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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Paul Termansen – Psychiatrist – required to have chaperon when “treating” female patients
From the notice mentioned in the below story: "Termansen's office reception and patient encounter rooms will have legible signage posted about the chaperone requirement for female patients." The Province North Vancouver psychiatrist ordered to have chaperon present when treating female patients By The Province June 29, 2014 Psychiatrist Paul Termansen A North Vancouver psychiatrist has been ordered by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. to have a chaperon present when treating female patients. The college imposed the interim condition on Dr. Paul Eric Termansen on June 16 after complaints from three former patients. The allegations included kissing [...]
Robert M Thompson – Psychiatrist, Got 200 Years in Prison
United Press International Dateline: Little Rock, Arkansas October 2, 1982 A psychiatrist convicted for homosexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy was sentenced to 200 years in prison and fined $200,000. "I'm still shocked," Dr. Robert M. Thompson said as he was led from the courtroom Friday. "I must be a pretty bad guy. I didn't know this was worse than murder." Thompson, 48, of North Little Rock received the maximum fine and prison sentence on each of 20 counts of carnal abuse. Deputy prosecutor Lloyd King said the 200-year sentence was one of the longest handed down and the fine [...]
NY Psychiatrist Melvin Pisetzner – License Revoked – Sex with Patient, Morally Unfit, Gross Negligence, Gross Incompetence
Democrat & Chronicle Pittsford psychiatrist loses medical license By Patti Singer April 26, 2014 Psychiatrist Melvin Pisetzner A Pittsford psychiatrist has had his medical license revoked for misconduct, including gross negligence, gross incompetence and moral unfitness to practice medicine. Dr. Melvin K. Pisetzner, whose practice is at 1000 Pittsford-Victor Road, gives up his license Monday, according to the state Department of Health. A hearing committee of the department's Board for Professional Medical Conduct sustained numerous allegations on six charges. The charges also were for negligence on more than one occasion, incompetence on more than one occasion and failure to [...]
Infamous Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin Must Turn Himself In Within 48 Hours – Sexually Assaulted Male Patients – He Once “Treated” Gay Soldiers with Electric Shocks
Montreal Gazette Calgary psychiatrist guilty of sex assault loses appeal, must turn himself in By Bill Graveland April 23, 2014 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin CALGARY - The Alberta Court of Appeal has refused to overturn a psychiatrist's three convictions for sexually assaulting his court-appointed patients. Dr. Aubrey Levin was found guilty by a jury in January 2013 and was sentenced to five years in prison. Levin, 75, had asked the Appeal Court last October to dismiss the convictions and order a new trial. He had remained free on bail while the appeal was being heard. But the court has ruled [...]
Video – Wisconsin Sleazebag Psychiatrist Ronald Rubin Smokes Pot with Teen Patient – “He’s a nightmare,” Patient’s Mother Says. Had Sex with another Patient. Overprescribed Adderal.
fox6now.com Psychiatrist accused of smoking pot with patient, overprescribing ADD meds April 27, 2014 by Meghan Dwyer Psychiatrist Ronald Rubin MEQUON (WITI) — Even the best kids can be difficult teenagers. But Debra Wilcox doesn’t blame puberty for her daughter’s transformation. She blames something else. “I think he thought he was God,” Wilcox said. Four years ago, her daughter got hooked on Adderall, a potent amphetamine prescribed for Attention Deficit Disorder. “I had a messed up daughter after this,” Wilcox said. She was prescribed 90 milligrams a day — more than twice the maximum recommended dose for an adult. [...]
Minnesota Psychiatrist James Jarmuskewicz Caught Peeping Under Stalls of Men’s Restroom in Louisiana
WDAY6 Child psychiatrist from Bemidji arrested for peeping in Baton Rouge bathroom By WDAY TV May 01, 2014 BATON ROUGE, LA -- LSU Police arrested a Minnesota man on suspicion of peeping under stalls of a men's restroom on campus. Psychiatrist James Jarmuskewicz LSUPD arrested James Jarmuskewicz, 56, of Wilton, Monday on peeping tom charges. Captain Cory Lalonde said police received a complaint that Jarmuskewicz had followed someone into a restroom in Middleton Library and laid on the floor to peer up into the victim's stall. The victim reported it to officers when he saw Jarmuskewicz in the library [...]
Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski Gets the Slammer – Sexual Misconduct
Blackburn News Psychiatrist Sentenced to Four Years For Abusing Patients By Avery Moore May 15, 2014 Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski (right) “He was my support system, my parent, my confidant, my compass and my guide. He was my cheerleader,” she said as she stood before the man she had put all her trust in for over two decades. A man who sexually violated her and failed her in her time of need. “Stanley Dobrowolski, I trusted you,” the woman –one of 22 women whose names are protected under a publication ban– told her former psychiatrist in court on Thursday while [...]
New Trial Commences for Canadian Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin – Sexual Assault on Two Male “Patients”
Sun News New trial opens for psychiatrist accused of sexual assault By Kevin Martin March 3rd, 2014 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin CALGARY ─ Suffering from depression, one to the point of being suicidal, two male patients were taken advantage of sexually by a prominent psychiatrist, court heard Monday. In his opening address to a Calgary jury, Crown prosecutor Dallas Sopko detailed the case he and co-counsel Shane Parker hope to lead against Dr. Aubrey Levin. Levin faces two charges of sexual assault in connection with incidents at his Calgary offices inside the Peter Lougheed Hospital. Sopko said both men were [...]