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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Jean Paul Guittet, French psychiatrist, suspended for inappropriate contact with patient
machine translation: lefigaro.fr Sarthe: a psychiatrist suspended for 3 months for displaced gestures October 19, 2017 Psychiatrist Jean Paul Guittet Dr Jean-Paul Guittet, a psychiatrist in Le Mans, was sentenced by the disciplinary chamber of the order of doctors to three months suspended exercise, according to information from France Bleu Maine. An elderly patient accuses the practitioner of having raped her in 1989. "I was 27 years old at the time. I talked to my attending physician who listened to me but did nothing!" She cries. She filed a complaint in 2015, while other patients denounced the actions of [...]
Blaise Wolfrum, Illinois Psychiatrist, “danger to the public”, “violated boundaries with a young patient”
WGN9 Suburban psychiatrist’s license suspended after claims of inappropriate contact with patient October 18, 2017 By Meghan Dwyer Psychiatrist Blaise Wolfrum SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — A Schaumburg psychiatrist has had his medical license suspended after state regulators said he had inappropriate contact with a young patient and was not following the rules for prescribing controlled substances. The state said he’s a danger to the public. He said they don’t have all the facts. Psychiatrist Blaise Wolfrum is the medical director at Behavioral Health Associates in Schaumburg. He said he has successfully treated thousands of patients and helped them with [...]
New Mexico psychiatrist Alan Emamdee, already arrested for sexual misconduct, now sued by 12 patients
Farmington Daily News Doctor accused of sexual misconduct, abuse by patients By Joshua Kellogg October 12, 2017 Psychiatrist Alan Emamdee FARMINGTON — A civil lawsuit was filed against San Juan Regional Medical Center and Dr. Alan Emamdee by 12 of his former patients who accuse him of sexual abuses and assaults the suit claims were facilitated by the hospital and San Juan Health Partners. The 34-page complaint was filed in First Judicial District of New Mexico on Oct. 4 by attorneys for McGinn, Carpenter, Montoya and Love, P.A., an Albuquerque-based law firm, and Titus and Murphy Law Firm of [...]
Thomas Jenkins, UK pedophile psychiatrist, caught by undercover cops attempting to groom an underage boy – license revoked
BBC Paedophile Grindr doctor struck off medical register October 5, 2017 North East Wales Psychiatrist Thoomas Jenkins A paedophile junior doctor who was caught by an undercover police officer attempting to groom an underage boy has been struck off the medical register. Thomas Jenkins, 28, logged onto gay dating app Grindr and asked user Liam, who he thought was 13, for sex. But it was the police officer and Jenkins, who lives in Manchester, was arrested at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. He admitted inciting a boy of 13 to engage in sexual activity at Manchester Crown Court in April. A judge [...]
Timothy Bunton, Virginia & Mass. Psychiatrist – now a registered sex offender – went to Harvard, worked at VA hospital
The Enterprise Former Brockton VA doctor now registered sex offender By Marc Larocque October 6, 2017 Psychiatrist Timothy Bunton BROCKTON – A former Brockton VA campus doctor pleaded guilty to using a computer to solicit a minor, and he is now losing his right to practice medicine in Massachusetts. Timothy J. Bunton had already voluntarily agreed not to practice medicine in Massachusetts after he was first arrested in 2015, according to state officials. But after he pleaded guilty to the charge, and became a registered sex offender in Virginia, the Massachusetts Board of Medicine took disciplinary action at its [...]
Omesh Chandra Kashyap, 85-year-old Psychiatrist, Wanted in Canada
news18.com SC Stays Extradition of 85-year-old Psychiatrist Wanted in Canada By Utkarsh Anand September 21, 2017 SC Stays Extradition of 85-year-old Psychiatrist Wanted in Canada File photo of the Supreme Court of India. New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed the extradition of an 85-year-old Indian-origin man, who has been charged in four cases of molestation and sexual assault in Canada and allegedly fled the country to thwart prosecution. Omesh Chandra Kashyap has, however, refuted all the charges saying he was being framed because he, as a renowned psychiatrist, had helped expose a scandal on sexual abuse of children by [...]
Ely Pelta, “Sugar Daddy” Miami Psychiatrist, history of sexual misconduct
Miami Herald Doctor’s license suspended after he texted female patient ‘You need a sugar daddy’ By Daniel Chang September 29, 2017 Psychiatrist Ely Pelta The text messages from the psychiatrist to his new patient began with offers to help her find another job, after she had come to him for help with work-related anxiety and depression. The patient would owe Dr. Ely Pelta a favor, though, and his text messages made clear how he wanted to be repaid. She needed a “sugar daddy,” Pelta wrote to the woman, and he wanted her to be his “sugar baby,” according [...]
Robert Hampshire, Aussie psychiatrist, “a risk to the health and safety of the public”
Sydney Morning Herald Society shrink Dr Robert Hampshire's career in tatters over lewd calls By Kate McClymont October 2, 2017 Psychiatrist Robert Hampshire The colourful career of society shrink Dr Robert Hampshire appears to be all but over after he was caught sending lewd late-night texts to a client following a day of drinking. On Friday the psychiatrist lost his appeal to be allowed to continue practising while he waits a full hearing of the matter. In refusing to lift his suspension, Acting Judge Frank Marks of the Civil and Administrative Tribunal found that Dr Hampshire represented "a risk [...]