Psych Observer – Exposing Bad Psychiatry

Crossville Chronicle

A Cookeville psychiatrist who had an office in Crossville has been indicted by the Cumberland County Grand Jury on two counts of statutory rape by an authority figure, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department.

Dr. Chip Hayward Fountain, 44, was indicted by the grand jury on May 6 after “a thorough investigation” by the Department of Children’s Services, District Attorney General’s Office and the sheriff’s department. Fountain surrendered to authorities at the Justice Center on May 27.

A press release states that Fountain, who in addition to Cookeville and Crossville, had an office in Livingston, is accused of “being sexually involved with a former juvenile female patient.”

Bond was set at $15,000 and Fountain is scheduled to appear for arraignment in Cumberland County Criminal Court on June 2, according to Investigator Jeff Slayton’s release.

Fountain graduated from Texas Tech University Health Service Center School for Medicine in the late 1990s.

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The Press Association

Serious concerns have been raised about the condition of almost a third of the country’s large psychiatric hospitals with many wards battling to keep damp and mould at bay.

The Mental Health Commission (MHC) said while the standard of most long-stay wards in the state’s 21 main facilities were poor, units in six were particularly worrying. And it said most psychiatric units were sitting on valuable land but patients were forced to live in inappropriate and unacceptable accommodation.

In its annual report the independent body noted a number of older wards have closed but more than 1,100 patients in psychiatric hospitals live in mostly unsuitable buildings. MHC also hit out at last year’s Health Service Executive’s hiring freeze claiming it had seriously affected mental health services.

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