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Sexual Abuse

Sexual abuse occurs all too frequently in the context of a patient-health professional relationship. Sexual contact of any sort between a patient and healthcare giver is regarded as unethical and often considered to constitute malpractice. In some states, such contact is considered a criminal offense.

Sexual abuse harms the patient. Studies have shown that Patients are harmed by sexual contact with their therapist. Studies of practicing therapists estimate that, in their observations, between eighty-seven and ninety percent of the patients who have had sexual contact with their therapist are damaged. Injuries include sexual dysfunction, anxiety disorders, psychiatric hospitalizations, increased risk of suicide, depression, dissociative behavior, internalized feelings of guilt, shame, anger, confusion, hatred, inability to trust and feelings of worthlessness. Other effects of the sexual contact included anger, shame, humiliation, depression, and anxiety. In addition, for many victims, realizing that they are harmed and that the therapist was the cause of their harm takes years. Only four to eight percent of victims ever report the sexual contact.

Injuries caused patients by providers' sexual contact do not differ significantly between therapists and other health care providers: the damage resulting from either professional's breach of trust manifests itself in similar ways. In a more recent study, "two thirds of uninvolved physicians whose patients reported sexual contact with other physicians thought that such contact was 'always harmful.'"

If you or someone you know has been injured due to sexual abuse, you may be entitled to monetary compensation. Please fill out the form below for a free evaluation of your claim by an experienced attorney. There is no cost or obligation for this service.

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