1335
3605 Missouri Blvd.

Jefferson City, Missouri 65102

Phone

(573) 751-0099

MONTANA
Montana Board of Psychologists
Address
301 S. Park Avenue, 4th FloorP.O. Box 200513

Helena, Montana 59620

Phone

(406) 841-2394

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NEBRASKA
Nebraska Board of Psychologists
Address
P.O. Box 94986

Lincoln, Nebraska, 68509-4986

Phone

(402) 471-2117

NEVADA
Nevada Board of Psychological Examiners
Address
4600 Kietzke Lane
Bldg. E-141

Reno, Nevada 89502

Phone

(775) 688-1268

NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Board of Psychology
Address
121 South Fruit Street

Concord, New Hampshire 03301

Phone

(603) 271-9369

NEW JERSEY
New Jersey Board of Psychological Examiners
Address
P.O. Box 45017

Newark, New Jersey 07101

Phone

(973) 504-6305

NEW MEXICO
New Mexico Board of Psychologist Examiners
Address
P O Box 25101

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504

Phone

(505) 476-4611

NEW YORK
New York State Board of Psychology
Address
NYS Education Department
89 Washington Avenue

Albany, New York 12234

Phone

(518) 474-3817

NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina Psychology Board
Address
895 State Farm Road, Ste 101

Boone, North Carolina 28607

Phone

(828) 262-2258

NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota Board of Psychologist Examiners
Address
P.O. Box 7042

Bismarck, North Dakota 58507

Phone

(701) 590-1754

OHIOOhio State Board of Psychology
Address
77 S. High Street, Suite 1830

Columbus, Ohio 43215-6108

Phone

(614) 466-8808

OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists

Address

421 NW 13th Street

Suite 180

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73103

Phone

(405) 524-9094

OREGON
Oregon State Board of Psychologist Examiners
Address
3218 Pringle Road SE, Suite 130

Salem, Oregon 97302-6309

Phone

(503) 378-4154

PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology
Address
P.O. Box 2649

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-2649

Phone

(717) 783-4856

PUERTO RICO
Puerto Rico Board of Psychologist Examiners
Address
P. O. Box 10200

Santurce, Puerto Rico 00908-0200

Phone

(787) 723-2885

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RHODE ISLAND
Rhode Island Board of Psychology
Address
3 Capital Hill, Room 104

Providence, Rhode Island 02908

Phone

(401) 222-2828

SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina Board of Examiners in Psychology

Address
P. O. Box 11329

Columbia, South Carolina 29211-1329

Phone

(803) 896-4664

SOUTH DAKOTA
South Dakota Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Address
810 N. Main St. #298Spearfish, South Dakota 57783
Phone(605) 642-1600
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TENNESSEE
Tennessee Board of Examiners of Psychology

Address
665 Mainstream Drive
2nd Floor

Nashville, Tennessee 37243

Phone

(615) 532-3202

TEXAS
Texas Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Address
333 Guadalupe, Tower 2, Room 450

Austin, Texas 78701

Phone

(512) 305-7700

UTAH
Utah Psychology Licensing Board
Address
Div. of Occup. & Prof Licensing
160 East 300 South, 1st Floor Lobby

Salt Lake City, Utah 84111

Phone

(801) 530-6621

VERMONT
Vermont Board of Psychological Examiners
Address
89 Main Street3rd Floor

Montpelier, Vermont 05620

Phone

(802) 828-2373

VIRGIN ISLANDS
Virgin Islands Board of Psychology Examiners
Address
Office of the Commissioner
Roy O. Schneider Hospital, 9048 Sugar Estate Street

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802

Phone

(340) 776-8311

VIRGINIA
Virginia Board of Psychology
Address
9960 Maryland Dr., Suite 300

Henrico, Virginia 23233-1463

Phone

(804) 367-4697

WASHINGTON
Washington State Examining Board of Psychology
Address
P. O. Box 47877

Olympia, Washington 98507

Phone

(360) 236-4912

WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Address
P. O. Box 3955

Charleston, West Virginia 25339

Phone

(304) 558-0604

WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Psychology Examining Board
Address
P. O. Box 8935

Madison, Wisconsin 53708

Phone

(608) 266-2112

WYOMING
Wyoming Board of Psychology
Address
Emerson Building Room 104
2001 Capitol Avenue

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002

Phone

(307) 777-3507

From a longer report in the Morning Call

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Psychiatric Drugs Are More Dangerous than You Ever Imagined

A New Video By Doctor Peter Breggin,part of a series

Saturday, November 15, 2014

While recovering from the effects of rape and abuse, her psychiatrist told her that her ambitions were 'delusions of grandeur". Meaghan Buisson went on to set a world record in her sport.

An incredibly brave Meaghan Buisson details her path to recovery from the effects of modern psychiatry.

Here are some snippets from a fascinating and extended article.

I was 10 months shy of graduating from veterinary medicine when I slashed my wrist, swallowed every pill I could find and dropped out of school. This lead to weekly sessions with a man I’d soon come to loathe. He was head of the Department of Psychiatry. I wasn’t sure who I was anymore. Until then, I’d been the diligent daughter. The gifted student. The token girl friend. The coach’s pet. A hollow shell of nothingness, I was everything to everyone, and no one to myself. A few months earlier, I’d been raped. But that was never discussed. Nor were six years of preceding sexual abuse, let alone any other details of childhood trauma. Determined to figure out what was wrong with me, no one thought to ask what had happened to me. Flinching at my own shadow, quite literally too scared to speak, nor was I about to volunteer. Our appointments were warfare, played out over drugs. I took a red pen to my medical file and corrected his spelling He promptly diagnosed me as oppositionally defiant and hid his notes. Shaking his head, he asked “now that you’ve dropped out of a medical program, WHAT do you intend to do with your life?!” At my response, his pen hanged itself from his fingers then frantically started kicking ink across the page. Tearing one script after another off a thick stack of forms, he thrust them towards me, exclaiming I was clearly psychotic and would require lifelong treatment to control my manic “delusions of grandeur.” The delusion in question? I told him I wanted to become a world champion inline speed skater. [...] Every time I tried to fight, I was told my refusal to accept my diagnoses was itself proof of mental illness and further indication I needed to be drugged. So that’s what they did. Under an ever-increasing fog, I tried to gather my life. But no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t do it. My doctors said there was nothing fundamentally wrong with me. They refused to sign the paperwork that would have provided temporary medical relief from student loans, insisting my state was a choice and I just “needed to get a job” and “grow up.” My family said the same. [...] When I came off medication, I didn’t have any support. My psychiatrist and general physician both said it would kill me – not from suicide, simply the toxicity flowing through my veins. “I’d rather be dead,” I replied, “than spend even one more day living like I already am.” So I fired them both and flushed everything down the toilet. At the time, I was taking Risperdal, Lamictal, Zoloft, Paxil, Effexor, Valproate, Ativan and Prozac. All simultaneously, with three (at doctors’ orders) well beyond what I later learned were maximal recommended dosages. Previously, I’d also been on Lithium and Wellbutrin. I don’t remember most of the year or so that followed. From what I’ve been told, in terms of the psychotic breaks and other withdrawal challenges, it was hell. But if I had to, I’d do it again in a heartbeat. Coming off meds was the single best decision I’ve ever made. That said, it hasn’t been easy.

Meaghan Buisson has since gone on to set a world record in inline speed skating solo-marathon world record. She is a world class champion inline speed skater.

A former Fogelsville (Pennsylvania) psychiatrist who failed to show up for sentencing this week in his pill-mill case was found dead Thursday afternoon.

Dr. David Daley, 59, was found along the Susquehanna River just east of the Maynard Street Bridge in Williamsport, Lycoming County Coroner Chuck Kiessling said. "It appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound," Kiessling said. He ruled the death a suicide. Daley was facing the possibility of more than 20 years in a state prison for breaking prescription medication laws and providing drug addicts with easy access to painkillers. His attorney, Kathryn Roberts, said his family was distraught over the news. Police had searched for Daley on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. They said he was emotionally unstable and had a revolver. "This is just a tragedy for his family," Roberts said. [...] A jury Sept. 26 found Daley guilty of 16 drug-related charges. State sentencing guidelines called for a sentence of 22 to 36 months for most of those counts. Ford could have sentenced Daley separately for each, or run them concurrently, allowing Daley to serve them all at the same time. [...] Roberts said she did not know where Daley got the gun. As far as she and his family knew, he did not own a firearm, she said. During the two-week trial, state Deputy Attorney General Christie Bonesch presented witnesses who said Daley gave them prescriptions without performing physical exams or taking a medical history. In one 11-day period, the prosecutor told the jury, Daley prescribed one patient 1,320 oxycodone pills and 500 tablets of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax. [...] Daley was arrested in January 2013 on a recommendation from a statewide grand jury that heard testimony in 2010 and 2011. Prosecutors from the state attorney general's office said the crimes occurred between Jan. 1, 2008, and Dec. 17, 2009, when Daley had a home office at 7729 Main St., Fogelsville. Daley was initially charged with crimes related to 28 patients. Prosecutors withdrew counts related to 12 patients during the trial, and Daley was convicted on all charges related to the remaining 16. [...]

Friday, November 14, 2014

A landmark study indicates that seven pesticides, some widely used, may be causing clinical depression in farmers.

A NIH study finds that: There’s a significant correlation between pesticide use and depression, that much is very clear, but not all pesticides. The two types that Kamel says reliably moved the needle on depression are organochlorine insecticides and fumigants, which increase the farmer’s risk of depression by a whopping 90% and 80%, respectively.

As seen in this report from Modern Farmer Magazine

(Read the full article at the link)

Earlier this fall, researchers from the National Institute of Health finished up a landmark 20-year study, a study that hasn’t received the amount of coverage it deserves. About 84,000 farmers and spouses of farmers were interviewed since the mid-1990s to investigate the connection between pesticides and depression, a connection that had been suggested through anecdotal evidence for far longer. We called up Dr. Freya Kamel, the lead researcher on the study, to find out what the team learned and what it all means. Spoiler: nothing good. “There had been scattered reports in the literature that pesticides were associated with depression,” says Kamel. “We wanted to do a new study because we had more detailed data than most people have access to.” That excessive amount of data includes tens of thousands of farmers, with specific information about which pesticides they were using and whether they had sought treatment for a variety of health problems, from pesticide poisoning to depression. Farmers were surveyed multiple times throughout the 20-year period, which gives the researchers an insight into their health over time that no other study has. Because the data is so excessive, the researchers have mined it three times so far, the most recent time in a study published just this fall. The first one was concerned with suicide, the second with depression amongst the spouses of farmers (Kamel says “pesticide applicators,” but most of the people applying pesticides are farmers), and the most recent with depression amongst the farmers themselves. There’s a significant correlation between pesticide use and depression, that much is very clear, but not all pesticides. The two types that Kamel says reliably moved the needle on depression are organochlorine insecticides and fumigants, which increase the farmer’s risk of depression by a whopping 90% and 80%, respectively. The study lays out the seven specific pesticides, falling generally into one of those two categories, that demonstrated a categorically reliable correlation to increased risk of depression. These types aren’t necessarily uncommon, either; one, called malathion, was used by 67% of the tens of thousands of farmers surveyed. Malathion is banned in Europe, for what that’s worth. [...] The study doesn’t really deal with exactly how the pesticides are affecting the farmers. Insecticides are designed to disrupt the way nerves work, sometimes inhibiting specific enzymes or the way nerve membranes work, that kind of thing. It’s pretty complicated, and nobody’s quite sure where depression fits in. “How this ultimately leads to depression, I don’t know that anyone can really fill in the dots there,” says Kamel. But essentially, the pesticides are designed to mess with the nerves of insects, and in certain aspects, our own nervous systems are similar enough to those of insects that we could be affected, too. “I don’t think there’s anything surprising about the fact that pesticides would affect neurologic function,” says Kamel, flatly. [...]

Of course, the knee-jerk reaction to fix the situation is to give the farmers more psych drugs. Nope.

The sham drug idea of the year: 'pink Viagra'

Snippet from from an Op-Ed featured in the LA Times by Ellen Laan and Leonore Tiefer

Ellen Laan is an associate professor of sexology at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and a Kinsey Institute research fellow. Leonore Tiefer is a clinical associate professor of psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine and founder of the New View Campaign

Many women report losing their desire for sex, some temporarily, some permanently. Is this a relationship problem, a normal aspect of life changes or, as the pharmaceutical industry maintains, an “unmet medical need”? That was the question under consideration for two days of meetings in late October, during which the Food and Drug Administration heard from sexual medicine experts and women with sexual complaints. It was a rowdy meeting by sedate, scientific standards, and months of public relations campaigning had preceded it. The International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health, which is largely funded by the pharmaceutical industry, had joined with Sprout Pharmaceuticals and other companies with skin in the game to develop two slick campaigns, “eventhescore.org” and “womendeserve.org,” which argued that the FDA's failure to approve a drug to treat women's sexual problems was “sexist.” After all, men have Viagra and its various relatives. The patients told stories of their frustrations and distress, but they appeared to have been coached to demand drug solutions. They acknowledged that their travel expenses to the meeting had been paid. Wearing matching green scarves and buttons proclaiming “#WomenDeserve,” the women described the mixed results and side effects of their various off-label treatments, including implanted testosterone pellets, testosterone gels and antidepressants. They insisted they had no nonmedical problems. Their desire had simply “turned off like a light switch,” as one woman said, sometimes as much as 30 years earlier, and they wanted it back, routine and predictable. As professional sexologists and advocates of women's sexual rights, we were horrified by the campaigns' use and abuse of the language of equality to pressure the FDA to approve a potential billion-dollar blockbuster “pink Viagra.” The only two drugs for women's sexual dysfunctions that have come to the FDA in the 16 years since Viagra was approved were rejected. One was Sprout's drug, flibanserin, then owned by a German company. The drugs for women didn't work and were unsafe. Not approving them isn't sexism, it's proper regulation. The campaigns to “even the score” are deceptive for several reasons. [...] There is absolutely no evidence for womendeserve.org's claim that “a biological lack of desire to have sex negatively impacts 1 in 10 American women.” No diagnostic test has identified any biological cause — brain, hormone, genital blood flow — for most women's sexual problems. On the contrary, abundant evidence shows that low sexual desire in women typically reflects a difference in desire between two partners. It is unethical and unscientific to attribute a couple's discrepancy in desire to the woman's biological deficit. In study after study, women's response to both test medications and placebo drugs is high. These repeated findings do not support the “unmet medical need” theory.

Emphasis added by this blogger.

Be sure to read the full Op-ED at this link

Big Pharma Plays Hide-the-Ball With Data

NewsWeek has a Story featured on their front cover about how "Big Pharma Plays Hide-the-Ball With Data"

The story is focused on the general and universal problem of publication bias.

Naturally the problem is also a major issue for psych drug manufacturers.

It is much too long to quote in full but we can feature some highlights here.

On the morning of March 2, 2005, a 14-year-old Japanese girl woke up scared. At first she thought someone was outside the house watching her, but then she decided the stranger must be inside. She wandered restlessly and, despite the cold weather, threw open all the windows. Later, over a meal, she declared, “The salad is poisoned.” Two days later, she said she wanted to kill herself. This teenager with no history of mental illness was diagnosed with delirium. The night before the hallucinations started, she began taking an anti-influenza drug called Tamiflu (generic name: oseltamivir), which governments around the world have spent billions stockpiling for the next major flu outbreak. But evidence released earlier this year by Cochrane Collaboration, a London-based nonprofit, shows that a significant amount of negative data from the drug’s clinical trials were hidden from the public. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) knew about it, but the medical community did not; the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which doesn’t have the same access to unpublished data as regulators, had recommended the drug without being able to see the full picture. When results from those unpublished trials finally did emerge, they cast doubt over whether Tamiflu is as effective as the manufacturer says. Knowing about negative results is not just useful; it is essential to good science. Randomized clinical trials are considered the best way to test a drug: Get two groups of patients with the same problem, give one group an experimental treatment and see if it works better than no treatment. Even better, amass the results of dozens of similar clinical trials, level the differences and draw better conclusions from a larger amount of data. That’s called a systematic review. Problem is, a systematic review only works if the reviewers have all the information—good, bad and inconclusive. “In baseball, it is easy to find out just how well Cal Ripken has hit against various pitchers in the past, at home or away games, in recent weeks or during his career,” Dickersin and Rennie wrote. “Yet in medicine, there is no comprehensive source for finding out similar, accurate statistics for medical interventions. How can baseball be better organized and keep better records than medical science?” One reason is that drug companies have so much to lose. “The potential economic implications of publishing an unfavorable study are really significant for pharmaceutical companies,” says Christopher W. Jones, who studies publication bias at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University. “And clearly those incentives have an effect on the way they choose to present their data to the public.” Publication bias in clinical trials was, for a long time, something only scientists cared about. But lately the issue has raised a crop of lobbyists and gone mainstream. In 2005, John P.A. Ioannidis, a researcher at the Stanford School of Medicine, published a scientific paper under the provocative heading “Why Most Published Research Findings Are False” and mentioned publication bias. And British doctor Ben Goldacre leads a movement called AllTrials. His TED talk on publication bias has been seen 1.8 million times.

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Medical Licensing Boards in Canada: Information on filing complaints against psychiatrists in Canada

Here is a list of Medical Licensing Boards in the Canada, given alphabetically by Province. This information may be useful if you want to file a complaint against your local psychiatrist.

This is contact information for provincial agencies in Canada responsible for the licensure and certification of psychiatrists throughout Canada listed in alphabetical order below. Other additional links and information are provided.

Please note that while we think this information is correct, that names, telephone numbers, and other information may have changed.

As found at this webpage on the website of the Canadian Psychiatric Association

I want to make a complaint about my psychiatrist's conduct. Who should I contact? Contact your provincial College of Physicians and Surgeons or Medical Board for further information on the complaints process governing physicians in your province. Complaints must usually be made in writing. The following is a brief description of how to lodge a complaint, the contact information for the appropriate body and the link to further electronic information.

To lodge a complaint in Alberta, mail in a completed, signed Complaint Reporting Form or letter of complaint to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta. The contact information for the Alberta College is:

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta
2700 - 10020 100 Street NW
Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 0N3
Phone: 780-423-4764
Fax: 780-420-0651
General Public Inquires: 1-800-561-3899
Complaints Line: 1-800-661-4689 (in Alberta)
College Patient Advocate: 780-423-4764 or 1-800-661-4689
For more information on the complaints process in Alberta click here.

In British Columbia, complete a complaint form or write a letter including your name, date of birth, address and telephone number, the name and address of the doctor involved, a description of the incident in as much detail as possible, the date of the incident and your signature. Complaints are not accepted by e-mail and they must be signed and submitted in writing either by mail or fax. Send complaints to:

The Registrar
College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
400-585 Beatty St.
Vancouver BC V6B 1C1
For more information on the complaints process in British Columbia click here.

In Manitoba, complaints must be made in writing and signed. A letter to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba should include your name, address, telephone number(s), Personal Health Identification Number (from your Manitoba Health card), the name of physician(s) being complained about, the date(s) of service, the name and address of other caregivers from whom information should be obtained (for example, other physicians, nurses, physiotherapists or dentists), the name of hospital(s), dates seen, and a clear description of the complaint about the physician(s). Mail or fax your letter to:

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba
Attn: The Complaints Department
1000-1661 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 3T7
Fax: 204-774-0750
For more information, click here.

In New Brunswick, complaints must be submitted in writing to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick. Mail or fax your complaint to:

Registrar
c/o College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick
1 Hampton St, Suite 300
Rothesay, NB E2E 5K8
Tel: (506) 849-5050 ou 1-800-667-4641
Fax: (506) 849-5069
For more complete information on the complaints process, click here.

In Newfoundland, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador accept complaints in writing. Letters of complaint should be sent to:

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador
139 Water Street, Suite 603
Saint John's, NF A1C 1B2
Tel: 709-726-8546
1-800-563-8546 (Toll Free from outside St. John's)
Fax: 709-726-4725
For more information on the complaints process in Newfoundland and Labrador click here.

The President of the Medical Board of Inquiry is responsible for investigating written complaints about physicians in the Northwest Territories and can be contacted at:

President of the Medical Board of Inquiry
2025 Palermo Way SW
Calgary AB T2V 5J6
Phone: (403) 281-7122
Fax: (403) 281-7124

In Nova Scotia, complaints must be made in writing. Complaint forms are available on the College website. Although the form is recommended, you may file a complaint without using the form provided your letter is typed or legibly written and signed. A signed consent form is also required before the complaint can be investigated. The complaint should contain the doctor's name, a description of the events that led to the complaint (such as the date and location) and any other information that may aid the College in its investigation. You may wish to add the names of people who witnessed the events or who have useful information. The College contact information is:

Investigations Department
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia
Suite 5005 - 7071 Bayers Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3L 2C2
Tel: 902-422-5823 or Toll-free in Nova Scotia 1 877-282-7767
Investigations Department Fax: 902-422-5271
For more information on the complaints procedure, click here.

To obtain information about the complaints process in Nunavut, contact the
Department of Health and Social Services at:

Government of Nunavut
Registrar, Professional Licensing
2nd Floor, NCC Building
Box 390
Kugluktuk NU X0B 0E0
Telephone: 867-982-7672
Fax: 867-982-3256 or 867-982-7640
E-mail: bvandenassem@gov.nu.ca

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario accepts complaints either in writing or in other permanent form (such as a tape, film or disk). Complaints may be e-mailed to the College but confidentiality cannot be guaranteed when using this method. All correspondence sent from the College in response to an e-mail complaint will be sent by regular mail to preserve confidentiality. The College's web site also offers an online complaint form. The contact information for the College is:

The Registrar
c/o Investigations and Resolutions Department
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
80 College Street
Toronto, Ontario M5G 2E2
Tel: 416-967-2603 or 1-800-268-7096 ext. 603.
E-mail: investigations&resolutions@cpso.on.ca
For more information on the complaints process in Ontario click here.

To initiate a complaint in Prince Edward Island you must submit a letter detailing the complaint to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of PEI and send it to:

College of Physicians and Surgeons of PEI
199 Grafton Street
Charlottetown, PE C1A 1L2
Fax: 902-566-3986
For further information on the complaints process click here.

In Quebec, you can request an investigation into the professional conduct of your physician by completing and sending a investigation request form to the Direction des enquêtes du Collège des médecins du Québec:

Direction des enquêtes
Collège des médecins du Québec
2170, boulevard René Levesque Ouest
Montréal (Québec) H3H 2T8
Fax: 514-933-2291
Tel: 514-933-4441 Toll free (from outside Montreal): 1-888-MÉDECIN
For more detailed information on complaints procedures click here.

In Saskatchewan, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan accepts complaints in writing. A complaint reporting form is available online. The contact information for the College is:

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan
500-321A-21st Street East
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 0C1
1-800-667-1668 (Complaints Toll Free Number)
Fax: 306-244-0090 (general) or 306-244-2600 (Registrar)
For more information on the complaints process in Saskatchewan click here.

In the Yukon, letters of complaint must be made in writing and accompanied by a Consent to Release Information form. Complaints should be directed to:

Yukon Medical Council
c/o Registrar of Medical Practitioners
Box 2703 C-18
Whitehorse YT Y1A 2C6
Telephone: 867-667-3774
Fax: 867-393-6483

More information on the complaints process is available on the Yukon Medical Council website.

Canadian Psychology Licensing Boards by Province (late 2014)

Here is a list of Psychology Licensing Boards in the Canada, given Alphabetically by Province

This is contact information for provincial agencies in Canada responsible for the licensure and certification of psychologists throughout Canada listed in alphabetical order below. Other additional links are provided.

Please note that while we think this information is correct, that names and telephone numbers may have changed. This information may be useful if you want to file a complaint against your local psychologist.

ALBERTA
The College of Alberta Psychologists
Address
2100 Sunlife Place
10123 - 99th Street

Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3H1

Phone

(780) 424-5070

BRITISH COLUMBIA
College of Psychologists of British Columbia
Address
404 - 1755 W Broadway

Vancouver, British Columbia V6J 4S5

Phone

(604) 736-6164

MANITOBA
Psychological Association of Manitoba
Address
162-2025 Corydon Ave., #253

Winnipeg, Manitoba R3P 0N5

Phone

(204) 487-0784

NEW BRUNSWICK
College of Psychologists of New Brunswick
Address
236 St. George Street
Suite 219

Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 1W1

Phone

(506) 382-1994

NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
Newfoundland & Labrador Psychology Board
Address
NLPB, Suite 303, Carnell Building
P. O. Box 8275

St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador A1B 3N4

Phone

(709) 579-6313

NOVA SCOTIA
Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology
Address
The Halifax Professional Centre
455 - 5991 Spring Garden Road

Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1Y6

Phone

(902) 423-2238

ONTARIO
College of Psychologists of Ontario
Address
110 Eglinton Avenue West, Suite 500

Toronto, Ontario M4R 1A3

Phone

(416) 961-8817

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Prince Edward Island Psychologists Regulation Board
Address
Univ. of Prince Edward Island, Psych. Dept.
550 University Avenue

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4P3

Phone

(902) 566-0549

QUEBEC
Ordre des psychologists du Quebec
Address
1100 Beaumont AvenueSuite 510

Mount Royal, Quebec H3P 3H5

Phone

(514) 738-1881

SASKATCHEWAN
Saskatchewan College of Psychologists
Address
1026 Winnipeg Street

Regina, Saskatchewan S4R 8P8

Phone

(306) 352-1699