psychiatric
Vernon man charged with murder unfit to stand trial
A Vernon man charged with the murder of a 50-year-old man in 2017 has been…
BC nurse reprimanded for tendering psychiatric diagnosis on patient he never met
A BC nurse is being publicly reprimanded for making a psychiatric diagnosis for someone he’d…
B.C. psych nurse suspended for contacting patient’s parents
A B.C. psychiatric nurse has been suspended for two days after he contacted a patient's…
TAYLOR TRIAL: Accused pretended to be hallucinating during psychiatric exam: Psychiatrist
KAMLOOPS — The forensic psychiatrist who examined the man accused of murdering his girlfriend said he could have suffered from psychosis caused by drug use at the time of the 16-year-old’s death, despite the accused pretending to be schizophrenic during their meetings. Dr. Sunette Lessing conducted eight hours of interviews with Damien Taylor, 24, at...
Psychiatric evaluation results postponed in Kamloops murder case
KAMLOOPS - A judge’s decision remains in limbo while the court awaits psychiatric evaluation results for a Kamloops man who admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend last year. Last month, Christopher Frank Butler pleaded guilty in Kamloops Supreme Court to the second-degree murder of his ex-girlfriend, Deanne Wheeler, 26. Justice Keith Bracken ordered a psychiatric assessment...