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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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 [...]
Alan John Stubley – guilty of raping and sexually abusing two female patients
Alan John Stubley – guilty of raping and sexually abusing two female patients The West Australian Doctor, 80, faces jail for sex abuse Psychiatrist Alan Stubley An 80-year-old former psychiatrist spent last night in prison after a jury found him guilty of raping and sexually abusing two female patients more than 30 years ago. After seven hours of deliberation, the Supreme Court jury convicted Alan John Stubley of 10 of the 14 alleged offences against two women during psychotherapy sessions from 1975 to 1978. He was found guilty of six counts of rape, three of indecent assault and one [...]
Stephen Shapiro, psychiatrist, long-term sexual relationship with a female patient he was treating for depression
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, New York) DOCTOR'S LICENSE REVOKED; STATE SAYS FAYETTEVILLE PSYCHIATRIST HAD A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A PATIENT By James T. Mulder April 2, 2008 The state has revoked the medical license of a Fayetteville psychiatrist accused of carrying on a long-term sexual relationship with a female patient he was treating for depression. A hearing committee of the state Board for Professional Medical Conduct said Dr. Stephen M. Shapiro, 67, of 900 Fayetteville-Manlius Road, embarked on a seven-year relationship with the woman after she was referred to him in 1998 by her husband, also one of Shapiro's patients. "He [...]
Charles Grade, Psychiatrist, Found not guilt of sexually exploiting patient
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin) Psychiatrist acquitted of assault By Ryan Haggerty March 7, 2008 A psychiatrist accused of sexually assaulting a female patient was acquitted of all charges by a jury Thursday. Charles Grade, 45, of Wauwatosa was found not guilty on three counts of sexual exploitation by a therapist. Each felony count carried a penalty of up to 12-½ years in prison. The woman, whose identity was kept sealed by the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, had accused Grade of having sexual contact with her on three occasions in 2005 and 2006. Grade testified during his trial this week that [...]
Head Games
Boston Magazine An alarming number of Massachusetts psychiatrists have gotten caught againand again having sex with some of this society\'s most vulnerable people: their own patients. By Elaine McArdle JUNE 2003 The man was persistent. For months, he complimented her, shared personal details about himself, and made sexually charged comments. Sallie Park resisted, but as a fortysomething homemaker with marital problems, \"I was feeling very, very vulnerable,\" she says. \"My husband was saying very hurtful things. And this guy was very sympathetic.\" Finally, the man reached for her hand. He moved his own hand up her arm and down [...]
Mayna Choudry, CA psychiatrist, arrested for drugging woman to unconsciousness, then sexually assaulting and beating her
The Associated Press Dateline: Modesto, Calif. April 11, 1999 A California state prison psychiatrist has been arrested at a Modesto motel in the rape of a Reno, Nev., woman, officers said. Mayna Meah Choudry, 65, is accused of using drugs Wednesday to make the 39-year-old woman lose consciousness, then sexually assaulting and beating the woman. Police Lt. Skip McKune said Choudry knew the woman and picked her up early last week near Reno. He agreed to pay her $ 1,000 a day if she would accompany him to California and help him celebrate his birthday. The woman called police on [...]
UNCOVERED: DOCTOR CAN’T HIDE BEHIND SURGERY
Wisconsin State Journal By Cary Segall This is a case that hinged on circumcision-stantial evidence. A psychiatrist who went to extraordinary lengths to cover up having sex with a patient found his circumcision used against him by the 2nd District Court of Appeals Wednesday. Dr. Francois Saculla had the surgery in March 1991, about a year after his patient told an official at the Milwaukee County Mental Health Center that he had had sex with her. The patient said she had gone to Saculla\'s Racine home three times in late 1989 and once performed oral sex on him. Saculla, 65, [...]
Alexander Wills, Boise psychiatrist, arrested
Idaho Press Boise psychiatrist arrested, accused of sexually assaulting a patient --Excerpt A Boise doctor was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of committing forcible penetration with a foreign object against one of his patients. Alexander Wills, 45, was booked into the Ada County jail on the felony charge Tuesday evening, online arrest records show. He was arraigned Wednesday afternoon. Wills’ LinkedIn account lists him as the owner of/psychiatrist at PERMA Mental Health. The company’s LinkedIn page lists its mission as “to create the highest quality psychiatric mental health services for all by combining psychotherapy, psychedelics, and medication management … “ [...]