Psychiatrist

Nova Scotia

Judge grants psychiatrist more time to assess woman charged in Halifax stabbing

A forensic psychiatrist has been granted an extension to complete an assessment of Elliott Chorny, a 19-year-old woman accused of…

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Health

Public guardian system could be improved, but needed to protect vulnerable Manitobans: chief psychiatrist

Most Manitobans will never encounter the province’s chief psychiatrist, but if a doctor has decided you’re mentally incompetent, the trajectory…

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Canada

Winnipeg serial killer motivated by delusions caused by schizophrenia, U.K. forensic psychiatrist testifies

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The forensic psychiatrist enlisted by defence lawyers to assess Jeremy Skibicki ‘s mental state…

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Health

Stigma of mental illness clouds MAID expansion, patient and psychiatrist say

WARNING: This story includes discussion of suicidal thoughts Canadians suffering from debilitating mental illness cannot yet legally qualify for medical…

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Canada

Accused’s obsessions, compulsions heightened in years before Muslim family killings, psychiatrist testifies

Warning: This story contains distressing details. Nathaniel Veltman, accused in the 2021 killings of a Muslim family in London, suffers…

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Health

B.C. psychiatrist resigns licence after patient complains of abuse during psychedelic therapy study

A B.C. psychiatrist has permanently relinquished her medical licence in response to a complaint about her treatment of a PTSD…

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