Physicians and the New Sexual Freedom

IRADJ SIASSI and MIVART THOMASAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130, Number 11

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.130.11.1256

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Articles in the popular press and books by mental health practitioners have raised the question of whether psychiatrists should have sexual relations with their patients. The authors compare the relationship between a physician and a patient with that between a parent and a child and conclude that sexual involvement with a patient impairs the empathy and objectivity that are necessary for therapeutic effect.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 130 • Number 11 • November 1973

Pages: 1256 - 1257

PubMed: 4746034

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Published in print: November 1973

Published online: 1 April 2006

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IRADJ SIASSI

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MIVART THOMAS

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Director of Adult Services and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health Sciences, Rutgers Medical School, University Heights, Piscataway, N.J. 08854

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health Sciences, Rutgers Medical School, University Heights, Piscataway, N.J. 08854

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