Plagiarist Psychiatrist Exposed , But Won't Resign

This is none other that the plagiarist pop-psychiatrist Raj Persaud, the well-known self-publicist, opinionated mountebank, self-confessed "expert" and polymath who demonstrates such little personal integrity or academic rigour in the practice of his avowed profession that he has to steal the work of others and pass it off as his own . Mind you, what could one expect from a man who has passed of his unsubstantiated opinions that "all flashers are rapists" or that "all cross-dressers are gay" on that third-rate Channel 4 TV programme for the intellectually challenged, the now defunct 'Richard and Judy Show'.

Not unnaturally, however, Persaud is less critical of his own failings as a human being than he is of those whom he excoriates, claiming that his folly was no more than a simple "cut and paste error" on his part and that it did not indicate some deeper, festering problem in his psyche. What a pity, therefore, that Persaud is not familiar with the findings of Herr Doctor Doctor Doctor Theodore Thinkelspein (and, yes, he does have 3 Doctorates), who indicates that needy, attention-seeking people like Persaud who resort to plagiarism in order to boost their own fragile ego are capable of almost any vile, sub-human atrocity that one human-being can visit on another.

Perhaps Thinkelspein's findings explain why Persaud likes to pontificate in such a damaging, unsympathetic and unscientific way about the foibles of others who are foolish enough to consult him in his professional capacity as a consultant psychiatrist. One only hopes that the GMC has the integrity to strike him off, but I doubt it - not that 'striking off' is any real punishment, since the average practice ban imposed by them is a derisory 3 months. Still, those of us who value personal integrity and academic/scientific rigour should appreciate the fact that Persaud has been exposed publicly, at least in part, for the phoney that he undoubtedly is.

Amusingly, and according to the BBC, Persaud denies that his actions were dishonest and were liable to bring his profession into disrepute.

Well I've got some news for you, Raj - as long as people like you are practising psychiatry, the profession will always be in disrepute.

Hope they ban you - and for life. Then you can go back to being a fourth-rate poker player, lol.