Category Archives: Psychiatrists / Psychologists

Florida Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty to Massive Medicare Fraud

Posted on July 5, 2011 by CCHR Florida

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 30, 2011 Miami-Area Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty for Role in $200 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme WASHINGTON – A Miami-area psychiatrist pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami … Continue reading →

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Troubled Psychiatrists Hired to Treat Children In State Custody

Posted on June 20, 2011 by CCHR Florida

Dosed in juvie jail: Troubled doctors hired to treat kids in state custody Palm Beach Post By Michael LaForgia Sunday, June 19, 2011 By the time Florida started paying Dr. Gold Smith Dorval to counsel and medicate jailed children, the Pembroke Pines psychiatrist … Continue reading →

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3 Patients Sue Jail Psychiatrist

Posted on June 8, 2011 by CCHR Florida

Another suit filed against embattled jail psychiatrist By TONY HOLT | Hernando Today Published: June 7, 2011 She was offended, violated and wasn’t going to take it anymore, she said. The former Hernando County jail inmate reported the alleged sexual harassment … Continue reading →

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State Hired Psychiatrists Paid by Drug Companies

Posted on May 24, 2011 by CCHR Florida

Palm Beach Post Dosed in juvie jail: Drug firms pay state-hired doctors By Michael LaForgia Monday May 23, 2011 In Florida’s juvenile jails, psychiatrists entrusted with diagnosing and prescribing drugs for wayward children have taken huge speaker fees from drug makers … Continue reading →

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Sex Offender Treatment? Sex with Patient

Posted on May 4, 2011 by CCHR Florida

Highlands Today State: Take license from Sebring clinician By ROBERT BOYER | Highlands Today May 3, 2011 ARCADIA – The state of Florida wants to strip the professional credentials of a licensed mental health counselor from Sebring who was charged in … Continue reading →

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Gabriel Myers’ Psychiatrist Arrested for Cocaine Possession

Posted on April 25, 2011 by CCHR Florida

Punjwani first came under scrutiny when it was revealed he had prescribed several psychiatric drugs – some of which were linked to an increased risk of suicide among children – to 7-year-old Gabriel Myers, who hanged himself at his foster … Continue reading →

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Psychiatric Rape and Sexual Misconduct

Posted on April 8, 2011 by CCHR Florida

You may be thinking, “Psychiatric rape and sexual misconduct“?  Rape and sexual misconduct are scarcely unheard of in the psychiatric and psychological profession, which for some may come as a shock. The Hippocratic oath of “First do no harm” has … Continue reading →

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Florida Psychiatrist Ordered NOT To Treat Women

Posted on March 29, 2011 by CCHR Florida

Psychiatrist James A. Yelton Rossello is accused of molesting female inmates.     To Read the Full Story and To make Comments, Click here: http://tinyurl.com/florida-psychiatrist   The Florida Department of Health is pursuing further action against Yelton Rossello. The order … Continue reading →

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Jail Psychiatrist Arrested and Fired

Posted on December 13, 2010 by CCHR Florida

Orlando Sentinel State: Jail psychiatrist billed for unnecessary treatment at 2nd job December 10, 2010 By Jeff Weiner Court records show a psychiatrist who saw patients at Orange County Jail before his arrest last week is accused of ripping off … Continue reading →

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National Investigation of Top Prescribers

Posted on November 28, 2010 by CCHR Florida

U.S. Senator Grassley’s initial investigation focused on Miami psychiatrist Fernando Mendez-Villamil who wrote an average of 153 prescriptions a day for 18 months ending in March 2009. His prescriptions cost tax payers $43 Million from 2004-2009.  On June 21, 2010 … Continue reading →

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