Raymond Kam is a Boston-based former psychiatrist who lost his license in 2013.
When a 16-year old girl suffering from “several serious psychiatric symptoms
and/or conditions” reported parental neglect and abuse to him, Kam decided
that, instead of reporting the abuse (as required by law), the girl was
demon-possessed.
Upon deciding that the girl’s diagnosis was “spiritual” rather than
psychiatric, he officially took himself off her case and appointed himself her
“spiritual mentor” instead, apparently giving her a cross to wear (in exchange
for an undisclosed other religious symbol) and bringing her to his church. At
least the Board of Registration in Medicine voted to suspend his license
indefinitely, saying his conduct called into question his “competence to
practice medicine,” though they also allowed the suspension to be lifted as early as 2014 if Kam completed a psychiatric
evaluation and other assessments, and entered into a five-year probation
agreement – we haven’t seen any updates. Apparently Kam was supported in his
assessments by another psychiatrist, Enrico Mezzacappa, who was reprimanded but
didn’t lose his license – in other words, Mezzacappa is still out there preying
on unsuspecting victims.
Diagnosis: It’s astonishing that Kam could get through his
education being so abjectly incompetent at what he was doing, but he did. At
least Mezzacappa is still at large, and even Kam himself might have returned to
practice; watch out.
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