Psychiatrist

• Arrest warrant issued for former Lethbridge psychiatrist accused of sexual assault: police

  A countrywide warrant has been issued for the arrest of a psychiatrist accused of sexually assaulting a patient while practising in Lethbridge 40 years ago.

  Crime

  Mar 1, 2023
  
• Alberta sets standards for psychedelic drug-assisted therapy

  Psychedelic drugs include psilocybin, psilocin, MDMA, LSD, mescaline (peyote), DMT, 5 methoxy DMT and ketamine.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2022
  
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• ‘People are desperate to heal’: The push for psychedelic-assisted therapy in Canada

  Medical research shows the promise of magic mushrooms and other psychedelic compounds in treating mental disorders. So why is this therapy not more widely available?

  Canada

  Jun 12, 2021
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• Desmond inquiry: ex-manager of veterans clinic said facility lacked resources

  The Lionel Desmond inquiry heard today that a clinic for veterans had a shortage of psychiatric services when the former soldier was referred there.

  Canada

  Apr 22, 2021
• Alek Minassian set aside thoughts of victims like sexual predator, psychiatrist tells trial

  Dr. Scott Woodside says Alek Minassian was able to push out thoughts of his victims like a sexual predator pushing out the harms he would cause to a child.

  Crime

  Dec 14, 2020
• Alek Minassian wanted to kill 100 people, but ‘satisfied’ with 10 deaths, court hears

  Dr. Percy Wright says Alek Minassian told him more than a year after the 2018 attack that he was satisfied with his "kill count" but had wanted to take more lives.

  Crime

  Dec 9, 2020
• Alek Minassian understands others’ thoughts and feelings, psychologist testifies

  Dr. Percy Wright has painted a starkly different picture of Alek Minassian than an American psychiatrist who testified for the defence.

  Crime

  Dec 8, 2020
• Psychiatrist stops short of saying Toronto van attack killer is not criminally responsible, court hears

  Dr. Alexander Westphal is testifying for the defence at the trial of Alek Minassian and says the 28-year-old views people as objects and does not understand that what he did was wrong.

  Crime

  Dec 2, 2020
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• ‘As abstract as killing people in a video game,’ doctor says of Alek Minassian’s mind

  A psychiatrist says the man who killed 10 people in Toronto's van attack two years ago feels no emotion over what he did.

  Crime

  Dec 1, 2020
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• Toronto van attack suspect’s trial recessed to allow review of forensic psychiatrist interviews

  Dr. John Bradford is set to provide his evaluation of Alek Minassian, who has pleaded not guilty to 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder.

  Crime

  Nov 23, 2020