Sexual contact between psychotherapists and patients is unethical, exploitative, and harmful.
It commonly begins through breaches of appropriate therapeutic boundaries. A preventive …

Understanding the genetic influence on ECG time intervals and heart rate (HR) is important
for identifying the genes underlying susceptibility to cardiac arrhythmias. The objective of this …

Controversy over the legitimate extent, if any, of sexual contact between psychotherapists
and former patients remains intense. In this paper the authors review current approaches to …

In a growing response to psychotherapist-patient sexual relations, the major mental health
organizations have universally condemned sexual contact in therapeutic relationships as …

The task of defining boundaries and boundary violations in the therapeutic relationship is
examined from several perspectives. This paper reviews the ethical rules of the major mental …

Legislative enactment of criminal penalties for psychotherapists' sexual contact with their
patients is pending in several states. The arguments in favor of criminalization are that it serves …

Despite prohibitions by the ethical codes of all major mental health professions, therapist
sexual misconduct remains a serious problem. Over the past 13 years, individual states have …

… Paul Appelbaum, Attorney Pamela Green, Dale Jorgenson and Philip Lipman for their
careful reviews of our drafts and their excellent suggestions; Attorney Rebecca Randles for …

Although there is unanimity among mental health professionals as to the unethical aspect of
psychotherapist-patient sexual contact, there is disagreement as to whether subsequent …

by LINDA M. JORGENSON, JD tudies show that up to 12% of therapists admit to having sex
with one or more of their patients." Further stud-ies indicate that between 33%" and 80%" of …