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Documenting Psychiatrists Behaving Badly


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. My Name is Sickmind Fraud.

Saturday, August 15, 2015

New York man charged with impersonating doctor, potentially providing mental health services to over 100 patients over a three year old.

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From this report from Q13 Fox Donald Lee-Edwards was arrested this week and accused of impersonating a clinical psychologist and medical ...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

The “Institutional Corruption” of Psychiatry: A Conversation with Authors of Psychiatry Under the Influence

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We present at this link an interview with the authors of Psychiatry Under the Influence Here's a snippet Bruce Levine : Psychiatry ...
Saturday, August 08, 2015

VA doctor arrested in Danville for overdose deaths of 3 patients in Indiana

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Via this report A VA doctor was arrested in Danville Thursday morning for reckless homicide charges filed by prosecutors in Indiana. Th...
Wednesday, August 05, 2015

My son died in a mental health facility. If we keep protecting dangerous hospitals, he won’t be the last.

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From the Washington Post . Full article at the link On Nov. 23, I received the call no parent wants to get – my only son was dead. My beaut...
Monday, August 03, 2015

Paul Corona, 'Guru' doctor of mood-stabilizing drugs on probation for second time

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From the Orange County Register A doctor who described himself in an Orange County Register investigation as the “guru” of mood-stabilizi...
Sunday, August 02, 2015

Riverside psychiatrist pleads not guilty in Medicare scheme

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Report from the Houston Chronicle A Houston psychiatrist who was indicted separately in the Riverside General Hospital $160 million Medic...
Friday, July 31, 2015

Notorious Psych Ward at Miami-Dade Jail Finally Shuttered

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From this report in the Prison Legal News Website In a historic culmination to decades of “horrific” living conditions and a pattern of c...
Thursday, July 30, 2015

Anchorage Doctor Sentenced to 3 ½ years for Fraudulently Billing Medicaid and Tampering with Physical Evidence

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State of Alaska Press Release here The Alaska Department of Law, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, announced today that 40-year-old Dr. Shubhr...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Timberlawn mental hospital cut off from federal funding over safety issues

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From a much long report in the Dallas News Federal regulators are taking the rare step of kicking one of North Texas’ largest psychiatric...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Poor treatment at Lehigh Valley mental health clinics was evident, patients say

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From a longer report in the Lehigh Valley Live website Photo caption: Lehigh Valley Community Mental Health Centers Inc. at 226 Northampt...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Active Shooters and Psychotropic Drugs

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Taken from the much larger article which is a book review of "Active Shooters and Psychotropic Drugs SSRI’s" by Chris Grollnek an...
Monday, July 20, 2015

Owners of local mental health clinics face fraud charges

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As Reported in the Philadelphia Business Journal The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania filed a civil health...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

The Hoffman Report: The Investigation into the American Psychological Association (APA)

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The Hoffman Report is the informal name for the 2015 investigation into the American Psychological Association’s (APA) practices regarding i...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

Another ethics scandal for the University of Minnesota Dept. of Psychiatry

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From a Report on Fox 9 News Video available at the link The University of Minnesota has another ethics scandal on its hands. And once aga...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

An abrupt end for Houston psychiatric hospital Cambridge facility gives up license and discharges its last patient

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One of Houston's largest inpatient psychiatric hospitals closed suddenly last week, leaving a void in a city already underserved. The ...
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