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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Elizabeth Noll, Seattle Psychiatrist , Sex with Patient, not allowed to treat adult male patients
Department of Health Seattle psychiatrist’s medical license restricted due to sexual misconduct News Release February 23, 2015 Psychiatrist Elizabeth Noll OLYMPIA -- The Medical Commission has immediately restricted the medical license of King County psychiatrist Elizabeth Noll, MD (MD00028718) due to sexual misconduct. Noll allegedly had a romantic relationship with an adult male patient that lasted nearly four years. Noll is not allowed to treat male patients over the age of 18 years until the charges are resolved. She must cease treating any current male patients 18 years or older within 90 days. She has 20 days to respond [...]
Claudio de Novaes Soares, Psychiatrist, Gets away with Sexual Misconduct, but forced to quit as Chief of Psychiatry at University of Alberta
The Hamilton Spectator Sexual misconduct charges dismissed against former Hamilton psychiatrist Hamilton Spectator By Molly Hayes January 26, 2015 Psychiatrist Claudio de Novaes Soares The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has dismissed charges against a former Hamilton psychiatrist accused of professional misconduct involving the abuse of a female patient over two years. A hearing was to begin Monday for psychiatrist Dr. Claudio de Novaes Soares, who at the time of the alleged misconduct (between November 2007 and May 2009) was McMaster University's associate chair of research in the department of psychiatry and behavioural neurosciences. He was also [...]
Manilall Maharajh, psychiatrist, filmed himself having sex with a depressed patient, a virgin – then paid her $35,000 to keep quiet
Courier Mail Psychiatrist can’t practise in Australia until 2017 after NZ sex case By Kay Dibben The Courier-Mail February 04, 2015 Psychiatrist Manilall Maharajh AN EX-Queensland hospital psychiatrist, who was struck off in New Zealand for having sex with a patient and paying her hush money, cannot apply for Australian registration until mid-2017. Manilall Maharajh falsely declared he was not under investigation anywhere when applying for a job with Queensland Health in 2011, knowing of the complaint against him in New Zealand. Mr Maharajh worked at Caboolture and Redcliffe hospitals from 2011. UNFIT: Doc filmed sex with virgin patient [...]
Paul Termansen, Psychiatrist, Promises to Never Work as a Psychiatrist Again
Vancouver Sun North Shore psychiatrist loses licence for unprofessional conduct By Pamela Fayerman January 6, 2015 Psychiatrist Paul Termansen A psychiatrist who was formerly the head of adult community mental health services on the North Shore and a long-standing clinician at Lion’s Gate Hospital, will have to shut down his medical practice after admitting to hugging one patient and going into business with another. Dr. Paul Eric Termansen has admitted to unprofessional conduct and has been given until July 31 by the College of Physicians and Surgeons to wrap up his practice. He has also promised to never work [...]
Dutch psychiatrist, “Van R” convicted of possessing 60,000 items of child porn, yet he was still okay’d to work at clinic
DutchNews.nl Christian clinic psychiatrist has child porn conviction January 12, 2015 De Hoop psychiatric clinic A Dordrecht psychiatric clinic, which offers help from a Christian perspective, is employing a psychiatrist with a conviction for possessing large amounts of child pornography, the Volkskrant says on Monday. The man was convicted of possessing 66,000 items of child porn, including rape videos, in 2012. The board of the De Hoop clinic is aware of the conviction and says the doctor ‘deserves a second chance’. The clinic says the psychiatrist treats adults with addiction problems and does not work with children or the [...]
Christopher Palacios, Mass. Psychiatrist, charged with pushing, kicking and sexually assaulting his wife
The Sun Chronicle Psychiatrist given board reprimand By David Linton January 15, 2015 Psychiatrist Christopher Palacios ATTLEBORO - A psychiatrist at Arbour-Fuller Hospital has been given a reprimand by the state Board of Registration in Medicine as a result of his arrest in 2012 on domestic assault charges. Dr. Christopher M. Palacios was arrested in 2012 following an altercation with his then wife, and subsequently admitted sufficient facts to charges of misdemeanor assault and battery in 2013. The charges were dismissed last year after Palacios completed a court-ordered anger management course, the board announced. The board reprimanded Palacios "for [...]
Francis Bostock, psychiatrist, billed medicare for sex with patient – Judge orders him to pay patient $400,000
Sydney Morning Herald Former psychiatrist Francis Bostock ordered to pay damages to patient he abused By Julia Medew December 16, 2014 16 Walpole Street, Kew, Victoria, Australia A former Melbourne psychiatrist who had sex with a patient for years and billed Medicare $16,000 for their time together has been ordered to pay the woman nearly $400,000 in damages. A Supreme Court judge recently heard former Kew psychiatrist Francis Tudor Bostock breached his duty of care by having sex with and sexually assaulting the woman over three-and-a-half years while she had depression. The patient first sought Dr Bostock's help in [...]
Duttala Reddy, Illinois Psychiatrist, had Sexual Misconduct with Suicidal Patient; Another Psychiatrist, Kripakaran Puvalai engaged in sexually inappropriate conduct with same patient at same clinic
State Journal Register Springfield psychiatrist suspended for ‘sexually inappropriate’ conduct By Dean Olsen January 1, 2015 Psychiatric Associates of Central Illinois1124 South Sixth Street, Springfield, Illinois A Springfield psychiatrist who took over the care of a female patient victimized by “sexually inappropriate” conduct at the hands of another psychiatrist in the same clinic was disciplined by the state this week for sexual misconduct with the patient. Officials from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation issued a temporary suspension of the license of Dr. Duttala Obula Reddy, a psychiatrist at Psychiatric Associates of Central Illinois, 1124 S. Sixth [...]