A photo of celeb doc Drew Pinsky, co-medical director of Aurora Las Encinas Hospital, vanished from the facility’s website today. The Pasadena psychiatric hospital is under scrutiny over the unexpected deaths of three patients as well as the rape of a teenage girl, all in the last five months. The Times’ Ron Lin has the details:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/08/drew-pinksy-its.html

Gee, I think he might, seeing as he’s about to publish in a peer reviewed journal about a 10 year study he did on celebrities and narcissism. You must have done some fine research for this article.

“If Dr. Drew is smart, he’ll understand that Andy Dick is beyond help.”

Yeah, that’s exactly the attitude I want my doctor to have. “Well you don’t seem to want help so I won’t even try to cure you.” Do you realize that physicians are REQUIRED to try to cure any patients that come to them? Relapse is a part of addiction. Bob Forrest, one of Drew’s partners on the show, relapsed many times before getting clean.

“As of this moment, Neil Patrick Harris has more right to convey medical knowledge on TV than Dr. Drew.”

The guy that played Doogie is clearly more qualified then the Medical Director for the Department of Chemical Dependency Services at Las Encinas Hospital, the Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, and a board certified Addiction Medicine Specialist with about 30 years day-to-day experience treating addicts in real life.

Go read his book “Cracked” if you’d like to understand what it’s like trying to cure addicts and maybe you’ll understand why he does what he does. (hint: it’s about trying to be of service to people.)