[T'wit]

>> Who is the psychiatrist that prescribed the drugs to Rebecca? Why is he/she never named?

It was a woman and she was named, but I don't recall the name. I believe she voluntarily agreed to a suspension of her license to practice. Look back a few stories and you might be able to find her name.

[BykrBayb]

Thanks. I'm not sure if she volunteered for suspension, but I think so. I know she's on a paid suspension. I'll look back through the thread when I get a minute.

[8mmMauser]

I will link to it in the post today, which follows.

Bourbeau and Michael Riley's lawyer, John Darrell, tried to shift responsibility for Rebecca Riley's death to the child's psychiatrist, Dr. Kayoko Kifuji of Tufts-New England Medical Center, asserting that the girl should never have been given the drug.

According to court records, Kifuji prescribed clonidine and other drugs after she diagnosed Rebecca at age 2 with bipolar disorder and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder. Kifuji also was treating the Rileys' two older children, who are now in the custody of the Department of Social Services. The adult Rileys, the lawyers said, carefully complied with Kifuji's instruction. "The error here is by Dr. Kifuji and not the Rileys," Darrell said.

8mm