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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Psychiatrist Steven C. Wein, Las Vegas – charged with masturbating in a casino elevator
Las Vegas Review-Journal Suspect in lewdness case ordered held without bail Suspect accused of trying to set fire at residence of accusers By FRANCIS MCCABE May 6, 2010 Psychiatrist Steven Wein A Las Vegas psychiatrist charged with masturbating in a Strip casino elevator is being held without bail after a district judge learned he might have tried to intimidate witnesses in the case. Dr. Steven C. Wein was riding in a Monte Carlo hotel elevator with three female Arizona State University students about 6 a.m. Nov. 1 when he exposed himself in the confined space, authorities said. Wein then [...]
John Christensen, Vancouver Psychiatrist – quadriplegia doesn’t stop his sexual misconduct
CBC Lawsuits claim Vancouver psychiatrist deceived care aides into sexual acts B.C. Supreme Court suits claim Dr. John Allan James Christensen hired women as home care aides By Jason Proctor May 11, 2018 Psychiatrist John Christensen Six women who claim they were employed as personal care aides are suing a disabled Vancouver psychiatrist for allegedly deceiving them into giving him sexual gratification. The women all filed lawsuits in B.C. Supreme Court last week against Dr. John Allan James Christensen. According to their notices of civil claim, Christensen is a quadriplegic "and hires personal care aides in order to assist [...]
Psychiatrist Jack M. Gorman – admits sex with patient
Boston Globe Ex-McLean chief admits sex with patient Guilt said to lead him to resignation, crisis Scott Allen October 10, 2007 Psychiatrist Jack Gorman The former president of McLean Hospital in Belmont, who abruptly left his post last year without explanation, has admitted to "inappropriate sexual contact" with a patient that led to a personal crisis while he was running the prestigious psychiatric hospital, according to documents and an associate of the psychiatrist. Dr. Jack M. Gorman had stunned the staff at the Harvard-affiliated hospital in May 2006, resigning after just four months on the job for undisclosed "personal [...]
Canadian Psychiatrist James Hanley Had sex with patient – licence revoked
CBC News Had sex with patient, psychiatrist's licence revoked 'It was almost like reliving the trauma,' complainant says after emotional hearing Psychiatrist James Hanley A psychiatrist and a complainant both wept Thursday at an emotion-packed hearing in which Newfoundland and Labrador's medical regulatory authority revoked his licence. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador stripped Dr. James Hanley of his privileges to practise medicine in the province after he admitted having sex with a patient who was under his care. Hanley, who is now practising at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick, told a college [...]
Psychiatrist Alan Horowitz is a convicted child molester
America’s Most Wanted Alan J Horowitz – Capture #940 , May 22, 2007 The Makeup Of A Predator? Psychiatrist Alan Horowitz Alan Horowitz is a convicted child molester. Alan Horowitz is an Ivy-League educated child psychiatrist. He’s also an ordained Orthodox Rabbi. He’s not exactly the kind of guy you would peg as child sexual predator. That’s why the community of Hagerstown, Md. was shocked in 1983 when Horowitz was convicted of performing an unnatural sexual act on one of his 12-year-old male patients. His medical license was suspended. He was sentenced to five years probation. And after serving [...]
Emanuel Falcone, Florida State Prison’s former psychiatrist loses his license – sex with patient
Florida Times Union Supporters defend his work at Raiford, but a state board cites improprieties in New York. By Jeremy Cox December 5, 2009 ORLANDO - A Florida State Prison psychiatrist who resigned this week amid revelations of a sexual relationship with a former patient can no longer practice medicine in Florida, a state panel ruled Friday. The Florida Board of Medicine voted unanimously to revoke Emanuel John Falcone's medical license. The move came about 14 months after the state of New York stripped Falcone of his license for having sex with a female patient with multiple personalities. Attorneys for [...]
Santa Ana Psychiatrist Robert Perez – in hot water for having sex with a patient
OC Weekly Allegation of Sex with Patient Spurs More License Woes for Santa Ana Psychiatrist By Matt Coker May 8, 2018 Psychiatrist Robert Perez, 1420 E EDINGER AVE STE 123, Santa Ana, CA 92705 A Santa Ana psychiatrist—who was disciplined by the state medical board in December for his ill treatment of patients, family members, an Orange County judge and a medical board investigator—is now in hot water for allegedly having sex with a patient he went on to marry. It is a twisted tale of Perez hitting on a married female patient, discussing his divorce and child custody [...]
Walter Vandereycken, Belgian psychiatrist, Sexually abused Patient – Catholic University Suspended him as Professor, Suspended for Life as a Psychiatrist
BioEdge Belgian psychiatrist deregistered over abuse by Michael Cook November 9, 2014 Psychiatrist Walter Vandereycken A Belgian psychiatrist who sexually abused a patient who subsequently sought euthanasia has been deregistered. Walter Vandereycken’s offences surfaced in 2012 when Ann G, a woman with anorexia nervosa, accused him on Terzake, a well-known current affairs program. He was suspended from his position as a professor at the Catholic University of Leuven (KULeuven), but continued in private practice. Now he has been suspended for life from the medical profession. (See original report in BioEdge.) Vandereycken, who is now 65, was no ordinary [...]