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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Canadian Psych Gets 5 Years
Psychiatrist Aubrey Levin Sun News Another year before all charges against Dr. Aubrey Levin are resolved By Kevin Martin April 12, 2013 It will be at least another year before all the charges against disgraced former court psychiatrist Dr. Aubrey Levin are resolved. Crown and defence lawyers appeared in Court of Queen's Bench Friday to set dates for retrials on three outstanding sex assault charges he faces from ex-patients. Prosecutor Dallas Sopko stayed one of the outstanding charges against Levin, but said the Crown would be proceeding to a second trial on three others which jurors failed to [...]
NY Government Psychiatrist Surrenders License after 25 years of inappropriate relationships – receives annual state pension of nearly $58,000
Journal News Mt. Kisco surgeon, Pearl River psychiatrist cited by state Mar 18, 2013 Queens Child Psychiatric Center A Mount Kisco plastic surgeon who failed to monitor a patient during a facelift and a Pearl River psychiatrist who allegedly had inappropriate relationships with patients for 25 years have been cited by the state Department of Health. The separate cases involve Dr. Sharon Dechiara, who practices plastic surgery in Mount Kisco and Dr. Kendon W. Smith, a psychiatrist in Pearl River who formerly lived in Mount Vernon and practiced medicine at a state-run center in Queens, records show. Dechiara, 54, [...]
Female patient: “I thought, he’s a doctor. He is not someone who has just done a course off the internet.”
Heart 97.6 Psychiatrist Guilty Of Sexual Assault By Bela Shah March 14, 2013 A psychiatrist from Hitchin has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman patient during a consultation. Doctor Harmadan Singh said he asked to see the woman's pubic hair because he thought she might be suffering from a hormone imbalance. But the 30 year old woman told the jury later in the meeting with the psychiatrist he got her to pull down her trousers a second time. She said throughout her two appointments with Doctor Singh, he had constantly wanted to talk about sexual matters with her. [...]
London Psychiatrist Accused of Videotaping Female Patients
Blackburn News Court Date For London Psychiatrist by Avery Moore February 5th, 2013 Psychiatrist - Stanley Dobrowolski Another day in court is set for a London psychiatrist accused of videotaping female patients without their knowledge. A lawyer for Stanley Dobrowolski is expected to appear in court Tuesday morning. In November, Dobrowolski was released from custody with instructions not to contact any of his patients, write prescriptions, or use the computer without his wife present. A lawyer is expected to appear on his behalf in court, Tuesday. The 65-year-old is charged with two counts of sexual assault and one [...]
Psychiatrist will pay patients “if he could give them oral sex”
Courthouse News Service Patients Say Shrink Was a Sex Predator By Jack Bouboushian February 19, 2013 CHICAGO - A psychiatrist offered to pay two patients money if he could give them oral sex, causing one to quit treatment and die of a drug overdose, his father claims in court. Alfredo Crespo Sr. sued Circle Family Healthcare Network and Dr. Josip Pasic on behalf of his late son, Alfredo Jr. Elvis Silva joined as plaintiff, in Cook County Court. Silva claims Pasic offered him $80 and tried to unbutton his pants, telling him he "just 'wanted to make him feel better.'" [...]
Police in Canada Search For Psychiatrist’s Patients
BlackBurn News Police Search For Psychiatrist’s Patients By Avery Moore March 5th, 2013 Psychiatrist - Stanley Dobrowolski London Police are searching for dozens of women they say were recorded without their knowledge in the office of psychiatrist Stanley Dobrowolski. Dobrowolski was arrested in November and charged with two counts of sexual assault and one count of voyeurism. In January, police executed a search warrant at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, and reported finding evidence of seven additional cases of voyeurism. Now police say an investigation into Dobrowolski’s computer and electronic storage devices has led them to [...]
Jury to Start Deliberations in Psych Sex Case Friday
Vancouver Sun Defence wraps up argument in Calgary psychiatrist sex assault trial By Bill Graveland January 21, 2013 CALGARY - The lawyer for a Calgary psychiatrist charged with sexually assaulting several of his patients launched a verbal attack on the main Crown witness during his final arguments Monday. Dr. Aubrey Levin, 74, is charged with assaulting nine of his patients. The allegations came to light in 2010 after one of the patients came forward with secret videos he recorded during court-ordered sessions with the psychiatrist. The videos, played in court last fall, show Levin undoing the man's belt and jeans [...]