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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Women, Beware of Psychiatrists!
PsychSearch Women, Beware of Psychiatrists! Colin Taufer Over the last many months I have written a number of columns for PsychSearch. I’ve covered a variety of topics from brain damaging electroshock “therapy” to the horrifying reality of one million American children under the age of 5 on psychiatric drugs. After every article I receive emails from readers, most from America but others from as far as England and Australia. Interestingly, amazingly in fact, I can neatly categorize the writers of these emails into two groups. One group consists of those sending words of support for my message of bringing [...]
Vijay Gaikwad, Wigan Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Vijay Gaikwad itvNEWS Former Wigan psychiatrist 'abused position' to sexual assault three patients --Excerpt A psychiatrist who "abused his position of trust" to abuse three patients he was supposed to be caring for has been jailed. Former doctor, Vijay Gaikwad, inappropriately touched the women between 2019 and 2020 and telling them he needed to carry out a physical examination - when there was no medical need for him to do so... The 44-year-old, from Lowton, Wigan, denied all of the allegations but was found guilty of several counts of sexual assault at Bolton Crown Court on Friday, 25 July. He [...]
Muhammad Saeed, Tucson psychiatrist, convicted fugitive
Muhammad Saeed DEA - United States Drug Enforcement Administration Attorney General Mayes Announces Conviction of Tucson Psychiatrist for Sexual Assault, Sexual Abuse, and Fraud July 14, 2025 For Immediate Release Contact: Joshua Boyer Phone Number: 571-362-0582 TUCSON, Ariz — Attorney General Kris Mayes announced today that a Pima County Superior Court has reached a guilty verdict on all counts in the trial of 57-year-old Muhammad Saeed, M.D., a former Tucson Psychiatrist, who practiced in Arizona from 2004-2020. Dr. Saeed was convicted on June 19, 2025, of one count of sexual assault, thirty counts of sexual abuse, and three counts of [...]
Marc Adida, French Psychiatrist, convicted of raping patients
Marc Adida ICI Twelve years in prison for the former psychiatrist at Sainte-Marguerite Hospital convicted of raping female patients By Damien Triomphe April 4, 2025 -- Excerpt Twelve years in prison and a permanent ban from practicing. Marc Adida, the former psychiatrist at Sainte-Marguerite Hospital in Marseille, was found guilty this Friday of rape and sexual assault against female patients. The court took into account the impairment of judgment. The trial of Marc Adida, a former psychiatrist at Sainte-Marguerite Hospital in Marseille, ended this Friday, April 4, before the Bouches-du-Rhône Criminal Court in Aix-en-Provence. The public prosecutor had requested 18 [...]
Hisbay Ali, Las Vegas Psychiatrist, sex with a patient
Hisbay Ali Las Vegas Review Journal Emergency action suspends license of Las Vegas psychiatrist By Mary Hynes November 4, 2024 -- Excerpt In an unusual move, a Nevada medical board immediately suspended the license of a Las Vegas psychiatrist for behavior it says risks the health and safety of the public. In October, an investigative committee of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners issued an order of summary suspension of the license of Dr. Hisbay Ali. The order states that Ali had initiated a sexual relationship with a patient and illegally prescribed a controlled substance to a second patient. [...]
Sean Carlysle Prabhu, Windsor psychiatrist
Sean Carlysle Prabhu Windsor psychiatrist suspended, accused of sexually abusing patient By Trevor Wilhelm September 11, 2024 -- Excerpt A Windsor psychiatrist’s licence has been suspended amid accusations he sexually abused a patient then tried to sabotage the ensuing investigation, including posing as the victim in an effort to have the complaint withdrawn. Dr. Sean Carlysle Prabhu is also set to face a disciplinary tribunal following the investigation by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. “Between approximately December 2022 and December 2023, Dr. Prabhu engaged in sexual abuse of a patient and/or disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct [...]
Raymond Rushden, WV Psychiatrist, accused
Raymond Rushden West Virginia Record Logan County woman says psychiatrist sexually harassed her By Chris Dickerson September 6, 2024 -- EXCERPT LOGAN – A Logan County woman says a doctor who was treating her for psychiatric issues sexually harassed her. The woman, identified only as Jane Doe, filed her complaint in Logan Circuit Court against Dr. Raymond Rushden and Logan-Mingo Area Mental Health Inc. doing business as Mountain Laurel Integrated Healthcare. According to the complaint, the plaintiff received psychiatric care from Rushden at the Mountain Laurel facility through 2002 and part of 2023. Rushden had been treating her for several [...]
Abdollah Assad, Reno Psychiatrist, allegedly had sex with a patient
Abdollah Assad Las Vegas Review Journal Medical board complaint: Psychiatrist had sex with patient after suicide attempt By Mary Hynes August 29, 2024 -- Excerpt A Nevada medical board committee has filed a complaint against a Reno psychiatrist alleging that he had sex with a patient who had just attempted suicide instead of taking her to a hospital or calling police. The investigative committee of the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners filed the complaint on Aug. 14 against Dr. Abdollah Assad, alleging that he violated the state’s Medical Practice Act. The complaint states that Assad, licensed in Nevada [...]