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| Subject: Rights violation: OZschwitz psychiatrist struck off for sex and drugs with patient Mon May 07, 2012 5:06 am | |
| A NSW psychiatrist slept with a 25-year-old patient, wrote her scripts for powerful drugs without consultation, paid her $20,000, took ecstasy with her and did not end the relationship because he thought she would get "extremely angry," the state Medical Tribunal has heard.
The tribunal ordered that Neil Schultz - who has been reprimanded for misconduct before - be deregistered for 18 months.
It found him guilty of professional misconduct, failing to protect patient confidentiality, having an inappropriate personal relationship with a patient and failing to observe professional boundaries.
A complaint received by the Health Care Complaints Commission last year said Schultz, whose practice was in Richmond, began treating the patient in March 2008, diagnosing her with attention deficit disorder and borderline personality disorder.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/psychiatrist-struck-off-for-sex-and-drugs-with-patient-20120507-1y7vk.html#ixzz1uAnNWvwd
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