Possible trigger for people with trust issues.

One of my good friends (lets call him Ed) had a manic episode last year. He had been seeing a psychiatrist for many years prior, and had an established relationship with this doctor (Dr. X). During the episode, several people called this doctor to complain about the manic behavior.

Now, over a year later, Dr. X just told Ed (in an effort to try to tell him how bad the mania was) that other people had called, and that he had spoken with them -- but the doctor refuses to disclose *who* called, or what exactly was said during these conversations. Additionally, the doctor gave one of these people some psychotropic medications which were given to Ed secretly, by putting it in his food.

Dr. X never told Ed that these people called, who they were, or that he had handed out a sample of meds. All of this has been discovered after the fact by Ed trying to piece together what had happened. When confronted with this information, Dr. X does not deny any of it, and in fact says that he did nothing wrong.

Now, this really bothers me, so I wanted to post and get some feedback.

Is it ethical or legal for a psychiatrist to talk about you with another person *without * disclosing who that person was?
Is it ethical or legal for a psychiatrist to hand out psych meds to a third party, without the client's knowledge?

IMHO, this is so very wrong, and possibly illegal. If my T had ever done these things to me, our work would be over. Obviously the trust in the relationship has been broken, but aside from that is this serious enough to file a formal complaint?

Any thoughts or feedback would be appreciated.

Thank you, and I apologize if this triggered anyone. I have a wonderful T, and I do trust him.