Shrink in Slay Horror

New York Post ^ | February 13, 2008 | ERIN CALABRESE, LARRY CELONA, MURRAY WEISS and FRANK ROSARIO

[Dysart]

February 13, 2008 -- A man went berserk at an Upper East Side psychologist's office last night, hacking her to death with a meat cleaver and critically injuring another doctor who ran to her aid when he heard her blood-curdling screams, police said.

[ClearCase_guy]

"He looked like a psycho," said a local doorman

Is he qualified to render such a diagnosis?

[Tax-chick]

The attacker - who police speculated may have been a patient ...

Gosh, you think?

How sad for the doctors and their families.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

The attacker - who police speculated may have been a patient

Amazing insight!

[2banana]

Glad NYC has very, very strict gun control so doctors can not defend themselves...

[martin_fierro]

What was a meat cleaver doing in a small office kitchen?

We need Knife Control. Now.

< /heavy sarcasm >

[Bruce Buckley]

“He looked like a psycho,” said a local doorman.

Way to man the ramparts, Doorman.

[Dysart]

This is the stuff of slasher flicks. I suppose it’s a risk inherent in dealing with sometimes deeply deranged clientele. On another note, I’d have hoped the doorman would have been a little more discerning and forewarning of an apparent ‘psycho’ breaching the premises.

Hope he’s not expecting a tip.

[SoldierDad]

So, the local doorman viewed this guy as being psychotic, and just let him in? No phone call of concern to the Doctor or security or police? Wow. Great doorman.

[Dysart]

What was a meat cleaver doing in a small office kitchen? We need Knife Control. Now. < /heavy sarcasm >

Yeah. Leave it to Cleaver.

[andy58-in-nh]

It's an awful story and my heart goes out to the family of the poor victim. But, being the New York Post, I expected a more creative (if utterly tasteless) headline. I think you just supplied one. ("Leave it to Cleaver" - yikes!).

[El Gato]

We need Knife Control. Now.

They already have some. Most places do, even Texas (can't carry a Bowie knife, which might as well be a cleaver, for example. You can own one though, and having it in your office would be OK ).

But now they'll be instituting Cleaver Control.

[theDentist]

"Oh, you think you know more than me because I'm just a lowly doorman, eh?"

[dashing doofus]

What was a meat cleaver doing in a small office kitchen?

Meat cleavers should only be available to licensed butchers after they have undergone a thorough background check. All sales of meat cleavers should be done thru regulated dealers -- "loopholes" involving butcher-to-butcher sales must be eliminated.

[Greg F]

Kathryn Faughey, Ph.D.
Licensed psychologist. My practices focuses on solution-oriented approach to issues of emotional well-being. Help with adaptation to changes, such as health, relationship, and occupational shifts. See www.adaptation.net for more information. Kathryn Faughey, Ph.D., Adaptation-Psychology for a Changing World,435 East 79 Street, Suite #1C, New York, NY 10021. (212) 861-1836

[dblshot]

“He looked like a psycho,” said a local doorman”

So why’d he let him?

He had Bud Light dude!

[Dysart]

An interesting twist to the story. I suspected this when the man's name/photo were not released. Quite a dilemma.

Police: HIPAA rules hinder meat-cleaver murder probe

[Greg F]

Pyschiatrists and pyschologists ought to sign a waiver of the doctor/patient privilege if they are murdered in their wills and living wills. Seriously.