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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English Psychiatrist Adam Osborne, Brother of Chief Finance Minister, Admits to having Sex with Patient – made threats towards patient and the consequences for her family if she did not withdraw her complaint
Belfast Telegraph George Osborne's psychiatrist brother admits sex with vulnerable patient February 8, 2016 Psychiatrist Adam Osborne The psychiatrist brother of Chancellor George Osborne is back before the General Medical Council after he admitted having sex with a vulnerable patient who had been under his care, a disciplinary panel has heard. Dr Adam Osborne, who is currently suspended by the General Medical Council (GMC), admitted that he had engaged in an "inappropriate" emotional and sexual relationship with the woman, despite being her private psychiatrist . The woman, referred to as Patient A, had been under Dr Osborne's care between [...]
Ravi Shenava, Psychiatrist, Banned in the USA, goes to Canada where he is now facing criminal allegations of sexually assaulting patients
Toronto Star U.S. psychiatrist faces criminal sex assault charges in Canada, CBC reports Investigation by the fifth estate finds man barred from practising over the border operates clinic in Windsor, despite allegations. By Jacques Gallant January 21, 2016 A psychiatrist banned from practising in the U.S. continues to operate a clinic across the border in Windsor, where he is now facing criminal allegations of sexually assaulting patients, an investigation by the CBC’s the fifth estate has revealed. And despite the criminal charges — 12 counts of sexual assault related to six former patients and one count of extortion, according to [...]
George Nowak, New Hampshire Psychiatrist, Under State Investigation, Ordered to Not “Treat” Female Patients – Nowak cannot “provide after office hours visits, home visits or emergency interventions.”
seacoastonline.com BOARD OF MEDICINE State investigating Portsmouth psychiatrist Restrictions placed on addiction treatment specialist By Jeff McMenemy January 21, 2016 Psychiatrist George Nowak PORTSMOUTH — A psychiatrist specializing in addiction treatment has agreed “to refrain from conducting psychotherapy with female patients,” according to a preliminary agreement for practice restrictions filed with the state. Sarah Blodgett, division director for health care professions, confirmed Thursday the state Board of Medicine has launched an investigation into Dr. George Nowak and the investigation “is ongoing.” Nowak practices in an office off Islington Street. Nowak, in the agreement for practice restrictions he signed after [...]
Robert Browne, Hawaiian Psychiatrist, Accused of Sexual Abuse of 26 school children
ABC News Lawsuit Claims Kamehameha Schools' Psychiatrist Molested 26 By Marina Riker January 19, 2016 HONOLULU - Twenty-six former students alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that they were repeatedly sexually abused by a now-deceased psychiatrist at a private school for Native Hawaiians. The plaintiffs are suing Kamehameha Schools and the estate of psychiatrist Robert Browne, who they say molested them during therapy sessions between 1958 and 1985. Kamehameha Schools required each student to undergo therapy, took them to Browne's office and paid for the services, according to the lawsuit. Kamehameha Schools has known about the allegations for the last [...]
Muhammed Jedaar, South African Psychiatrist Guilty of Sex with Patient – Loses License
Cape Argus (South Africa) December 15, 2015 Psychiatrist loses licence for 'having sex with patient' A CAPE Town psychiatrist has been struck off the roll of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) after he allegedly had sex with a patient. The council has confirmed that Dr Muhammed Ashraf Jedaar - who had a private practice in Wynberg - had since stopped practising and had been removed from the register a year ago after he was found guilty of "unprofessional conduct of a disgraceful nature". Jedaar, who was registered with the Medical and Dental Board is, however, appealing his [...]
Duttala Reddy, Illinois psychiatrist, license suspended two years, engaged in “boundary violations” with a patient
State Journal-Register By Dean Olsen December 3, 2015 PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATES OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS1124 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, SPRINGFIELD, IL 62703 Dr. Duttala Obula Reddy, a psychiatrist from Chatham, was suspended from the practice of medicine for at least two years, retroactive to Dec. 30, for engaging in a "boundary violation" with a patient of his practice. The suspension was connected with Reddy's temporary suspension in January while he was working at Psychiatric Associates of Central Illinois, 1124 S. Sixth St., Springfield. The January temporary suspension, as well as the recent suspension, involved Reddy's alleged sexual misconduct with a patient [...]
Stanley Dobrowolski, London, Ontario (Canada) Psychiatrist, finally loses license after three decades of criminal misbehavior
Toronto Star Psychiatrist’s decades of sex transgressions over By Tara Deschamps November 30, 2015 Psychiatrist - Stanley Dobrowolski Allegations stretching back to 1987 cost London, Ont. doctor Stanley Dobrowolski his licence — 18 months after he went to jail. It took close to three decades, criminal charges and dozens of complainants for disgraced psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski to finally lose his right to practise medicine. For years, the London, Ont., doctor had hung on to his medical licence amid allegations of having inappropriate relationships with women, sexually assaulting patients and surreptitiously recording some as young as 17 in stages of [...]
Chowdhury Azam, NJ Psychiatrist, Suspended – Inappropriately touched Patient’s Boobs – says the patient’s claim and subsequent board actions “ruined my livelihood” and “destroyed” his life.
The Record Discipline is spotty for abusive doctors in N.J. By JEAN RIMBACH October 24, 2015 One doctor won his medical license back after he served time in prison for sexual crimes against female patients. He is a registered sex offender on lifetime parole supervision. Another physician accused of sexual impropriety is restricted from having patients remove their underwear during exams — or be alone when treating girls age 10 or older — under a confidential agreement that hides his name from the public. And a third, who pleaded guilty to sexual contact with three female patients, was barred from [...]