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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Surendra Johri, NY psychiatrist – trial begins – accused of engaging in sexual misconduct with patients
Observer Dispatch Sex abuse trial begins for New Hartford psychiatrist Johri By Jolene Cleaver February 4, 2019 Psychiatrist Surendra Johri UTICA — The first of two alleged sexual assault victims took the stand Monday in Utica City Court to testify against their former psychiatrist, Dr. Surendra Johri. Johri, of New Hartford, is accused of engaging in sexual misconduct with those patients on three separate occasions in 2017. Also testifying at his bench trial Monday were mental health professionals and law enforcement officials who investigated the claims lodged by the two victims. “This case has to do with the abuse [...]
Stanley Kanter, nationally known Harvard Medical School psychiatrist, surrenders medical license – allegations of sex abuse
The Boston Globe Psychiatrist accused of abuse agrees to shut down practice By Alison Bass, Globe Staff July 15, 1992 A nationally known Harvard Medical School psychiatrist, already charged with sexually abusing one female patient, has agreed to stop practicing medicine in the wake of three new allegations of sexual misconduct against him. Dr. Stanley S. Kanter, known for his work in group therapy, will officially give up his medical license on Oct. 1 under the arrangement made with the Board of Registration in Medicine last week. The resignation means he can never again practice medicine in Massachusetts or any [...]
Margaret Bean-Bayog, Massachusetts Psychiatrist, accused of sexual misconduct, psychiatric malpractice and wrongful death
The Boston Globe Written records cover case notes, letters, fantasy By Don Aucoin April 6, 1992 The case of a Lexington psychiatrist and the patient she is accused of driving to suicide has unfolded publicly to an unusual extent because of a voluminous written record that includes three major groups: case notes, sexual fantasies, and correspondence between the pair. While such records are not uncommon in psychiatric cases, they are not usually available at this early stage of a case. This documentary evidence was attached on March 26 to a civil lawsuit filed late last year at Middlesex Superior Court [...]
Harold Goldberg, Massachusetts Psychiatrist, suspended, 11-year sexual relationship with a patient
The Boston Globe Center suspends director; Psychiatrist admits sexual relationship with private patient By Dolores Kong June 2, 1989 The director of the state-run West-Ros-Park Mental Health Center has been suspended without pay after admitting he had an 11-year sexual relationship with a patient he was treating in his private psychiatry practice. Dr. Harold L. Goldberg, 53, of Needham, was suspended last week by the Department of Mental Health, which plans to review his performance during his 27 years with the state in light of the admission, a spokeswoman said. The agency acted after it learned that the Board of [...]
Arnold Hutschnecker, 89-YEAR-OLD Psychiatrist, sued for Sex with a patient – under the guise of psychiatric treatment
Newsday (New York) Therapist, 89, Accused of Seduction By Anthony M. DeStefano January 30, 1988 She was in her thirties. He was her octogenarian psychiatrist. Was what they had together love or was it therapy? That is the question to be answered in an unusual medical malpractice action now winding its way through State Supreme Court in Manhattan. Irene Miller, 37, of Manhattan, started the case last year when she sued her former psychiatrist, 89-year-old Dr. Arnold A. Hutschnecker. According to court documents, she charged that he exploited their patient-doctor relationship by inducing her to have sexual relations with him [...]
UK psychiatrist Brian Harris on trial – charges of indecent assault and rape against five men
BBC Dr Brian Harris, 77, worked for the NHS and in a private practice in Cardiff for 40 years. March 14, 2017 UK psychiatrist Brian Harris He denies all 13 charges of sexual assault, indecent assault and rape against five men. The allegations are said to have taken place between 1991 and 2011. The trial at Merthyr Crown Court is expected to last up to five weeks. The jury heard the first of the alleged assaults took place in 1991 on a man who was a patient at Sully Hospital and the Amy Evans clinic in Barry, Vale of [...]
Brian Harris, Cardiff psychiatrist, accused of indecent assault and rape against five patients at hospitals
Penarth Times Psychiatrist denies sex attacks at hospitals - including Sully By Anthony Lewis March 14, 2017 Psychiatrist Brian Harris A HOME Office psychiatrist accused of carrying out historic sex attacks on patients at hospitals across south Wales - including Sully - has appeared in court. Dr Brian Harris, 77, is accused of 13 charges of sexual assault, indecent assault and rape against five patients at hospitals - including the old Sully Hospital. Merthyr Crown Court heard today how the sex crimes were allegedly carried out at clinics and hospitals on "vulnerable" men over a 20-year period. Dr Harris [...]
Welsh psychiatrist Brian Harris’ license revoked – continued to “practice” while under investigation for sexual misconduct
BMJ Psychiatrist who saw patients after being told to stop practising is struck off By Clare Dyer December 15, 2017 Psychiatrist Brian Harris A former consultant psychiatrist who ignored an order from the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service to stop practising while under investigation for misconduct has been struck off the UK medical register. Brian Harris, 77, of south Wales, came under investigation by the General Medical Council in October 2013 after being arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting male patients. In November 2013 an interim orders panel of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service imposed an 18 month suspension on [...]