Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'bellevue'
July 21, 2008
It was bound to happen: YouTube-itis, or more accurately "Truman Show Delusion," which is what doctors are calling the malady that has patients claiming they're starring in their own reality television shows. Joel Gold of Bellevue Hospital is currently treating five patients with the disease that he says "involves the entire world." The patients are men between the ages of 25 and 34 who believe they are the "focus of attention by millions and millions......
Continue Reading "Live from Bellevue: Reality Show Syndrome!"June 11, 2008
The man who is suspected of killing an Upper East Side psychiatrist and injuring her colleague will be given his anti-psychotic and mood-stabilizing medication by court order. State Supreme Court Justice John E.H. Stackhouse granted Bellevue doctors permission to medicate David Tarloff, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. Tarloff allegedly fatally slashed Dr. Kathryn Faughey with a meat cleaver, and also attacked Dr. Kent Shinbach, who tried to intervene. Shinbach, who survived, had hospitalized Tarloff 20......
Continue Reading "Judge Says Alleged Shrink Killer Must Take Drugs"April 1, 2008
Many have characterized New York City's real estate boom as insane, and this latest chapter adheres to that theme. The imposing and occasionally frightening-looking Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital on Manhattan's 1st Ave. may be transformed into a luxury hotel. According to the NYC Economic Development Corporation and Health and Hospitals Corporation, the current building would make an excellent location for a hotel and conference center to serve the medical and life sciences industry that has clustered......
Continue Reading "Bellevue Plans to Go From Psychiatric to Luxe"March 26, 2008
David Tarloff, who is accused of slaying an Upper East Side therapist with a meat cleaver, is apparently getting some bad treatment himself on Rikers Island. Reportedly he isn't receiving his medication properly, or at all. Tarloff was arrested on February 16th, and moved from Bellevue Hospital Center to Rikers (under protective custody) on March 14th. Now his (new) court-appointed attorney, Bryan Konoski, has said, "we're extremely unhappy with the way the hospital suddenly released......
Continue Reading "Shrink Killer Not Getting Meds on Rikers?"November 29, 2007
That report of an EDP near Herald Square this morning? It turns out a man stabbed a woman - in the lobby of the Manhattan Mall! The Post says the woman was "stabbed in the back, arm and wrists" during the morning rush hour. The lobby was covered in blood, forcing the building to close the West 33rd Street entrance. The victim and attacker were both taken to Bellevue. The victim is described as the......
Continue Reading "Manhattan Mall Mauling"
