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New Jersey Appellate Court Dismisses Premature Release Psychiatric Malpractice Case

April 16, 2025

The plaintiff in a New Jersey mental health malpractice case claimed that the defendants prematurely released her sister (“J.V.”) from their care after J.V. was treated for seventeen days on a voluntary admission basis for psychiatric care at the defendants’ facility. The day after[...]

Mississippi Appellate Court Limits Psychiatrist’s Responsibility For Patient’s Suicide To Intentional Acts

June 28, 2018

The Court of Appeals of the State of Mississippi (“Mississippi Appellate Court”) confirmed in its opinion filed on May 29, 2018 that in a Mississippi civil suit for wrongful death involving suicide, the plaintiff must show that the defendant committed an intentional act that proximately [...]

Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Involving ADHD, Medications, And Suicide

May 18, 2014

The parents of a 24-year-old man whose body was found by them hanging in his apartment closet after he had committed suicide have filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against their son’s health care providers who they allege misdiagnosed their son as having ADHD and treated him with inappropria[...]

Psychiatrist Malpractice Involving “Spiritual Diagnosis”

May 16, 2013

By Consent Order dated May 8, 2013, the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine indefinitely suspended the medical license of a Massachusetts Board-certified psychiatrist by “engaging in conduct that places into question the [psychiatrist’s] competence to practice medicine,̶[...]

Psychologist Malpractice

January 18, 2012

A 31-year-old Minnesota woman has filed a medical malpractice case against her former psychologist and others in Missouri, alleging that the psychologist implanted her with false memories in order to run up her treatment bills that were being paid by her health insurance company. The woman spent six[...]

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New Jersey Appellate Court Dismisses Premature Release Psychiatric Malpractice Case

Mississippi Appellate Court Limits Psychiatrist’s Responsibility For Patient’s Suicide To Intentional Acts

Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Involving ADHD, Medications, And Suicide

Psychiatrist Malpractice Involving “Spiritual Diagnosis”

Psychologist Malpractice

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