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Court rules against Steven Barrett

In October of 2005 Steven Barret lost a court case where he had sued Dr. Tedd Koren because of Koren’s publication that Barrett was a "Quackpot", and in trouble because of a $10 million lawsuit. Court Case: Stephen Barrett, M.D. vs. Tedd Koren, D.C. and Koren Publications, Inc. Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County for the State of Pennsylvania Court Case No.: 2002-C-1837 At trial Barrett conceded that he was not a Medical Board Certified psychiatrist because he had failed the certification exam. Barrett had provided supposed expert testimony as a psychiatrist and had testified in numerous court cases. Barrett also had said that he was a legal expert even though he had no formal legal training. Barrett had filed similar defamation lawsuits against almost 40 people across the country within the past few years and had not won one single one at trial. During the course of his examination, Barrett conceded his ties to the AMA, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Food & Drug Administration (FDA). 69.72.110.164 19:08, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I believe that case is mentioned in the article, as is the fact that he failed his boards (although a citation would be helpful there). But associated with the AMA, the FTC, and the FDA? That's despicable! MastCell 20:28, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Board Certification

This source which was written by Stephen Barrett's lawyers says:

Dr. Barrett is a retired psychiatrist, having completed three years of accredited residency training in psychiatry. It is not necessary to be board-certified to practice psychiatry.

Therefore, according to his lawyers, he is NOT board certified. However, this doesn't say that he failed his exams. Thus, I supply this article from ChiroWeb which quotes opposing counsel:

At trial, while on the stand, Barrett had to admit that he not only gave up his license in 1994, but that he was, in fact, not a board-certified psychiatrist, because he had flunked the examination that was required to receive certification.

Now we have established that not only is Barrett not board certified, but that he failed the exam.

As for the date and the portion of the exam, I don't know where that came from, but I am sure it wasn't pulled out of thin-air. We can research back in this article's history and see from whence it sprang. -- Levine2112 17:51, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Okay, apparently the date and the portion of the exam came straight from the horse's mouth... just a figure of speech, no deprecation intended. ;-) See here that user Sbinfo states:

Dr. Barrett responds: I took the certifying exam in 1964 when about 1/3 of psychiatrists were board-certified. The exam had two halves, psychiatry and neurology. I passed the psychiatric part but failed neurology because it included topics unrelated to either my training or my interests. Unlike most residencies, my psychiatric training program had no neurologic component. Since there was no reason to believe that certifcation was necessary, I decided not to re-take the exam. Sbinfo diff

I think that should confirm everything which was deleted. Any comments or shall we re-instate it? -- Levine2112 17:56, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

The first source is original research since it draws on a court document and you have not provided a secondary source showing that this aspect of Barrett's career is in any way important. Please see Jimbo's intervention at Michael Langan for an illustration. The second source is a partisan website, not a reliable source to help us gage the importance or meaning of this detail in Barrett's life. He has never claimed to be a board-certified psychiatrist. The article, after my edit, said nothing. This completes the WP:NOR/WP:WEIGHT aspect, the point here benot being whether or not it is true, but how it is reported in reliable sources.

The WP:BLP aspect is also illustrated by Jimbo's intervention at Michael Langan. It is apparent from Barrett's own comments that he does not at all agree with this description of his career. After my edit, it did (since it now agrees with his Barrett's own description). AvB ÷ talk 18:11, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

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