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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Joel Hanson, Utah Psychiatrist – accused of posing as a photographer and secretly videotaping models as they undressed – sentenced to 30 days in jail
The Associated Press June 22, 2000 Former mental health officials sentenced to jail Psychiatrist Joel Hanson Psychiatrist Joel W. Hanson, the former Davis County mental health director accused of posing as a photographer and secretly videotaping models as they undressed, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail. Second District Judge Pam Heffernan this week also ordered Hanson to continue his therapy with his private counselor, attend a weekly sex offender group therapy program, attend sex addicts anonymous and participate in an "intensive community sex-offender program." Hanson, 39, Centerville, was arrested July 22, about three weeks after two 21-year-old [...]
Melvin Pisetzner, Penfield, NY Psychiatrist, charged with patronizing a prostitute, a 19-year-old male former patient
WHEC-TV Rochester, New York Psychiatrist Melvin Pisetzner A 67-year-old Penfield man has been arrested and charged with patronizing a prostitute in the third-degree. The investigation that led to the arrest of Melvin Pisetzner began when a 19-year-old male told police he had met Pisetzner in an online chat. Police say Pisetzner posed as a 55-year-old man and offered to pay the teen a sum of money to participate in a sex act with him. The 19-year-old is a former patient of Pisetzner – a psychiatrist, but police do not believe Pisetzner knew that at the time of their online [...]
Aubrey Levin – Courtroom psychiatrist charged in sex assault
CBC News Dr. Aubrey Levin, a Calgary psychiatrist who has worked extensively with justice officials on criminal cases, has been charged with sexual assault. March 24, 2010 Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin Police say a 36-year-old man, one of Levin\'s long-term patients, alleges he was sexually assaulted repeatedly by Levin over a period of time. Levin, 71, has regularly testified in court cases as an expert in forensic psychiatry, a factor that could widen the investigation, police said. "He is very well known in the justice community," said police spokesperson Kevin Brookwell. "Through both the solicitor general's office and Alberta Health [...]
Psychiatrist Steven C. Wein, Las Vegas – charged with masturbating in a casino elevator
Las Vegas Review-Journal Suspect in lewdness case ordered held without bail Suspect accused of trying to set fire at residence of accusers By FRANCIS MCCABE May 6, 2010 Psychiatrist Steven Wein A Las Vegas psychiatrist charged with masturbating in a Strip casino elevator is being held without bail after a district judge learned he might have tried to intimidate witnesses in the case. Dr. Steven C. Wein was riding in a Monte Carlo hotel elevator with three female Arizona State University students about 6 a.m. Nov. 1 when he exposed himself in the confined space, authorities said. Wein then [...]
John Christensen, Vancouver Psychiatrist – quadriplegia doesn’t stop his sexual misconduct
CBC Lawsuits claim Vancouver psychiatrist deceived care aides into sexual acts B.C. Supreme Court suits claim Dr. John Allan James Christensen hired women as home care aides By Jason Proctor May 11, 2018 Psychiatrist John Christensen Six women who claim they were employed as personal care aides are suing a disabled Vancouver psychiatrist for allegedly deceiving them into giving him sexual gratification. The women all filed lawsuits in B.C. Supreme Court last week against Dr. John Allan James Christensen. According to their notices of civil claim, Christensen is a quadriplegic "and hires personal care aides in order to assist [...]
Psychiatrist Jack M. Gorman – admits sex with patient
Boston Globe Ex-McLean chief admits sex with patient Guilt said to lead him to resignation, crisis Scott Allen October 10, 2007 Psychiatrist Jack Gorman The former president of McLean Hospital in Belmont, who abruptly left his post last year without explanation, has admitted to "inappropriate sexual contact" with a patient that led to a personal crisis while he was running the prestigious psychiatric hospital, according to documents and an associate of the psychiatrist. Dr. Jack M. Gorman had stunned the staff at the Harvard-affiliated hospital in May 2006, resigning after just four months on the job for undisclosed "personal [...]
Canadian Psychiatrist James Hanley Had sex with patient – licence revoked
CBC News Had sex with patient, psychiatrist's licence revoked 'It was almost like reliving the trauma,' complainant says after emotional hearing Psychiatrist James Hanley A psychiatrist and a complainant both wept Thursday at an emotion-packed hearing in which Newfoundland and Labrador's medical regulatory authority revoked his licence. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Newfoundland and Labrador stripped Dr. James Hanley of his privileges to practise medicine in the province after he admitted having sex with a patient who was under his care. Hanley, who is now practising at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick, told a college [...]
Psychiatrist Alan Horowitz is a convicted child molester
America’s Most Wanted Alan J Horowitz – Capture #940 , May 22, 2007 The Makeup Of A Predator? Psychiatrist Alan Horowitz Alan Horowitz is a convicted child molester. Alan Horowitz is an Ivy-League educated child psychiatrist. He’s also an ordained Orthodox Rabbi. He’s not exactly the kind of guy you would peg as child sexual predator. That’s why the community of Hagerstown, Md. was shocked in 1983 when Horowitz was convicted of performing an unnatural sexual act on one of his 12-year-old male patients. His medical license was suspended. He was sentenced to five years probation. And after serving [...]