Released on = July 30, 2007, 7:50 am

Press Release Author = Citizens Commission on Human Rights

Industry = Healthcare

Press Release Summary = One psychiatrist engaged in kissing, fondling, masturbation
and oral sex with teenage female patient in his office.

Press Release Body = Five psychiatrists have either been criminally convicted,
stripped of their license to practice or severely reprimanded in British Columbia in
the past 2 years, mostly for sexually assaulting their patients or for sexual
misconduct with patients. One of the psychiatrists was sentenced to 18 months in
jail for his criminal activities.

Following the issuance of disciplinary charges, Dr. Anca Ioana Bostinariu, a
psychiatrist, has admitted that, given the nature of the pyschotherapeutic
relationship, she was guilty of unprofessional conduct in hiring two former patients
as employees. A subsequent review of Dr. Bostinariu\'s practice by the College
identified no concerns with respect to her competency or clinical care. Her name has
been erased from the Medical Register and transferd to the Temporary Register,
effective 2400 hours, March 30, 2007.

The second most recent psychiatrist to be disciplined was Dr. Carol Elaine Davies.
She admitted that she was guilty of unprofessional conduct with respect to her
interaction with a former patient who was an inmate with Correctional Services
Canada (CSC). In 2003, Dr. Davies provided pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy
services in psychiatric clinics at facilities of CSC. Following the termination of
such services, Dr. Davies visited the former patient/inmate on frequent occasions
over a one year period. Dr. Davies admitted that her conduct involved the creation
of a personal relationship with a former patient and that such a relationship was
inappropriate and unprofessional given the nature of the prior psychotherapeutic
relationship. The College of Physicians and Surgeons ordered (among other things)
that Dr. Davies' future professional conduct must be beyond reproach in every
respect

In another case, Dr. Bacon, a retired Victoria B.C. psychiatrist, admitted that he
was guilty of infamous conduct. The disciplinary charges issued by the College were
that Dr. Bacon engaged in sexual touching and sexual intercourse with a female
patient whom he had treated in the 1990's. Dr. Bacon denied the allegations of
sexual intercourse but admitted the sexual touching. Specifically, he admitted
that he had the patient sit on his lap in the office, and sexually touch and fondle
him.

A child psychiatrist, Dr. Golden, was stripped of his license to practice and was
labeled a sexual predator by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British
Columbia recently after they found him guilty of sexual relations with three young
female patients between 2000 and 2005. The psychiatrist engaged in kissing,
fondling, masturbation and oral sex with one female patient in his office. Another
patient was asked about her underwear, how often she had sex and if she was a
virgin.

In February 2006, Dr. Larry Anderson, a Penticton psychiatrist was sentencedto 18
months in jail for sexually assaulting female patients under his care. The charges
involved three former patients with whom he had sexual intercourse in separate
relationships from the late 1970s until 1999.
According to evidence given during the Anderson trial, the Doctor once put sexual
instructions on what a female patient thought was a prescription for anti-depressant
drugs. The prescription read: "Take one erection and put it in an appropriate space.
Do what is needed to obtain satisfaction".

Ordinary citizens would be charged, so why not psychiatrists? This question is being
asked by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR). The complaint processes
carried out by various Medical Boards and Colleges have been compromised in part by
the belief that psychiatrists in some way above the law and beyond reproach and as a
result they get slapped on the wrist for serious criminal activities.

The fact that a recent Google search revealed that more than 70 psychiatrists world
wide have either been criminally convicted or have lost their license to practice
due to sexual relations with patients over the past year and a half is ample
evidence that women are at very great risk of
being sexually assaulted while in a psychiatrist\'s office.

Brian Beaumont, spokesperson for the British Columbia chapter of the Citizens
Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), said "Psychiatric sexual assault is a very common
occurrence over the world, but all too often the perpetrator is only slapped on the
wrist by being given a fine or suspension from practice for these criminal
activities".

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights was established by the Church of Scientology
to investigate and expose psychiatric violations of human rights

If you know anyone, including a child, who has been abused or harmed by a
psychiatrist call The Citizens Commission on Human Rights at 1-800-670-2247.
Complete confidentiality assured.








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