James Holmes psychiatrist disciplined by the Colorado Medical Board

James Holmes psychiatrist disciplined by the Colorado Medical Board

July 29, 2012

James Holmes psychiatrist disciplined by the Colorado Medical Board

Details emerge on psychiatrist of accused Colorado massacre gunman
FoxNews

As attorneys for the suspect in a Colorado movie theater rampage fight to find the source of media leaks about his case, more details are emerging about the psychiatrist who documents show treated him for years.

Attorneys for 24-year-old James Holmes disclosed he was a “psychiatric patient” of Dr. Lynne Fenton in a court motion Friday, as they sought to discover the source of leaks to media outlets that he sent the psychiatrist a package containing a notebook with descriptions of an attack.

The revelation is the first indication that Holmes may have sought help before the rampage that killed 12 people and wounded 58.

Records show Fenton has faced some trouble in her career. She was disciplined by the Colorado Medical Board in 2004 for prescribing herself Xanax while her mother was dying, state records show. She also was disciplined for prescribing the sleep aid Ambien and the allergy medicine Claritin for her husband, and painkillers for an employee who suffered from chronic headaches.

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