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07/03/08: Seven Arkansas child mental health clinics close after Medicaid pulls funding

07/02/08: Six hospital employees disciplined in psychiatric ER death

07/01/08: One child may testify at psychologist's trial

07/01/08: Wisconsin psychiatrist charged with sexual exploitation of patient

06/30/08: Washington social worker suspended on sexual misconduct charges

06/29/08: Two lawsuits against Las Vegas psychiatrist in two years, sealed by court

06/26/08: Emergency suspension of social worker found in nude with minor client

06/26/08: Senate inquiry finds Stanford psychiatrist underreported drug company income

06/25/08: Prison psychologist gets 9 months prison for running over colleague

06/23/08: Medical board puts southern CA psychiatrist on 7 years probation for drugs, sex

06/23/08: Convicted Florida psychiatrist loses license

06/23/08: Massachusett mental health center uses electroshock on children

06/21/08: UK TV psychiatrist loses license for three months for plagiarism

06/20/08: Winnipeg psychiatrist disciplined for after-hours billing

06/20/08: New York psychiatrist who blacked out, killed three in road crash, disciplined by Board

06/19/08: UK TV psychiatrist plagiarized, "brought profession into disrepute," could lose license

06/17/08: State Medical Board investigates North Carolina psychiatrist

06/16/08: Drug charges filed against Florida psychologist

06/13/08: Florida psychiatric counselor sent to prison for tax fraud

06/12/08: Marriage counselor ordered to jail for lewd call to client

06/10/08: NY psychiatrist settles malpractice suit

06/10/08: California board revokes psychiatrist's license for prescribing to addicts, sex with former patient

06/07/08: Man who shot and killed wife working as psychiatrist

06/07/08: Arkansas medical board yanks psych's license in crack case

06/08/08: U.S. Senator exposes Harvard psychiatrists' drug company income

06/03/08: Maine psychologist surrenders license for failure to abstain from alcohol

06/03/08: Psychologist charged in third child assault case

06/03/08: Tennessee psychiatrist's license on probation for inappropriate methadone prescriptions

06/03/08: Tennessee psychiatrist indicted for rape of juvenile

06/03/08: Lying UK psychiatrist suspended for one year

06/01/08: Suicidal New York psychiatrist will no longer practice

05/31/08: Washington psych hospital counselor gets jail sentence in child sex case

05/30/08: Arizona mental health counselor suspended for "intimate relationship" with client

05/30/08: New York psychiatrist surrenders license to state following 46 misconduct charges

05/29/08: Ex-patients who are suing feel threatened by former psychiatrist

05/29/08: State of Washington suspends psychiatrist in death of 17-year-old girl

05/28/08: Delaware psychologist faces criminal assault charges

05/28/08: Iceland psychiatrist Accused of Using Patients’ Names to Acquire Perscriptions

05/27/08: Pennsylvania psychologist arrested on charge of sexual assault of children

05/19/08: State of Wisconsin revokes mental health counselor's license for "use of fraud or deception"

05/19/08: Lawsuit against "mad doc" New York psychiatrist goes to court

05/15/08: State police seize documents from Massachusetts "shock" school

05/14/08: Alabama mental health counselor's license suspended for standard of care and ethics violations

05/14/08: Tennessee psychologist indicted for bribery

05/14/08: Ohio revokes child psychologist's license for sex violations with children

05/12/08: State of Washington charges counselor for sex with patient, unlicensed practice

05/12/08: New York psychiatrist's license suspended on 46 misconduct charges

05/09/08: New York psychiatrist's license suspended during criminal case

05/06/08: Alberta psychiatrist's license revoked for sex with patient

05/05/08: Missouri psychologist surrenders license after patient got worse

05/01/08: Texas psychology board revokes killer psychologist’s license

04/29/08: Washington State revokes mental health counselor's license for sex with client

04/28/08: Kansas psychiatrist suspended as imminent danger to patients and others

04/20/08: Mississippi psychiatrist restricted from prescribing addictive drugs

04/17/08: Iowa City psychologist arrested for child porn

04/17/08: Psychiatrist convicted of defrauding government

04/14/08: Virginia school psychologist suspended

04/11/08: Louisiana psychiatrist arrested for possession of child porn

04/10/08: California child psych facility closes following 518 state violations

04/09/08: Iowa psychiatrist's license suspended for alcohol

04/07/08: Georgia couple files suit against psychiatrist for improper advances

04/06/08: Innocent man released from prison; psychologist's testimony "psychobabble"

04/06/08: Ontario child psychiatrist gives up license amid allegations

04/04/08: Massachusetts psychiatrist sued in drug death of 4-year-old girl

04/03/08: Illinois psychiatrist jailed 30-months for Medicare fraud

04/03/08: Michigan child psychiatrist charged with sexual assault

04/02/08: St. Paul psychologist guilty plea after fake rape report

04/01/08: BBC psychiatrist Tonmoy Sharma is struck off

03/29/08: Texas psychologist indicted for Medicaid fraud

03/29/08: New York psychologist indicted on felony rape charges

03/27/08: Kansas psychiatrist still practicing despite numerous complaints

03/25/08: UK psychiatrist struck off of medical register for "inappropriate" sex therapy

03/25/08: Washington State mental health counselor suspended for sex with client

03/25/08: Kentucky grand jury indicts psychologist for Medicaid fraud

03/23/08: Psychotherapists expose problem of sex with patients

03/21/08: Indianapolis psychiatrist arrested on drug charges

03/20/08: $1.1 Million Judgment Entered Against Cleveland Psychiatrist On TennCare Fraud

03/20/08: North Carolina psychologist loses license for sex acts with patient

03/19/08: State board bans psychiatrist from prescribing meds to children

03/18/08: Child psychologist pleads guilty to soliciting teen patient for sex

03/16/08: Queensland psychologist to be disciplined for numerous violations

03/13/08: State suspends Massachusetts psychiatrist after hospital incident

03/12/08: Maryland clinical social worker convicted of Medicaid fraud $900,000

03/11/08: Nevada psychologist arrested for drunk driving

03/08/08: New York prison psychologist convicted of sex with inmate

03/07/08: Psychiatrist pleads guilty to five misdemeanor charges

03/05/08: Florida mental health counselor arrested on Medicaid fraud charges

03/04/08: Psychiatrist Charged in Woman's Overdose Death

03/03/08: Family sues psychologist charged in woman's overdose death

03/02/08: "Shock" doctor loses appeal against payout

02/26/08: State of North Carolina orders mental health providers to return $59 million defrauded

02/25/08: Georgia licensing board suspends mental health counselor who had affair with married patient

02/21/08: Psychiatrist who had sex with patient found guilty

02/20/08: New York clinical social worker pleads guilty to fraud

02/05/08: Judge allows defamation lawsuit against "Dr. Phil" to proceed

01/31/08: Virginia psychiatrist loses bid to have license reinstated

01/17/08: Psychiatrist with Israeli military sentenced to jail for contact with enemy

01/16/08: Pregnant English psychologist guilty of sex with patient

01/14/08: Psychiatrist who treated Iraq war veteran fired following patient's death

01/08/08: Maine psychiatrist Takeo Kawamura surrenders license following complaints, patient suicide

12/20/07: Washington State suspends psychiatrist's license after patient's death; prescribed 13 psychotropic drugs

12/19/07: California revokes psychiatrist Thomas Daniels’ license for self-prescribing

12/19/07: UK psychologist Nicola Millward loses license for sex letters to prisoner

12/16/07: President of Arizona Psychiatric Society reprimanded following patient death

12/14/07: Kansas suspends psychiatrist for controlled substance violations

12/14/07: North Carolina suspends psychiatrist for affair with patient

12/12/07: Psychiatrist Ernesto Martin surrenders his Wisconsin license for sex with patients

12/00/07: Canadian psychiatrist James Hanley loses license in second province

12/00/07: Washington mental health counselor loses license following rape conviction

12/00/07: Arkansas psychiatrist Paul J. Loop suspended after crack cocaine arrest

11/30/07: Nevada accepts surrender of license by patient-sex psychiatrist

11/26/07: Texas psychologist Joe Luis Lerma sentenced for Medicare-Medicaid fraud

11/16/07: Maryland “ADD” psychiatrist surrenders license following complaints

11/16/07: Arizona Medical Board revokes psychotherapist Jerome Rosen's license for patient sex

11/14/07: Washington State revokes mental health counselor Jennifer Rice's license following criminal charge for sex with 10-year-old

11/11/07: South Australia psychology board revokes Marek Jantos’ license for patient molestation

11/00/07: Psychiatrist Marc Shinderman loses Illinois license following criminal conviction

11/00/07: Pennsylvania revokes psychologist James Kneff's license for sex with patient

10/25/07: Virginia indefinitely suspends psychologist Efrain Segarra for touching patient

10/18/07: Pennsylvania revokes psychologist Richard Toplin’s license for sex with patient

10/12/07: Texas psychologist Lester Winningham sentenced to life in prison for murder

10/11/07: New York psychiatrist Naum Vaisman loses license following fraud conviction

10/07/07: New York psychiatrist Jack Gorman permanently surrenders right to practice in Massachusetts

10/05/07: Florida medical board issues emergency suspension of psychiatrist William J. Johns III

10/04/07: UK psychiatrist Himanshu Ghadiali banned from practicing for assaults on three patients

10/03/07: South Dakota psychiatrist Dwight F. King sentenced to 160 prison for sex with patient

10/02/07: Washington State suspends mental health counselor Flor Mari Crisostomo for “deviant sexual desires”

09/27/07: Ohio medical board puts restrictions on psychiatrist Leo D'Souza's practice

09/11/07: Australian prison psychologist Peta Mead suspended for “love affair” with inmate

09/06/07: Oregon revokes psychiatrist Caleb Siaw's license

09/00/07: Illinois refuses to renew license of psychiatrist disciplined in Arizona for sex with minor

08/17/07: Third state takes license from psychiatrist Jeffrey T. Gray

08/16/07: California psychiatrist Edward Sanders, Jr. surrenders license for multiple violations

08/15/07: Arkansas prison psychologist Anna Clark sentenced for sex with inmate

08/08/07: California psychologist Marilyn Windham loses license following criminal conviction

08/02/07: Florida revokes psychologist Michael Hershorn’s license following insurance fraud conviction

07/31/07: Pennsylvania revokes psychiatrist James Stanch’s license following drug conviction

07/27/07: Maryland suspends psychiatrist Stephen C. Schellhase’s license for sex with a patient

07/25/07: Iowa psychiatrist Jeffrey Jackson surrenders license for prescribing violations

07/24/07: Delaware revokes license of psychiatrist jailed for sex crime

07/23/07: Massachusetts psychiatrist Yefim Magitsky surrenders license; licensing board alleged sex with patients

07/23/07: Psychiatrist David W. Bassett loses license in third state

07/19/07: Washington psychologist Stuart Greenberg's license suspended following arrest on voyeurism charge

07/10/07: Virginia revokes psychologist James R. Stewart's license for crossing professional boundaries with patients

07/06/07: Swiss psychiatrist Peter Baumann sentenced to one year prison for assisted suicide

07/05/07: South Carolina suspends mental health counselor’s license following heroin conviction

07/02/07: Pennsylvania Medical Board revokes psychologist Bruce Fechnay’s license for sex with a patient

07/00/07: South Africa health authority revokes psychologist Richard McMahon’s license for sex with teenage patient

06/26/07: Psychiatrist Kanthiah Appulingam banned for six months by UK General Medical Council for misdiagnosis

06/26/07: Pennsylvania psychiatrist Zhivko Daskalov surrenders license for sexual abuses

06/15/07: California Medical Board revokes psychiatrist Sarah E. Babine’s license for substance abuse

06/08/07: British Columbia erases psychiatrist Anca Ioana Bostinariu from medical register

06/01/07: California board revokes psychologist Biatriz Zamudio’s license for failure to report sexual abuse of child

06/00/07: Washington psychologist Monte L. Scott surrenders following allegations of sex with two patients

06/00/07: Illinois refuses to renews psychologist Maisha Hamilton's license over income tax failure

05/31/07: United Kingdom strikes psychiatrist Kelvin Chatoor from medical register

05/26/07: Michigan health board suspends psychologist Barbara Cynthia Fisher for incompetence

05/11/07: Virginia mental health counselor Gregory Briehl surrenders license following child porn conviction

05/11/07: Virginia indefinitely suspends mental health counselor Lois Curry's license

05/07/07: California psychologist Preston B. Fields surrenders license following guilty plea to criminal sex charge

05/00/07: Tennessee suspends psychologist William D. Lokey for two years for unethical conduct

04/25/07: San Francisco psychiatrist suspended in steroid-stimulant scandal

04/24/07: Pennsylvania psychologist Marcye Shayer surrenders license on charge of immoral conduct

04/20/07: Maryland revokes mental health counselor Gary L. Weinberg’s license for client abuses

04/19/07: Kentucky medical board suspends psychiatrist Wrenda Gallien; was indicted for prescription fraud

04/15/07: Connecticut summarily suspends psychiatrist Jeremy August

04/01/07: Psychiatrist James B. Hanley's receives maximum penalty of license revocation

03/23/07: South Dakota cancels license of psychiatrist Donald Burnap following investigation into patient deaths

03/15/07: South Carolina disciplines psychiatrist Angel Perez

03/08/07: California revokes psychiatrist Samantha L. Liu’s license

03/01/07: California disciplines psychiatrist Cecil Bradley

02/21/07: Psychiatrist loses license in three states

02/09/07: Texas disciplines psychiatrist Susan C. Trese

02/09/07: Iowa board suspends mental health counselor Timothy Rupper for sex with client

02/09/07: California psychologist Sandra Portman surrenders license for sex with former patient

01/30/07: Wisconsin counselor Scott A. Gilbertson surrenders license to board following criminal conviction

01/19/07: Ohio mental health counselor surrenders license for sex with client

01/11/07: Utah revokes license of psychiatrist Alan F. Heap for unprofessional conduct relative to prescribing controlled substances

12/15/06: Clinic, staffer enter 'no contest' pleas in conjunction with child's death

12/15/06: NIH research scientist pleads guilty to conflict charge

12/15/06: Michigan psychologist gets prison time

12/14/06: Tennessee psychiatrist charged with endangerment

12/08/06: Licensed counselor convicted of Medicaid fraud

12/07/06: California psychiatrist arrested for sexual assault

12/06/06: MENTAL HEALTH CENTER & EMPLOYEE CONVICTED IN RESTRAINT DEATH OF 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL

12/05/06: New York suspends psychologist Yevgeniy “Eugene” Margulis for six months

12/05/06: South Dakota psychiatrist accused of rape

12/05/06: Federal Charges Filed Against Government Scientist

12/04/06: Licensing board accuses California psychiatrist

11/30/06: Pennsylvania counselor sentenced for sex with youth

11/22/06: State shuts down psychologist’s office following drug raid

11/21/06: Oregon school psychologist arrested for ID theft

11/20/06: Michigan counselor convicted, license suspended

11/17/06: Therapist Accused Of Sexual Misconduct With Drug-Rehab Patients

11/17/06: Florida therapist charged with sexual misconduct

11/16/06: Israeli psychiatric hospital director charged with patient neglect

11/16/06: UK trial date set for NZ psychiatrist

11/14/06: New Jersey therapist guilty in marriage counseling insurance scam

11/13/06: Wisconsin psychiatrist charged with sexual contact with a patient

11/10/06: Psychiatrist charged in sex case

11/06/06: Michigan social worker convicted, license suspended on drug conviction

11/03/06: South Carolina Mental Health Department employee arrested for sex with teen inmate

10/27/06: Model sues NY psychologist for "grope therapy"

10/26/06: Colorado psychologist pleads guilty in sexual assault case

10/17/06: School Psychologist Arrested for Allegedly Restraining Student at School

10/13/06: Counselor gets prison for sex with girl, 16

10/06/06: Psychiatrist in court on charges of making and selling amphetamine

10/04/06: Park Ave. psychiatrist charged with Alzheimer’s scam fraud

10/04/06: Psychiatrist runs for state office, had license suspended on sex allegation

09/23/06: Los Angeles school district psychologist accused of molestation

09/22/06: Vancouver psychiatrist expelled for sexual misconduct

09/21/06: BC child psychiatrist struck off medical register, declared "sexual predator"

09/19/06: Maine psychiatrist Sarah Babine's license suspended for substance abuse.

09/15/06: Illinois psychologist sentenced for child porn case

09/15/06: Two psychiatrists suspended in patient death

09/14/06: Maine psychiatrist Ardell W. Diessner surrenders license for touching patient

09/12/06: Maine psychiatrist surrenders license on charges of touching a patient

09/12/06: Texas medical board suspends psychiatrist's license

09/12/06: Psychiatrist loses license over sex affair payment

09/12/06: Wisconsin child psychiatrist accused of possessing child porn

09/12/06: Psychologist sentenced to nearly two years for sex assault on minors

09/12/06: Psychiatrist who improperly medicated 7-year-old with Prozac has license suspended

09/12/06: Psychiatrist loses license over sex affair payment

09/10/06: Psychiatrist found guilty of writing false prescriptions

09/08/06: Illinois counselor receives 8 years in sex case

09/08/06: New York psychiatrist charged with selling prescription drugs for cash

09/06/06: New York psychiatrist surrenders license

09/06/06: Child psychiatrist gets prison terms

09/06/06: Psychiatrist surrenders license on charges of sexual contact with patient

09/01/06: Iowa psychiatrist’s license revoked for numerous prescribing complaints

08/30/06: UK psychiatrist under board investigation following drug party death

08/30/06: Banned Australian psychiatrist under new investigation in patient death

08/29/06: Psychotherapist guilty of sex with teen client

08/25/06: Florida psychology professor admits he collaborated with Cuban intelligence

08/24/06: State finds psychiatric facility negligent in patient's death

08/23/06: Former patient wins $55,000 verdict from shock torture psychiatrist who sexually assaulted her

08/22/06: Molestation complaints against California child psychiatrist; vigorous investigation underway

08/22/06: Lawsuit filed against Tennessee road rage psychiatrist

08/22/06: Psychologist's sexual assault victims decry light sentence

08/21/06: Veterans Administration psychiatrist arrested, charged in road rage shooting

08/21/06: Michigan psychologist gets prison for sexual assault of patients

08/19/06: UK "shrink to the stars" expelled from professional organization for sex with patient

08/17/06: California psychologist surrenders license

08/16/06: Inquiry into psychiatrist left £1.5m ($2.8 million US) by anorexic patient

08/15/06: Psychologist completes prison sentence for sexual assault of a child

08/13/06: Father Says Son is a "Prisoner of the Victorian Mental Health System"

08/12/06: Illinois psychologist sentenced for travel with intent to molest boys

08/09/06: ADD Drug Caused Addiction and Stunted Growth in Young Girl: Parents Lament Decision to Drug Daughter

08/03/06: Colorado psychiatrist criminally charged in student's suicide

08/03/06: California psychotherapist sentenced for sexually exploiting a patient

08/02/06: Michigan child psychologist pleads guilty in sex case involving 11-year-old

08/02/06: Minnesota-North Dakota psychiatrist jailed one year for sex with patient

08/01/06: Psychiatrists gets 12 years in prison for bribes

07/25/06: New York psychiatrist loses license for fraudulent reports

07/23/06: Shock torture psychiatrist surrenders license on eve of investigation

07/20/06: Ex-Kidspeace counselor admits to sex with teen

07/20/06: Psychiatrist convicted of 58 of 68 charges of illegal methadone prescription writing

07/19/06: Psychiatrist loses appeal to treat female patients

07/18/06: Four charged in $10 million psychiatric services Medicaid fraud

07/12/06: Toronto psychiatrist admits to sexual affair with patient

07/12/06: Methadone psychiatrist goes on trial for illegal prescribing

07/11/06: California psychologist loses license for sex with patient

07/07/06: Medicaid fraud psychiatrist is sentenced

06/30/06: Alaska Supreme Court Strikes Down Forced Psychiatric Drugging Procedures

06/29/06: New Hampshire mental health counselor disciplined for ethics code violation

06/27/06: Psychologist loses license for life for affairs with patients

06/24/06: Ex-School Social Worker Charged With Producing Child Porn

06/19/06: Drug Companies Still Peddling Risperdal & Zyprexa

06/13/06: Psychiatrist pleads guilty to $200,000 Medicaid fraud

06/13/06: Psychologist pleads guilty to sexually assaulting patients

06/13/06: Psychologist charged with assault, child abuse

06/10/06: Psychologist goes on trial for touching boys under pretense of medical check-up

06/09/06: Arizona psychiatrist reprimanded for patient record keeping failure

06/06/06: Therapist admits misconduct, resigns

06/03/06: Social worker jailed for client sex

05/30/06: Psychiatrist Arrested In Sex Predator Investigation

05/29/06: Psychiatrist admits paying former patient to stay silent

05/25/06: Psychiatrist gets 3½-year term in drug, fraud case

05/23/06: Former pyschology professor, sued by student, loses another license

05/13/06: Therapist receives deferred judgment

05/12/06: Moscow court remands French psychiatrist in custody

05/09/06: Utah psychiatrist convicted for child porn found dead

05/06/06: State puts psychiatrists license on indefinite probation for chronic substance abuse

05/05/06: FBI Looking For Psychiatrist Sex Offender

05/03/06: State presses case vs. ‘shrinks’: 10 facing charges

05/01/06: Colorado psychiatrist loses license for spending $150,000 of hospitalized patient's money

04/28/06: Psychiatrist busted in pedophile sting involving infant

04/26/06: Local Psychologist Arrested for Sexual Assault

04/26/06: State suspends psychiatrist's license for sex with patient

04/25/06: Canadian psychiatrist loses license for excessive prescribing that killed one patient

04/25/06: Antidepressant manufacturer failed to warn consumers of drug's dangers

04/24/06: North Carolina and Colorado medical boards yank psychiatrist's licenses

04/20/06: Study finds developers of psychiatry's billing bible had $$ ties to drug makers

04/18/06: Therapist Arrested on Sex Charges

03/29/06: State revokes psychiatrist's license for prescribing beyond lethal limits of narcotics

03/13/06: North Carolina psychiatrist loses license for deceptive self-prescription of mind-altering drugs

03/09/06: Court’s ruling effectively brings an end to electroshock “treatment” in California county

03/01/06: State put psychiatrist's license on indefinite probation for drug diversion

02/14/06: Maine psychiatrist disciplined for remarks, violating confidentiality

02/01/06: Arizona medical board revokes psychiatrist's license for felonies, unlawful prescribing

01/10/06: New York psychologist suspended for sex with patient