MEDIA
Ottawa psychiatrist Juan Tejeda-Rosario on trial for sexual assault
The Ottawa Citizen Doctor used toilet brush, horse whip in sex sessions, complainant testifies By Chris Cobb A second male complainant in the sexual assault trial of an Ottawa psychiatrist testified yesterday that the doctor violated him with a toilet brush and horse whip during a series of kinky sex sessions. The complainant, who by court order cannot be publicly identified, testified that his eyesight was permanently damaged by Dr. Juan Tejeda-Rosario -- known as Dr. Tejeda -- when the psychiatrist put a white plastic garbage bag over his (the complainant\'s) head in a prelude to oral sex. In often [...]
Samuel A. Malcolmson – License Revoked – Sex with Patient
National Post The fall of a well-respected man By Joseph Brean, National Post The Samuel A. Malcolmson Lecture Theatre is a small, shabby auditorium at the end of a long corridor at the downtown campus of Toronto\'s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, formerly the Queen Street Mental Health Centre, formerly the Provincial Lunatic Asylum. Its distinguished 71-year-old namesake pleaded \"no contest\" yesterday to allegations he sexually abused a much younger female patient, and even fathered a son with her, for which the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario revoked his medical licence. Samuel Malcolmson, who is married, was [...]
Psychiatrist John N. MacTavish admits intimacy, resigns
Vancouver Sun Psychiatrist admits intimacy, resigns Case generated by patient's complaint of inappropriate conduct by doctor Canwest News Service A former Victoria psychiatrist has resigned from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. after admitting to having an intimate relationship with a patient. The college, which serves as the licensing and regulatory body for all physicians and surgeons in the province, has issued a news release saying that Dr. John N. MacTavish acknowledged his inappropriate conduct, which took place \"in or around\" 2005. The case was generated by a patient complaint, said college spokeswoman Susan Prins. \"The physician came [...]
Psychiatrist at centre of divorce
Cape Argus (South Africa) Psychiatrist at centre of divorce; Details of affair emerge in court application lodged by wife By: FATIMA SCHROEDER A SOUTHERN suburbs psychiatrist is at the centre of bitter divorce and maintenance proceedings in the Cape High Court, in which it has emerged that he had an affair with a woman he had been treating. The woman is married to Stuart Ireland, director of cosmetics company, Prestige Cosmetics. Ireland\'s wife Sylvia laid a complaint against the psychiatrist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPSCA) and made her husband fork out R18 000 to have him [...]
Thomas Folsom, Psychiatrist, Going to Prison for Sex with Patient
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) New Brighton / Therapist gets reduced sentence for sex with patient By David Hanners September 11, 2008 A once-prominent Twin Cities psychiatrist was sentenced to three years and five months in prison Thursday for having sex with a female patient he treated for seven years. In a hearing as sedate as it was short, a judge told Thomas Lee Folsom he was getting six months less than state guidelines called for because he had accepted responsibility and was amenable to treatment. "He in essence confessed openly and willfully as soon as he was contacted by [...]
Bristol child porn doctor can keep working
This is bristol.co.uk Brought to you by Evening Post A Bristol psychiatrist who was convicted of viewing child pornography can keep working, but has had limitations imposed by regulators. The General Medical Council (GMC) suspended Dr Darryl Watts from practising for 12 months in April 2004 after he was found guilty of possessing indecent images of a child at a Hereford Magistrates Court hearing in August 2003. The adult psychiatrist trained at Bristol University and worked at Blackberry Hill Hospital in Fishponds until three months before his arrest. In April 2005 the GMC allowed Dr Watts to practice again, but [...]
Ian Anthony Martin – Dirty doctor’s appeal fails
THE MERCURY Dirty doctor's appeal fails BY SALLY GLAETZER A JAILED psychiatrist who paid one patient to bash another in a bid to shut her up has failed to overturn his conviction. Ian Anthony Martin, 62, of Karoola, was jailed for 18 months in February after a jury found him guilty of attempting to interfere with a witness who was pursuing a complaint against him. The Supreme Court in Launceston heard Martin had a habit of forming sexual relationships with his patients. When an affair ended with one patient, the woman made a complaint to the Medical Complaints Tribunal. The [...]
Psychiatrist Alan John Stubley accused of forcing sex offences against two of his female patients
The West Australian A 62-year-old woman has described freezing with fear as her psychiatrist sexually abused her during a session for post-natal depression in the 1970s. Former psychiatrist Alan John Stubley, 80, is on trial in Perth Supreme Court accused of forcing sex offences against two of his female patients in the mid-late 1970s. One of the alleged victims today told the jury the doctor had abused her on her first face-to-face session after being discharged from a psychiatric hospital where Dr Stubley had treated her for post-natal depression. She said she had been shocked when the doctor told her [...]
Psychiatrist Alan John Stubley admits lying about sex with patients
ABC News Psychiatrist admits lying about sex with patients He told the court he only had sex with the women as a form of therapy - not for his own sexual gratification. An 80-year-old former psychiatrist has admitted he lied to the medical board about having sexual relationships with female patients in his Perth clinic. Alan John Stubley is on trial in the Perth Supreme Court facing charges of rape and indecent assault against several of his patients in the 1970s. He told the court he only had sex with the women as a form of therapy - not for [...]