Svartberg M
Department of Psychology, California State University, Sacramento 95819-6007.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1992 Oct 30;112(26):3298-301.
According to research in the USA, most psychotherapists reported sexual attraction to one or more of their patients during their career. Only a small minority, however, engaged in sex with their patients. There is a subgroup among offenders (i.e. repeaters) whose views on therapist-patient sex are distorted and grossly at variance with standard professional ethics. Nine of ten patients who have been involved in sex with their therapists are harmed by it. The clinical problems they present resemble those of incest and rape victims. In terms of prevention it seems worthwhile to train students and psychotherapist trainees in ethics and in how to handle sexual feelings. Efforts to rehabilitate offenders have met with little success so far. Prevalence of doctor-patient sex does not seem to differ across most clinical medical specialties.
根据美国的研究，大多数心理治疗师报告在其职业生涯中对一名或多名患者产生过性吸引。然而，只有一小部分人与他们的患者发生了性关系。在犯罪者（即累犯）中有一个亚群体，他们对治疗师与患者发生性行为的看法扭曲，与标准职业道德严重不符。十分之九与治疗师发生过性行为的患者因此受到伤害。他们出现的临床问题类似于乱伦和强奸受害者的问题。在预防方面，培训学生和心理治疗实习生的职业道德以及如何处理性感觉似乎是值得的。到目前为止，改造犯罪者的努力收效甚微。医患性行为的发生率在大多数临床医学专科中似乎没有差异。
