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Psychiatric Malpractice Reporting Methods
If you decide to report a therapist’s behavior that you believe is unethical and illegal, there are four different ways to do so. All of these reporting options are affected by time limits, so you should consider reporting misconduct at the earliest appropriate opportunity. You may choose one or more of the options listed below. These options and their time limits are discussed in more detail on following pages:
- Administrative Action — File a complaint with the therapist’s licensing board.
- Professional Association Action —File a complaint with the ethics committee of the therapist’s professional association.
- Civil Action — File a civil lawsuit.
- Criminal Action — File a complaint with local law enforcement.
Generally, civil lawsuits are filed to seek money for damages or injuries to a patient. For a sexual misconduct case, a patient may want to sue the therapist for injuries suffered and for the cost of future therapy sessions.
Source*California Department of Consumer Affairs, Communications and Education Division. "Professional Therapy Never Includes Sex," http://www.dca.ca.gov./
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