Psychologist sentenced to house arrest after affair with patient
A psychologist who didn’t disclose her sexual affair with a mental-health patient under her care when she testified on his behalf before the Criminal Code Review Board has been sentenced […]
A psychologist has been sentenced to 18 months of house arrest after being accused of a sexual affair with a mental-health patient under her care. The psychologist failed to disclose the affair when testifying on behalf of the patient before the Criminal Code Review Board. Provincial court Judge Kusham Sharma stated that the offence was a significant affront to the administration of justice.
The patient, who had anti-social and borderline personality disorders with psychopathic traits, pleaded guilty to criminally harassing the psychologist's husband. The psychologist was convicted of breach of trust by a public official and attempting to obstruct justice. Court heard that the psychologist kept "significant information" from the review board on five occasions between 2021 and 2022 to help secure the patient's release or to protect her own reputation.
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