{"id":330,"date":"2010-09-16T17:23:55","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T23:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/?p=330"},"modified":"2024-07-14T05:43:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T10:43:08","slug":"psychiatrists-psychologists-professional-rapists-perverts-and-pedophiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/2010\/09\/16\/psychiatrists-psychologists-professional-rapists-perverts-and-pedophiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychiatrists & Psychologists: Professional Rapists, Perverts and Pedophiles"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States Code<\/em>, Chapter 109a, Title 18, Section 2242, Sexual Abuse<\/em>, states, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Whoever\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6knowingly\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6engages in a sexual act with another person if that other person is\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6incapable of appraising the nature of the conduct\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

There is a long-standing consensus in the medical profession that sexual contact or sexual relations between physicians and patients is unethical. The prohibition against such was incorporated into the Hippocratic Oath: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I will come to the benefit of the sick, remaining free of all intentional injustice, of all mischief and in particular of sexual relations with both female and male persons\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

In no other area of medicine is the patient in such a state of emotional vulnerability as when they visit a psychiatrist or psychologist. It is a relationship in which the patient can be most easily exploited and manipulated.<\/p>\n

But psychiatrists and psychologists rarely consider that raping a patient is rape. Instead, it is euphemistically called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sexual contact,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153sexual relationship\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153crossing the boundaries\u00e2\u20ac\u009d when one of its members sexually forces themself on a patient, often with the help of drugs or electroshock treatment.<\/p>\n

A review of more than 800 convictions of psychiatrists, psychologists and psychotherapists between 1998 and 2005 revealed that more than 30% were for sex crimes.<\/p>\n

Studies in numerous countries reveal that between 10% and 25% of psychiatrists and psychologists admit to sexually abusing their patients.<\/p>\n

A 1997 Canadian study of psychiatrists revealed that 10% admitted to sexually abusing their patients; 80% of those were repeat offenders.<\/p>\n

In a 1999 British study of therapist-patient sexual contact among psychologists, 25% reported having treated a patient who had been sexually involved with another therapist.<\/p>\n

As reported in 2001, a U.S. study of therapist-client sex, reported that 1 out of 20 clients who had been sexually abused by their therapist was a minor. The female victims\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 ages ranged from 3 to 17, and from 7 to 16 for the males. The average age was 7 for girls and 12 for boys.<\/p>\n

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