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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.

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

APA Fellow And President Of Arizona Psychiatric Society Gets Slap On Wrist For Patient Death

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The following case was brought to our attention via email, with valuable links to internet references APA Fellow And President Of Arizona Ps...

A Critical History of Psychiatry

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A synopsis of the book, as seen on Barely a Blog (now with an updated link) COERCION AS CURE: A CRITICAL HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRY By Thomas Sz...

Psychiatrist accused of Child Molestations has Prostate Cancer

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We do not wish this psychiatrist ill. We merely wish for his rapid and full recovery so that he is fully capable of serving the prison sente...
Monday, February 11, 2008

Psychiatrist shortage looms - Lack of popularity puzzles professionals

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Now Formally: The decline of Psychiartry, Part 1 It looks like many people who could become psychiatrists are avoiding the job. This is puzz...

Psychologist Arrested, Accused Of Sexually Abusing Patient

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Just from the sparse details, it sounds a bit weird and somewhat perverted. A Report from WPTZ TV in Plattsburg, NY . A Bellows Falls psycho...

Judge slams psychologist’s evidence for being out of touch with reality.

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Another psychologist who seems to be in a world all their own. Report from South Africa . A judge trashed the testimony of a psychologist du...
Sunday, February 10, 2008

Witnesses bash alleged inaction of Kansas board that regulates doctors

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A storm is brewing in Kansas over the passive corruption in the State Medical Board. Obviously, somebody is not doing their job, and the peo...
Saturday, February 09, 2008

Hartford Hospital On Probation, - Problems include a variety of psychiatric abuses.

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We highlight the deficiencies in the psychiatric departments, but it sounds like the whole place is a mess. From the Hartford Courant Citing...
Thursday, February 07, 2008

Complaints on the rise against psychiatrists and other doctors

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We would like to see a breakdown of the complaint statistics by specialty. There is evidence supporting the notion that there are more sexu...

The Loss of Sadness: How psychiatry transformed a normal emotion into an "illness"

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A snippet from this recent report in NewsWeek. It's hard to say exactly when ordinary Americans, no less than psychiatrists, began insis...
Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Heath Ledger Died from Overdose of Drug Cocktail of Psychiatric Drug and Pain Medications

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Hollywood star Heath Ledger, found dead in his New York apartment two weeks ago, died of accidental intoxication caused by a drug cocktail ...

Psychiatrist Faces Sex Charges

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A Report from Channel 12 in Cincinatti, Ohio A local psychiatrist faces allegations he had improper sexual relations with underage patients....
Tuesday, February 05, 2008

An Eli Lilly secret memo was accident sent to a NY Times reporter

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As Reported on Portfolio.com When the New York Times broke the story last week that Eli Lilly & Co. was in confidential settlement talks...
Monday, February 04, 2008

Disgraced psychiatrist gets jail term for illegal prescriptions

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Report via this link A former psychiatrist from East Stroudsburg has been sentenced to six to 18 months in county jail. Prosecutors say Haro...

Psychologist on trial sex charges

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From the Eagle Times in New Hampshire Donald Sanborn III, a local psychologist, has plead not guilty to a variety of sex abuse charges. Sanb...
Sunday, February 03, 2008

Psychiatrist loses appeal over sex crimes

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A report from the Washington Post on the final failed appeal of a psychiatrist caught doing the wrong thing. Part of a much larger article. ...
Friday, February 01, 2008

Psychiatrist Fails to Get License Restored

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Via the Washington Post The Virginia Board of Medicine said last night that it would not restore the medical license of well-known Arlington...
Thursday, January 31, 2008

Psychiatrist secretly planned committing Spears to Hospital.

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Britney Spears’ psychiatrist has been secretly planning to have the popwreck admitted to the psychiatric unit of UCLA Medical Center for qui...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Psychiatrist Convicted Of Prescription Fraud Loses Appeal

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Report from Maine's WMTW TV A psychiatrist who founded a methadone clinic in Westbrook has lost his appeal of his conviction and six-mon...

Psychologist in Sexual Abuse Case

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From the Brattleboro Reformer Donald Sanborn III, 65, of Bellows Falls, pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he sexually abused a patie...
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