SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
“Sexual misconduct is particularly damaging to the reputation of psychiatry because the damages to patients which result are mental and emotional in nature. If psychiatry loses the confidence of society, its ability to pursue its mission will be damaged.”
American Psychiatric Association
Approved by the Board of Trustees
March 1993
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Amy MacIntyre, Main Line psychiatrist, loses license
Amy MacIntyre The Philadelphia Inquirer Main Line psychiatrist stripped of her medical license --Excerpt A Main Line psychiatrist has lost her medical license after a state investigation found she had sex with a young patient for years, all while prescribing him a revolving mix of up to 12 medications, including highly addictive psychotropic drugs, without proper evaluations. Amy Mazza MacIntyre, a child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist in Bryn Mawr, started treating a then-17-year-old cancer survivor in 2004 when he was a senior at Lower Merion High School. MacIntyre first had sex with him in February 2011, when he was 24 [...]
William Hervey, Palm Harbor Psychiatrist, Child Porn
William Hervey Tampa Bay Beacons Pinellas County psychiatrist facing child porn charges --Excerpt PALM HARBOR — A Pinellas County psychiatrist was arrested June 30, after investigators said he possessed child pornography. Detectives with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Cyber Investigations Unit said the suspect is 61-year-old William Hervey, a board-certified psychiatrist and owner of Advantage Mental Health Center in Clearwater. The investigation began after authorities said they received information that child pornography files were being accessed and shared online... Excerpted from: Pinellas County psychiatrist facing child porn charges Tampa Bay Beacons July 7, 2026 Read the full original article here. [...]
Louis Morelli, South Jersey psychiatrist, pleaded guilty
Louis Morelli Press Release Cape May County Psychiatrist Admits to 17 Felony Counts for Unlawful Controlled Substance Prescriptions Linked to Sexual Conduct, Risk of Death, and Serious Bodily Injury Wednesday, June 24, 2026 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey CAMDEN, N.J. – A South Jersey psychiatrist admitted to issuing invalid prescriptions for Adderall, Vyvanse, and Xanax, and other drugs, often to his sexual partners and known drug addicts, U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. “Licensed medical professionals who prescribe powerful controlled substances outside the bounds of legitimate medical care put lives at risk and undermine public trust [...]
Jan Cimicky, Czech Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Jan Cimický Radio Prague International Psychiatrist Cimický gets five years for sexual assault, blackmail --Excerpt The well-known Czech psychiatrist Jan Cimický has been sentenced to five years in prison on four counts of sexual assault and 35 cases of blackmail. The 68-year-old has also been barred from practicing medicine for a period of 10 years. Under the verdict, which is not binding, Mr. Cimický must also pay the affected women compensation. They are seeking a total of approximately CZK 6 million in damages from the doctor... Excerpted from: Psychiatrist Cimický gets five years for sexual assault, blackmail By Ian Willoughby [...]
Iftikhar Rasul, Orlando psychiatrist – license revoked
Iftikhar Rasul Miami Herald What happened after 3 patients said Florida psychiatrist touched their breasts? --Excerpt An Orlando psychiatrist banned from seeing female patients after being accused of molestation now can’t see any patients. A 2025 state Board of Medicine final order that just posted on Feb. 16 revoked Dr. Iftikhar Rasul’s license. Professional justice, as usual, moved at a more stately pace than criminal justice. The Florida Department of Health filed the first administrative complaint, which starts the discipline process, in January 2021 after the first accusation. The next two accusations were grouped in an April 2023 administrative complaint, [...]
Fez Psychiatrist sentenced to 20 years
Yabiladi Fez psychiatrist sentenced to 20 years for sexually assaulting patients --Excerpt The preliminary criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal in Fez has sentenced a local psychiatrist to 20 years in prison and fined him 200,000 dirhams after convicting him of human trafficking. The case involved the sexual assault of female patients at his private clinic, as well as charges related to the possession and consumption of hard drugs, including heroin, and facilitating their use by others. The psychiatrist, who specialized in treating mental health disorders and addiction, was arrested in June last year following a complaint filed [...]
Walter Crook, Tuscaloosa Psychiatrist, Arrested
Walter Crook Tuscaloosa Thread CyberTip Leads to Bryce Hospital Psychiatrist’s Arrest for Having Child Sex Abuse Material --Excerpt A Cybertip from Google led to last week's arrest of a psychiatrist at Tuscaloosa's Bryce Hospital for possession of child sex abuse material. The accused, 73-year-old Walter Joseph Crook, is reportedly a long-time psychiatrist at the state-run, in-patient Bryce Hospital here in Tuscaloosa. According to court documents filed late last week, Google sent an alert to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children after a user reportedly stored illegal files depicting the sexual abuse of children to their cloud storage service, [...]
Jesse Armstrong, UF Psychiatrist, sentenced
Jesse Armstrong Press Release FORMER PHYSICIAN SENTENCED TO OVER SEVEN YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Friday, January 23, 2026 For Immediate Release U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Florida GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – Jesse Roger Armstrong, 35, of Gainesville, Florida, was sentenced to ninety months in prison after previously pleading guilty to distribution of child pornography. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. U.S. Attorney Heekin said, “Our state and federal law enforcement partners are committed to identifying, investigating, and rooting out the scourge of exploitation and [...]