How Clients Are Harmed by Sexual Contact with Mental Health Professionals: The Syndrome and Its Prevalence.

Pope, Kenneth S.

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ERIC Number: EJ391694

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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How Clients Are Harmed by Sexual Contact with Mental Health Professionals: The Syndrome and Its Prevalence.

Pope, Kenneth S.

Journal of Counseling and Development, v67 n4 p222-26 Dec 1988

Reviews research concerning prevalence, varieties, contributing factors, and harmful consequences of sexual intimacies (occurring either prior to or subsequent to termination of treatment) between mental health professionals and clients. Notes that the sequelae of therapist-client sex may form a distinct syndrome and identifies 10 aspects of Therapist-Patient Sex Syndrome. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Counselor Client Relationship, Health Personnel, Intimacy, Mental Health, Sexuality

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses

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Language: English

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