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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Harold Goldberg, Massachusetts Psychiatrist, suspended, 11-year sexual relationship with a patient
The Boston Globe Center suspends director; Psychiatrist admits sexual relationship with private patient By Dolores Kong June 2, 1989 The director of the state-run West-Ros-Park Mental Health Center has been suspended without pay after admitting he had an 11-year sexual relationship with a patient he was treating in his private psychiatry practice. Dr. Harold L. Goldberg, 53, of Needham, was suspended last week by the Department of Mental Health, which plans to review his performance during his 27 years with the state in light of the admission, a spokeswoman said. The agency acted after it learned that the Board of [...]
Arnold Hutschnecker, 89-YEAR-OLD Psychiatrist, sued for Sex with a patient – under the guise of psychiatric treatment
Newsday (New York) Therapist, 89, Accused of Seduction By Anthony M. DeStefano January 30, 1988 She was in her thirties. He was her octogenarian psychiatrist. Was what they had together love or was it therapy? That is the question to be answered in an unusual medical malpractice action now winding its way through State Supreme Court in Manhattan. Irene Miller, 37, of Manhattan, started the case last year when she sued her former psychiatrist, 89-year-old Dr. Arnold A. Hutschnecker. According to court documents, she charged that he exploited their patient-doctor relationship by inducing her to have sexual relations with him [...]
UK psychiatrist Brian Harris on trial – charges of indecent assault and rape against five men
BBC Dr Brian Harris, 77, worked for the NHS and in a private practice in Cardiff for 40 years. March 14, 2017 UK psychiatrist Brian Harris He denies all 13 charges of sexual assault, indecent assault and rape against five men. The allegations are said to have taken place between 1991 and 2011. The trial at Merthyr Crown Court is expected to last up to five weeks. The jury heard the first of the alleged assaults took place in 1991 on a man who was a patient at Sully Hospital and the Amy Evans clinic in Barry, Vale of [...]
Brian Harris, Cardiff psychiatrist, accused of indecent assault and rape against five patients at hospitals
Penarth Times Psychiatrist denies sex attacks at hospitals - including Sully By Anthony Lewis March 14, 2017 Psychiatrist Brian Harris A HOME Office psychiatrist accused of carrying out historic sex attacks on patients at hospitals across south Wales - including Sully - has appeared in court. Dr Brian Harris, 77, is accused of 13 charges of sexual assault, indecent assault and rape against five patients at hospitals - including the old Sully Hospital. Merthyr Crown Court heard today how the sex crimes were allegedly carried out at clinics and hospitals on "vulnerable" men over a 20-year period. Dr Harris [...]
Welsh psychiatrist Brian Harris’ license revoked – continued to “practice” while under investigation for sexual misconduct
BMJ Psychiatrist who saw patients after being told to stop practising is struck off By Clare Dyer December 15, 2017 Psychiatrist Brian Harris A former consultant psychiatrist who ignored an order from the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service to stop practising while under investigation for misconduct has been struck off the UK medical register. Brian Harris, 77, of south Wales, came under investigation by the General Medical Council in October 2013 after being arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting male patients. In November 2013 an interim orders panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service imposed an 18 month suspension on [...]
Hicksville psychiatrist Raj A. Danthuluri – convicted of sexual abuse
newsday.com Hicksville psychiatrist convicted of sexual abuse By ZACHARY R. DOWDY A Hicksville psychiatrist faces up to a year in prison for sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl during counseling in his offices in Rego Park, Queens, authorities said yesterday, but the therapist\'s attorney vowed to appeal the verdict. Raj A. Danthuluri, 40, of 810 Highview Ave., was convicted Monday of endangering the welfare of a child and third-degree sexual abuse after a three-day trial before Queens Supreme Court Justice Barry Kron, said Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown. Danthuluri, who chose to be tried before a judge instead of a [...]
Lionel Rosen, Michigan Psychiatrist, failed to report abuse, AG’s office said
Lansing State Journal Here are 11 MSU employees who AG's office said knew of Nassar's abuse, but didn't report it By Kara Berg December 21, 2018 Psychiatrist Lionel Rosen LANSING — The Michigan Attorney General's Office listed the names of 11 Michigan State University employees who were told about Larry Nassar's abuse but failed to report it to authorities. They received complaints from 1997 to 2015, and their names were included in the Attorney General's Office report detailing the findings of the investigation into MSU's handling of sexual assault complaints against Nassar. Of the 280 survivors interviewed for the [...]
Psych – “My Child Porn Doesn’t Affect My Work”
The Argus Child porn doctor’s appeal for leniency By Anna Roberts 5th February 2013 A doctor downloaded hundreds of sick child porn images but told bosses it did not affect how he worked because he did it “in the privacy of his own home”. Dr Michael Beranek added that he should be treated more leniently because he had accessed the images – some of them the most severe available – for free. And he told health officials he should be allowed to carry on working as a staff psychiatrist, caring for mentally ill people in Sussex, because looking at the [...]