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Apr. 10th, 2022 08:18 amOn March 30, I posted an article from CBC News about really horrific sexual misconduct by a psychiatrist and a psychologist, Dr Donna Dryer and Dr Richard Yensen, during a clinical trial for use of MDMA to treat PTSD. Warning, the link does not contain any images from the videos, but it does contain upsetting descriptions of what Yensen and Dryer were doing in the videos..
There have since been developments. Alas, the University of British Columbia (my alma mater, sad to say) has not yet fired Dr Dryer from her job as a professor of psychiatry. What is she teaching medical students, I wonder. 101 ways to further sexually abuse patients who come to you for help with their trauma from previous sexual abuse, and then avoid any consequences? And since psychologists in British Columbia don't need to be regulated in order to practice (which is a story in and of itself), Dr Richard Yensen isn't facing any consequences for his actions either.
Where was I? Oh yes, developments. Health Canada has now announced a review of all clinical trials involving MDMA for PTSD in Canada. Because, surprise surprise, it wasn't just 2 bad apples in Vancouver abusing a vulnerable patient. It turns out MAPS, the organization which organized the MDMA studies, has also been fudging their data and not following up with former study participants regarding suicidality after they finished their time in the clinical trial.
Personally, I think Health Canada should have realized the study design had significant flaws BEFORE they approved the studies to go ahead, not 7 years after they gave approval, and after many Canadians have participated in the studies. But the review is better late than never, I guess.
The link above also contains upsetting stills of Dr Yensen and Dr Dryer being videotaped abusing their patient (videotapes made at MAPS's behest, but which MAPS didn't bother to watch until November 2021. Which was over 2 years AFTER they'd fired Yensen and Dryer). So once again I am violating CBC News's copyright by copying and pasting plain text only beneath the cut tag. ( Read more... )
There have since been developments. Alas, the University of British Columbia (my alma mater, sad to say) has not yet fired Dr Dryer from her job as a professor of psychiatry. What is she teaching medical students, I wonder. 101 ways to further sexually abuse patients who come to you for help with their trauma from previous sexual abuse, and then avoid any consequences? And since psychologists in British Columbia don't need to be regulated in order to practice (which is a story in and of itself), Dr Richard Yensen isn't facing any consequences for his actions either.
Where was I? Oh yes, developments. Health Canada has now announced a review of all clinical trials involving MDMA for PTSD in Canada. Because, surprise surprise, it wasn't just 2 bad apples in Vancouver abusing a vulnerable patient. It turns out MAPS, the organization which organized the MDMA studies, has also been fudging their data and not following up with former study participants regarding suicidality after they finished their time in the clinical trial.
Personally, I think Health Canada should have realized the study design had significant flaws BEFORE they approved the studies to go ahead, not 7 years after they gave approval, and after many Canadians have participated in the studies. But the review is better late than never, I guess.
The link above also contains upsetting stills of Dr Yensen and Dr Dryer being videotaped abusing their patient (videotapes made at MAPS's behest, but which MAPS didn't bother to watch until November 2021. Which was over 2 years AFTER they'd fired Yensen and Dryer). So once again I am violating CBC News's copyright by copying and pasting plain text only beneath the cut tag. ( Read more... )
