The 2006 annual report from the APA contains a report from the Ethics committee. Here’s the skinny on complaints:
1. In 2006 282 inquiries were received; 82 complaint forms were received. If you count how many complaints were received (including nonmembers), a total of 672 new matters were brought before the committee.
2. Complaints were filed against .09% of the membership (91,000 strong)
3. What is the most frequent complaint processed? Loss of licensure. This means members lost their license due to some alleged misbehavior and so APA then took up the case to determine whether they should also be censured by the APA. So, it seems State boards are quite active right now. Unfortunately, these boards are often not accountable to anyone.
15 of the loss of licensure cases also heard by APA were due to sexual misconduct, 3 were related to child custody cases.
7 were due to a felony conviction.
4. Of the cases opened in 2006, 28% had to due with insurance and fee problems; 24% had to do with sexual misconduct.
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