Released on: May 11, 2008, 8:21 am

Press Release Author: Citizens Commission on Human Rights

Industry: Law

Press Release Summary: Psychiatrist Engaged In Kissing, Fondling, Masturbation And
Oral Sex With Teenage Female Patients In His Vancouver, British Columbia Office.


Press Release Body: According to Court documents filed in late February,
psychiatrist Richard Golden has been ordered to pay more than 150,000 dollars in
compensation which is to be shared with two of the three teenage girls who the
doctor sexually assaulted during the years from 2000 to 2005.
A fourth complaint of indecent behavior was filed In August last year with the
College of Physicians and Surgeons against Dr. Golden. The complaint was also filed
with the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a social reform group that
investigates and exposes psychiatric violations of human rights. The complaint
alleged among other things that Dr. Golden would hug his 18 year old woman patient
on many occasions during which time he would have an erection.

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

In the past 4 years four psychiatrists have either been criminally convicted,
stripped of their license to practice or severely reprimanded in British Columbia
alone, mostly for sexually assaulting their patients or for sexual misconduct with
patients.

World-wide, more than 230 psychiatrists have either been criminally convicted or
have lost their license to practice due to sexual relations with patients over the
past few years. This is ample evidence that these incidents are not isolated and
indicate that there is a very great risk of being sexually assaulted while in a
psychiatrist\'s office.

In February 2006, Dr. Larry Anderson, a Penticton psychiatrist was sentenced to 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".

Psychiatrist 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.

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.

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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