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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Yehuda Baruch, Israeli Psychiatrist, Former Director of Psychiatric Hospital, Accused of Sexually Abusing Suicidal Patient
Haaretz Former Director of Israeli Psychiatric Hospital Accused of Sexually Abusing Suicidal Patient Ronny Linder-Ganz, Ido Efrati and Sharon Pulwer May 08, 2016 Psychiatrist Yehuda Baruch A female patient at Abarbanel Psychiatric Hospital has accused the hospital’s former director of sexually abusing her while she was his patient. Maya Berger, 27, wrote a letter to Health Minister Yaakov Litzman in November 2015, after filing a police complaint and a complaint to the ethics committee of the Israel Medical Association against Dr. Yehuda Baruch, 59. Last week the High Court of Justice lifted a gag order and allowed Baruch’s name [...]
Morris Fraser, Irish Child Psychiatrist – History of Child Sex Crimes Exposed
RTE Child psychiatrist worked after abuse conviction March 31, 2016 Psychiatrist Morris Fraser A child psychiatrist, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a child while working for a Belfast hospital in 1972, was allowed to remain on the British medical register for 24 more years during which he was convicted on abuse charges on two further occasions. Griffith College academic, Niall Meehan, who has published an account of Morris Fraser's crimes, has called for the case to be investigated by the Goddard Inquiry which is conducting Britain's most comprehensive-ever examination of child abuse. Mr Meehan's study, published by Spinwatch, [...]
Sharon Marble, Maine Psychiatrist, booted from “practicing” for two years – “inappropriate personal and romantic relationship with a patient”
Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine WATERVILLE PSYCHIATRIST CENSURED BY MAINE BOARD OF LICENSURE IN MEDICINE April 14, 2016 AUGUSTA, ME – On April 12, 2016 the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine and the Maine Office of Attorney General entered into a Consent Agreement with Sharon Marble, M.D. The Consent Agreement includes a censure and requires education in ethics and professional boundaries. Additionally, the agreement imposed a $1,500 civil penalty, probation and a condition that does not allow Dr. Marble to practice clinical medicine for two years. The discipline was based upon unprofessional conduct by Dr. Marble, which involved [...]
Canadian University Apologizes to Victims for Psychiatrist Misdeeds
The Canadian Press Western University apologizes to victims of psychiatrist who worked at school March 14, 2016 Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski An Ontario university issued an apology Monday for the part it may have played in the "trauma and hurt" suffered by former students abused by a psychiatrist employed at the school more than two decades ago. Western University's apology concerned former London, Ont., psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski, who is currently in prison. The university explained it was making the apology after information involving three former students came to its attention earlier this year. "We apologize for the trauma and pain [...]
Sujan Thyagaraj, Roswell, NM Psychiatrist, Flees Country to India when Police start investigating sexual assault of patient
Roswell Daily Record Psychiatrist flees country February 24, 2016 Psychiatrist Sujan Thyagaraj A local psychiatrist is believed to have fled the country this week after Roswell police began investigating an allegation that the doctor had sexually assaulted one of his female patients. An arrest warrant was issued Wednesday for Sujan Thyagaraj, 37. He is charged with criminal sexual penetration, a third-degree felony that holds a potential prison sentence of up to three years. The criminal complaint was filed in Magistrate Court in Roswell Wednesday. RPD’s Criminal Investigation Division began the investigation when the alleged victim came to the [...]
Adam Osborne, English psychiatrist, loses license (in England they say “struck off”) for affair with vulnerable patient – Osborne admitted threatening his patient after she reported him to the General Medical Council
BBC Adam Osborne struck off for affair with vulnerable patient February 11, 2016 Psychiatrist Adam Osborne has been struck off the medical register after having a two-year affair with a vulnerable patient. It follows a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service ruling that his fitness to practise had been impaired. The 39-year-old, who is the brother of Chancellor George Osborne, had admitted an inappropriate relationship with a patient. The tribunal ruled his behaviour was "profoundly unacceptable". Dr Osborne, who was married at the time, had been treating the woman - Patient A - for depression, anxiety and chronic fatigue at his private [...]
Nadir Omara, English Psychiatrist, Collapses in Court after being Convicted of Obscene Phone Calls
East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk doctor collapses in court after he is sent to prison By Chris Shimwell February 18, 2016 Nadir Omara, 48, of Sapling Place, Rushmere St Andrew, denied he drunkenly distressed two female colleagues at the Abbeycare addiction treatment centre, near Newmarket, with “sexually implicit” phone calls. However, the consultant psychiatrist was convicted on both counts of sending indecent communications at his trial in January. “The calls were overtly sexual and disturbing, with specific sexual language,” said chairman of the magistrates Stuart Roy yesterday, sentencing at Bury St Edmunds magistrates’ court. Upon hearing he would be jailed, [...]
Patient Jane Doe Sues Ontario Sexual Predator Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski, (and University where abuse occurred) who now resides in Federal Prison
London Free Press Disgraced doctor, Western sued by former student By Jane Sims, The London Free Press February 1, 2016 Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski She wanted to be there when former London psychiatrist and sexual predator Stanley Dobrowolski was finally stripped of his medical licence, something many of his female patients believed should have happened decades earlier. The woman, 49, known as Jane Doe, was at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the governing body for Ontario doctors, in November to hear the details of the sexual violence inflicted by the disgraced ex-doctor on more than 40 of his patients, many [...]