December 10, 2009
Abuse, Fraud, News, Psychiatrist, unhappy patients
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A Los Angeles psychiatrist has agreed to have his medical license placed on probation after a state agency accused him of having controlling and improper relationships with two adult patients, a brother and sister.
In an accusation filed by the Medical Board of California, the state agency that disciplines doctors, Dr. Norman J. Lachman, 68, of Los Angeles, was alleged to have struck and humiliated the brother — including forcing the man to buy dog food, which the doctor threatened to make him eat.
In addition, the board alleged that Lachman had “very discomforting” sessions with the sister, telling her she was a “hot tamale” and instructing her to stop attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings even though she had a drinking problem.
Under the terms of the settlement, Lachman did not admit to any of the allegations but did waive his right to contest them. The action by the board is relatively rare; in the fiscal year ending in June, the most recent available, 91 out of 127,000 licensed doctors had a license put on probation, and 80 who were being investigated either surrendered a license or had it revoked.
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November 7, 2009
Abuse, Antidepressants, Antipsychotic, Big Pharma, Fraud, GlaxoSmithkline, News, Paxil, Psychiatrist
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BY JOHN DORSCHNER
jdorschner@MiamiHerald.com
Charles Nemeroff, an Atlanta psychiatrist who was the subject of a Senate investigation concerning huge sums he received from drug companies, has been named chairman of the psychiatry department at the University of Miami.
Last year Nemeroff, as the top psychiatrist at Emory University, was the focus of an investigation by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who said he was concerned about the millions the psychiatrist received from drug companies while conducting supposedly unbiased research for the National Institutes of Health on drugs made by the companies he was receiving money from.
On Thursday, Pascal Goldschmidt, dean of UM medical school, called Nemeroff “an exceptional psychiatrist and an exceptional scientist who has one issue in which he recognizes he made a mistake,” in not telling Emory how much he was getting from drug makers.
Goldschmidt said he had read investigative reports from Emory about Nemeroff’s activities and Emory found nothing to indicate that payments the psychiatrist received had in any way influenced his research results.
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October 2, 2009
Abuse, Big Pharma, Bipolar, Fraud, Hospital, News, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry, Psychotropic drugs, WSVN
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Earlier this year a 7-year-old boy in state custody prescribed mind altering drugs threatened to kill himself, then he did. This summer another child on powerful drugs also threatened to kill himself, his mother called Help Me Howard, what happened after that? Tonight here is Patrick Fraser with a story we call a mothers hope.
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September 27, 2009
Abuse, Death, Fraud, News, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry, drug-induced Death
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26-Sep-2009
Written by: Kayla L. Cubbage
Anna Nicole Smith’s psychiatrist gave her a number of prescriptions that allegedly lead to death.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Anna Nicole Smith’s psychiatrist, whom she saw after the death of her son, prescribed her a variation of “pharmaceutical suicide.”
Khristine Eroshevich, Smith’s psychiatrist, prescribed her various prescription drugs that ultimately produced a deadly consequence. Smith’s internist Sandeep Kapoor also participated in writing Smith orders. Pharmacists’ refused several times to refill the drugs, in the best interest of Smith. “They are going to kill her with this,” one of the pharmacists told the Times.
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August 13, 2009
Abuse, Antidepressants, Antipsychotic, Big Pharma, Drug-induced suicide, FDA, Fraud, News, Psychiatry, Psychotropic drugs
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BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER
cmarbin@MiamiHerald.com
Admitting for the first time what critics have claimed for years, state child-welfare authorities say caregivers for children in state custody frequently use powerful mind-altering drugs to manage unruly kids, rather than treat their anger and sadness.A panel of child-welfare experts, including two top administrators from the state Department of Children & Families, examined the death of a 7-year-old Broward foster child who was on psychotropic medications — without the required consent — when he hanged himself in a Margate home.
The panel’s report, expected to be released publicly later this month, says child welfare authorities too often rely on the potent medications to manage abused and neglected children — but fail to offer psychiatric treatment to help them overcome the trauma they suffered.
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July 15, 2009
Abuse, News, Psychiatrist, sex offenders
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Associated Press
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.
Jurors have begun deliberating in the case of a prominent San Mateo County child psychiatrist charged with molesting some of his young patients.
Dr. William Ayres is charged with nine counts of child molestation. Authorities allege that he molested several boys between 1988 and 1996.
He has pleaded not guilty in the case.
Jurors began deliberations Tuesday after a 23-day trial.
Ayres took the stand on his own behalf during the trial and insisted that physical exams he conducted on some of his patients were necessary because he had concerns about their physical health.
If convicted, the 77-year-old Ayres could spend the rest of his life in prison.
July 15, 2009
Abuse, News, Psychiatrist, sex offenders
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Dr. Sam Castellani learned his license will remain suspended. Castellani was arrested and charged with rape last month.
A female patient claimed she performed sexual acts, in exchange for medication. In the end, the State won-out.
As the criminal part of the case moves forward Castellani does have the right to a public hearing, complete with witnesses.
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http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=10727746
July 15, 2009
Abuse, Addiction, ECT, Hospital, Human rights, News, Psychiatry
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By Malcolm Moore in Shanghai
Published: 3:56PM BST 15 Jul 2009
Internet addiction has become a growing problem in China, where officials believe as many as four million people spend more than six hours a day online.
Several clinics have sprung up, offering parents the chance to “cure” their children of the uncontrollable urge to blog or play online games.
Tao Ran, from the Beijing Military General Hospital, runs a camp which gives addicts a mixture of counselling, military discipline and hypnosis.
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April 28, 2009
Abuse, Antidepressants, Antipsychotic, Drug-induced suicide, FDA, Fraud, News, Psychiatry, Symbyax
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By Jon Burstein
April 24, 2009
MARGATE – State officials are investigating whether a 7-year-old boy who hanged himself in his Margate foster home had been given a powerful, mind-altering drug in violation of Florida law.
Three weeks before his April 16 suicide, Gabriel Myers was prescribed the drug Symbyax, which is a combination of the generic forms of the anti-depressant Prozac and the anti-psychosis drug Zyprexa, according to state Department of Children & Families records released Friday night.
But there was no court order in place for Gabriel to use the drug, the records show. Under Florida law, parental consent or a judge’s ruling is needed before a foster child can be administered a psychotropic drug.
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March 30, 2009
Abuse, ECT, Fraud, Human rights, Important, Protest, Psychiatry, Videos, unhappy patients
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