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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Adam Osborne, English psychiatrist, loses license (in England they say “struck off”) for affair with vulnerable patient – Osborne admitted threatening his patient after she reported him to the General Medical Council
BBC Adam Osborne struck off for affair with vulnerable patient February 11, 2016 Psychiatrist Adam Osborne has been struck off the medical register after having a two-year affair with a vulnerable patient. It follows a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service ruling that his fitness to practise had been impaired. The 39-year-old, who is the brother of Chancellor George Osborne, had admitted an inappropriate relationship with a patient. The tribunal ruled his behaviour was "profoundly unacceptable". Dr Osborne, who was married at the time, had been treating the woman - Patient A - for depression, anxiety and chronic fatigue at his private [...]
Nadir Omara, English Psychiatrist, Collapses in Court after being Convicted of Obscene Phone Calls
East Anglian Daily Times Suffolk doctor collapses in court after he is sent to prison By Chris Shimwell February 18, 2016 Nadir Omara, 48, of Sapling Place, Rushmere St Andrew, denied he drunkenly distressed two female colleagues at the Abbeycare addiction treatment centre, near Newmarket, with “sexually implicit” phone calls. However, the consultant psychiatrist was convicted on both counts of sending indecent communications at his trial in January. “The calls were overtly sexual and disturbing, with specific sexual language,” said chairman of the magistrates Stuart Roy yesterday, sentencing at Bury St Edmunds magistrates’ court. Upon hearing he would be jailed, [...]
Patient Jane Doe Sues Ontario Sexual Predator Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski, (and University where abuse occurred) who now resides in Federal Prison
London Free Press Disgraced doctor, Western sued by former student By Jane Sims, The London Free Press February 1, 2016 Psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski She wanted to be there when former London psychiatrist and sexual predator Stanley Dobrowolski was finally stripped of his medical licence, something many of his female patients believed should have happened decades earlier. The woman, 49, known as Jane Doe, was at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the governing body for Ontario doctors, in November to hear the details of the sexual violence inflicted by the disgraced ex-doctor on more than 40 of his patients, many [...]
English Psychiatrist Adam Osborne, Brother of Chief Finance Minister, Admits to having Sex with Patient – made threats towards patient and the consequences for her family if she did not withdraw her complaint
Belfast Telegraph George Osborne's psychiatrist brother admits sex with vulnerable patient February 8, 2016 Psychiatrist Adam Osborne The psychiatrist brother of Chancellor George Osborne is back before the General Medical Council after he admitted having sex with a vulnerable patient who had been under his care, a disciplinary panel has heard. Dr Adam Osborne, who is currently suspended by the General Medical Council (GMC), admitted that he had engaged in an "inappropriate" emotional and sexual relationship with the woman, despite being her private psychiatrist . The woman, referred to as Patient A, had been under Dr Osborne's care between [...]
Ravi Shenava, Psychiatrist, Banned in the USA, goes to Canada where he is now facing criminal allegations of sexually assaulting patients
Toronto Star U.S. psychiatrist faces criminal sex assault charges in Canada, CBC reports Investigation by the fifth estate finds man barred from practising over the border operates clinic in Windsor, despite allegations. By Jacques Gallant January 21, 2016 A psychiatrist banned from practising in the U.S. continues to operate a clinic across the border in Windsor, where he is now facing criminal allegations of sexually assaulting patients, an investigation by the CBC’s the fifth estate has revealed. And despite the criminal charges — 12 counts of sexual assault related to six former patients and one count of extortion, according to [...]
George Nowak, New Hampshire Psychiatrist, Under State Investigation, Ordered to Not “Treat” Female Patients – Nowak cannot “provide after office hours visits, home visits or emergency interventions.”
seacoastonline.com BOARD OF MEDICINE State investigating Portsmouth psychiatrist Restrictions placed on addiction treatment specialist By Jeff McMenemy January 21, 2016 Psychiatrist George Nowak PORTSMOUTH — A psychiatrist specializing in addiction treatment has agreed “to refrain from conducting psychotherapy with female patients,” according to a preliminary agreement for practice restrictions filed with the state. Sarah Blodgett, division director for health care professions, confirmed Thursday the state Board of Medicine has launched an investigation into Dr. George Nowak and the investigation “is ongoing.” Nowak practices in an office off Islington Street. Nowak, in the agreement for practice restrictions he signed after [...]
Robert Browne, Hawaiian Psychiatrist, Accused of Sexual Abuse of 26 school children
ABC News Lawsuit Claims Kamehameha Schools' Psychiatrist Molested 26 By Marina Riker January 19, 2016 HONOLULU - Twenty-six former students alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that they were repeatedly sexually abused by a now-deceased psychiatrist at a private school for Native Hawaiians. The plaintiffs are suing Kamehameha Schools and the estate of psychiatrist Robert Browne, who they say molested them during therapy sessions between 1958 and 1985. Kamehameha Schools required each student to undergo therapy, took them to Browne's office and paid for the services, according to the lawsuit. Kamehameha Schools has known about the allegations for the last [...]
Muhammed Jedaar, South African Psychiatrist Guilty of Sex with Patient – Loses License
Cape Argus (South Africa) December 15, 2015 Psychiatrist loses licence for 'having sex with patient' A CAPE Town psychiatrist has been struck off the roll of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) after he allegedly had sex with a patient. The council has confirmed that Dr Muhammed Ashraf Jedaar - who had a private practice in Wynberg - had since stopped practising and had been removed from the register a year ago after he was found guilty of "unprofessional conduct of a disgraceful nature". Jedaar, who was registered with the Medical and Dental Board is, however, appealing his [...]