Dr. Cicinelli
Expelled
The American Psychiatric Association Board of Trustees, meeting
on Dec. 10, 1999, expelled Richard R. Cicinelli, MD, of Pearl River, La. from
membership in the Association and the Louisiana Psychiatric Medical Association
for violations of the Association's code of ethics. The LPMA recommended
expulsion, after an investigation revealed that Dr. Cicinelli had pled guilty
to felony charges that he illegally dispensed controlled substances to a
patient. His actions are in violation of the Principles of Medical Ethics with
Annotations Especially Applicable to Psychiatry Section 1, Annotation 1;
Section 2, Annotation 1; and Section 3, Annotation 1. The National Practitioner
Data Bank and the Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners were notified of the
expulsion. |
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Grants for New Treatment
Models
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's
(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment will award $3 million in grants
to identify effective outpatient treatment models for people with both
substance and mental health disorders. Grants are available to state/local
government, Indian tribes and public and private non-profit and for-profit
entities who have provided substance abuse services for a minimum of two years.
The funds cannot be used to provide treatment services. Applications are
available on SAMHSA's web site, www.samhsa.gov or by calling
1-800-729-6686. |
