title: Patient-therapist sex: 'just say no' isn't enough.
abstract: This article focuses on the incidence of patient-therapist sex and the generally negative consequences for both parties; the characteristics of therapists against whom claims are laid; and the legal and ethical issues arising from such relationships. The authors conclude that prevention, in the form of more realistic and adaptive training programmes, is a far better approach to this problem than 'postvention' and the punishment of transgressing therapists.
authors.affiliation: Medical College of Georgia, Augusta.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Solursh
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Solursh
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D014481:United States