hey speaking of practicing medicine without a license
zen posted this over on cafety
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PV Activism - 2007/09/24 23:17
My wife and I have documentation that Adam McLain was NOT licensed in the state of TN to practice...Sara, Milkblood you were both there and probably diagnosed by McLain. As you can read below, PV clearly misrepresented McLain, and he was not qualified to diagnose or direct clinical staff. The PV Scam is right - the time is now to file charges. There is a thread about Mclain and Bob Pegler (allegedly seriously misrepresenting himself) on Fornits. I know Fornits can be a bit crass, but that's where the information is most effective.
We're working with a local attorney to bring PV to answer for these abuses. We contacted the Tennessee Department of Mental Health, they're taking the complaints. Here's who you call directly at TDMHDD: Julie Ann Cox, 865-594-2821. email:
http://www.freepowerboards.com/strugglingppl/index.php I have more confidential information.
The gastrointestinal viruses at PV are really disturbing. I'm wondering if it has something to do with twenty years of porta-john use on a site with poor run-off. There was a recent outbreak of Norovirus that was kept under wraps. I called the Blount County Board of Health to get info, and a woman confirmed they were working with PV on a "viral" issue. Then the woman started interrogating me, wanting to know how I found out and what my interest was. I guess Blount County likes to protect Peninsula. These stomach/liver problems and viruses occur too frequently to be brushed off as typical institutional problems. Fecal-oral transmitted viruses are thankfully rare, yet PV has them with alarming frequency. My question about the latest outbreak of Norovirus concerned parental notification. I doubt any parent was notified, but I'm only making an educated guess. My step daughter said she saw other girls constantly throwing up, and they were forced to drink Powerade to combat dehydration. My step daughter didn't get the illness and was unaware of the gastrointestinal nightmare history of PV.
I appreciate you coming forward and sharing your experiences. If you'd like to help in (hopefully) shutting down PV, please contact me, we're working on some serious PV issues, the abuse, parental alienation, wrongful imprisonment, and (surprise!) Felonious tampering with U.S. mail. I guess you're both familiar with PV's "scan" of the mail.
Take care.
This is from Fornits, posted last week:
Satori wrote:
Surprise, surprise...licensure isn't taken very seriously by PV. Adam McLain, the psychologist and "clinical director" of the girls' continuum at PV since early 2003, was denied a state license by the Tennessee Board of Examiners in Psychology because his internship wasn't approved by the APA. Mclain wasn't denied until March, 2004:
Every girl who went through the PV program between April 2003 to January 12, 2005 might want to contact legal counsel. Jersey Girl, Milkblood, you guys definitely need to look into it. If you need documentation, ask for it, I'll get it to anyone who needs it.
According to a TMHDD investigator, McLain didn't need a TN license to be clinical director of the girls' program at PV, he only needed a degree in Psychology.
Well...allow me to retort.
The Parent's Introduction To Peninsula Village, pg. 11:
"Clinical Oversight: Each program on our campus has a licensed mental health professional that serves as a clinical director. The clinical director is primarily responsible for directing the clinical aspects of your adolescent's care. This includes diagnosis, treatment planning, conducting group therapies and insuring the integrity and clinical depth of each program"
PV is clearly stating that their clinical directors are licensed by the state, and considering the job includes diagnosis, they damn well have to be licensed. McLain was not, for almost two years. During that time, he diagnosed at least one frequent Fornits poster. I'm not a malpractice lawyer, but I'm guessing an unlicensed psychologist's diagnosis is bunk.
And without a doubt, the "integrity" of the PV program was compromised by McLain. I just experienced an hysterical laughing attack associating "integrity" with PV.
Shades of HLA here, and this is some serious misrepresentation on PV's part.
Post edited by: ZenAgent, at: 2007/09/25 02:35
