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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Javier Criado, Psychiatrist, Spaine, accused of sex abuse
Javier Criado Olive Press Prominent Sevilla psychiatrist accused of sex abuse Investigation is launched following allegations by six former patients By Caitlin Quinn July 14, 2015 -- Excerpt A PROMINENT Sevilla psychiatrist is under investigation for sexually abusing a string of patients. Javier Criado, 65, has been accused by at least six women of continued sexual and psychological abuse. They claim that the abuse was carried out over the course of about two decades, both in Criado’s office at his private clinic and in his home...
Levi Chen-Wah Leong, Minnesota Psychiatrist, sentenced
Hometownsource.com Appeals court affirms conviction of psychiatrist in sex crime case --Excerpt The Minnesota Court of Appeals last week handed down a decision affirming the conviction of a psychiatrist who in 2011 engaged in sexual intercourse with an adult female patient in Chisago County. Levi Chen-Wah Leong, 49, formerly of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, was initially convicted by a Chisago County jury in October 2013. After denying his motion for a new trial or acquittal, the district court sentenced him to 48 months in prison. Leong, a licensed psychiatrist, was charged with criminal sexual conduct [...]
Basem Shlewiet, Doylestown psychiatrist, sentenced
The Intelligencer Former Doylestown psychiatrist gets 7 to 17 years for sexual assault --Excerpt A Doylestown-based psychiatrist will spend the next seven to 17 years in a state prison for having inappropriate contact with his patients. Dr. Basem Shlewiet, 43, of Buckingham, was sentenced Monday in Bucks County Court. He was convicted in October on 16 criminal counts, which included forcible indecent assault, indecent assault without consent and unlawful contact with a minor. Judge Wallace H. Bateman sentenced Shlewiet to serve time in prison for crimes against each of the seven victims. Shlewiet was sentenced to 2½ years to [...]
Fermin Briones, Jr, San Antonio psychiatrist, suspended
Fermin Briones, Jr. KSAT SA psychiatrist has license suspended over relationship with patient Fermin Briones, Jr. has license temporarily suspended By Robert Taylor January 5, 2015 SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio psychiatrist had his license temporarily suspended by the Texas Medical Board over a sexual relationship with a patient. Dr. Fermin Briones, Jr. had his licensed suspended Jan. 2. The board cited evidence including videos, emails and text messages about the relationship with the patient as reason for the suspension. The board said Briones' continuation in the practice of medicine "poses a continuing threat to public welfare." Briones faces [...]
Thomas Havel, California psychiatrist, sexual misconduct
Thomas Havel San Jose Mercury News Mountain View: Advocates for those molested by priests want psychiatrist out of El Camino Hospital By Eric Kurhi December 5, 2014 --Excerpt Victim advocates Friday called for the ouster of a psychiatrist and former priest who has practiced at El Camino Hospital for decades, citing accusations that he had molested two teenage girls years ago. In 1988 Dr. Thomas Havel, now 77, was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl whom he had counseled before coming to El Camino, beginning when she was 13 years old. That lawsuit was dismissed on the grounds that [...]
Anil Ramachandran, Libertyville psychiatrist – “alleged cases of sexual assault”
Anil Ramachandran Chicago Sun-Times Sex assault allegations prompt suspension of doctor's license; State's attorney's office, Waukegan police review the case for criminal charges By Ruth Fuller July 4, 2014 -- Excerpt Prosecutors said they have not yet decided whether they will criminally charge a Libertyville psychiatrist who has been sued civilly for two alleged cases of sexual assault, one of which occurred in November and resulted in his DNA being found inside a woman’s body. Waukegan police and the Lake County State’s Attorney’s office are investigating the complaints against Dr. Anil Ramachandran, whose license to practice medicine in Illinois was [...]
Ali Salim, Ohio Psychiatrist, Sentenced
Ali Salim The Columbus Dispatch Doctor sentenced to 36 years for killing pregnant woman --Excerpt DELAWARE, Ohio — A doctor who admitted to killing a pregnant woman and her unborn daughter in the summer of 2012 was sentenced today to serve 36 years and 4 months in prison. Ali Salim, 44, pleaded guilty in October to killing 23-year-old Deanna Ballman after she answered a Craigslist ad he’d placed for a prostitute. Ballman was nine months pregnant at the time of her death. Her unborn daughter, whom she’d planned to name Mabel, also was killed... Until his arrest, Salim was an [...]
David Israelstam, Wisconsin Psychiatrist, Sentenced
David Israelstam Channel3000 Madison psychiatrist sentenced for child porn possession --Excerpt A Madison psychiatrist will spend a year and a half behind bars for possession of child pornography as part of a plea deal. David Israelstam, 73, was also sentenced Thursday to three and a half years of extended supervision and seven years of probation after his time in prison. A criminal complaint said Madison police found several binders and at least 64 images of child porn in Israelstam’s home. He was arrested in February... While his attorneys said he was a sex addict, the prosecution argued he was a [...]