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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Jules Masserman, former President of the American Psychiatric Association – sued by six women for sexual misconduct
Chicago Tribune Trust betrayed Sex abuse by therapists prompts ethical debate By David McCracken September 27, 1992 Psychiatrist Jules Masserman The American Psychiatric Association's Ethics Committee held its annual confidential meetings this month in Washington as a former patient renewed her accusations of rape and drug abuse against a past president of the group. Last year the APA's Appeals Board voted to suspend Jules H. Masserman, a Chicago psychiatrist who had been honored the world over, from the APA and the Illinois Psychiatric Society for five years. That action came after six women filed separate lawsuits over seven years, [...]
Italian psychiatrist Marco Bonetti accused of sexual violence against six women (5 of them patients)
Google machine translation: HuffPost € 50 for certificates and sexual violence to patients: arrested the aostan psychiatrist Marco Bonetti January 11, 2018 Psychiatrist Marco Bonetti Week of illness thanks to fake medical certificates obtained by paying the Aostan psychiatrist Marco Bonetti 50 euros: for this accusation the court of Aosta sentenced to two years and 10 months of imprisonment each of the two patients of the psychiatrist finished at home in March 2017, a fifty year old and a fifty-three residents in the valley, at the time of the facts belonging to the prison police. The judges also ordered [...]
Steven Dingle, Arizona State Hospital psychiatrist, reprimanded for sexual misconduct involving three different female subordinates
abc15.com Arizona State Hospital top doctor has history of sexual misconduct, harassment By Dave Biscobing December 13, 2017 Psychiatrist Steven Dingle A patient inside the Arizona State Hospital has raised concerns about the chief medical officer, who has a history of sexual harassment and misconduct involving multiple women at another facility. Due to the national attention surrounding sexual harassment, the patient brought up past discipline against Dr. Steven Dingle during the public comment portion of a November 16th meeting of the Human Rights Committee, a board set up to address patient care and other concerns. The Arizona Medical Board [...]
Windsor Psych Ravi Shenava – Accused of Sexually Abusing patients
CTV News Windsor Disciplinary hearing date set for Windsor doctor November 29, 2017 Psychiatrist Ravishankar Shenava A Windsor doctor accused of sexually abusing patients has date set for a disciplinary hearing. The provincial college of physicians and surgeons has scheduled Feb. 12 for Dr. Ravi Shenava to begin arguments about the merits of the allegations. Besides alleged sexual abuse, the 67-year-old psychiatrist is alleged by the disciplinary committee to have engaged in an act or omission relevant to the practise of medicine, which would be regarded by peers as disgraceful, dishonorable or unprofessional. The Windsor doctor also faces multiple [...]
Lenton Morrow, Sacramento psychiatrist, sexually abused patient and overdrugged five others
Sacramento Bee Sacramento psychiatrist ordered to surrender license in sex abuse complaint By Cathie Anderson December 11, 2017 Psychiatrist Lenton Morrow The California Medical Board ordered that Dr. Lenton Joby Morrow, who practiced at a Sacramento psychiatric hospital, surrender his medical license on Nov. 28 after investigating complaints that he had sexually abused one patient and overprescribed drugs to five others. Records from the medical board state that Morrow, 40, faced discipline as a result of his work with patients at Heritage Oaks Hospital and at a chemical dependency treatment center called Strategies for Change, which has two locations [...]
Dale Giolas, Illinois psychiatrist, sued by patient for improper sexual activity
Business Insurance Insurer must cover defense of psychiatrist accused of sexual misconduct By Judy Greenwald November 9, 2017 Psychiatrist Dale Giolas A federal court has ruled a medical malpractice insurer has a duty to defend a psychiatrist accused of inappropriate sexual activity with a patient, while also holding he is entitled to obtain independent counsel in the underlying litigation. Dr. Dale Giolas treated Staci Ferguson as a patient from 2011 until early 2016, according to Wednesday’s ruling by the U.S. District Court in Chicago in Professional Solution Insurance Co. v. Dale Giolas M.D. and Staci Ferguson. In August 2016, [...]
Ontario Psychiatrist Ravi Shenava trial starts – accused of using his “power” to get sexual favors from patient & under investigation for sexual assault against 11 patients
CTV Alleged victim takes stand in sex assault trial of Windsor psychiatrist CTV Windsor October 23, 2017 Psychiatrist Ravi Shenava A Windsor doctor is accused of using his power, and his signature, to get sexual favours from a former patient. The trial of Doctor Ravi Shenava, 67, started Monday in Windsor Superior Court. Dr. Shenava is charged with five counts of sexual assault and extortion for incidents in 2012, and again in 2015. There is a publication ban on facts and testimony that could identify the lone female complainant in the case. A warning that some of the content of [...]
Jimmy Jindal, Indian psychiatrist, nearly stripped and paraded around town for molesting a woman patient
Indian Express Doctor assaulted, paraded for ‘molesting’ woman patient The victim told police that Jindal molested her after giving her sedatives when she visited him for consultation Thursday. By Sukhbir Siwach October 29, 2017 Psychiatrist Jimmy Jindal A PSYCHIATRIST in Fatehabad town of Haryana was assaulted, nearly stripped and paraded around the city Friday before being handed over to the police for allegedly molesting a woman patient. An angry mob also blackened the face of Dr Jimmy Jindal, 37, and allegedly vandalised portions of his hospital. Jindal was later arrested based on a complaint by the victim’s family. Fatehabad [...]