Brown Professor of Psychiatry Placed on Probation by RIDOH for Inappropriate Relationship
Monday, January 16, 2023
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University Amy Cameron has been placed on probation by the Rhode Island Department of Health.
The Harvard-educated Cameron is an accomplished researcher and practices at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Providence. She has an academic appointment at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School.
Beyond Harvard, Cameron also earned a Ph.D. at Clark University.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTAccording to he resume, she is a member of more than ten medical societies and has been widely published. One of her papers, “Moral injury as a unique predictor of suicidal ideation in a veteran sample with a substance use disorder,” was published in the Journal of the American Psychological Association.
RIDOH sanctioned her for an inappropriate relationship, and they called out that Cameron did not self-report the incidents, as the violations were raised by a complainant — who was not identified by the RIDOH.
According to the RIDOH finding, the incident was a violation of the “Psychologist Act" by breaching several tenets of the American Psychological Association Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, specifically:
a. Ethical Standard §3.04 Avoiding Harm-psychologists must take reasonable steps to avoid harming their clients/patients;
b. Ethical Standard §3.05 Multiple Relationships-psychologists who have a professional role with a person should refrain from entering into multiple relationships with the same person if the multiple relationship risks exploitation or harm to the person with whom the professional role exists;
c. Ethical Standard §3.08 Exploitive Relationships-psychologists should not exploit their patient/client relationships
Specifically, the enforcement action cites:
1. That Respondent is a psychologist licensed to practice in the State of Rhode Island under psychology, License Number PS01c558.
2. That at all times relevant hereto, Cameron was employed at Providence Veterans Administration Medical Center in Providence, RI.
3. That according to the Complaint, Respondent began a clinical relationship with Patient 1 on or about November 2014, The clinical relationship lasted until approximately May 2015. The relationship between Respondent and Patient 1 became personal in nature. The relationship exceeded the professionally acceptable boundaries for practitioners and patients including frequent after-hours phone calls and texting. Additionally, she failed to document the occurrence and frequency of the after-hours communications in the clinical notes.
4. Cameron acknowledged the relationship with Patient 1 was improper, represented a significant ethical lapse in judgment and expressed remorse in connection therewith.
5. That, nevertheless, the Board noted she did not self-report the incidents, as they were raised by the complainant.
6. That the conduct described in the Complaint and in Paragraph 3, 4, and 5 above violated §5-44-18 (6) of the "Psychologist Act" by breaching several tenets of the American
As conditions of the enforcement action, Cameron must complete a number of actions per the agreement:
Complete required continuing education credits ("CECs") required for licensure and previously acquired CECs on ethics and boundaries.
She will seek and obtain clinical supervisory consultation with a supervisor at her current employer -the Veterans Administration, during the probation period.
Efforts to reach Cameron for comment were unsuccessful.
Cameron Featured on RIDOH's Podcast
The Rhode Island Department of Health featured Cameron on their podcast in August.
The show is titled Veterans' Health - Public Health Out Loud
This week’s guest expert on the #PublicHealth Out Loud #podcast is Dr. Amy Cameron, a clinical psychologist at the Providence VA Medical Center. Download the episode to learn more about the most common health concerns among #veterans & treatment options.https://t.co/qo8Wb2ipNx
— Rhode Island Department of Health (@RIHEALTH) August 9, 2022
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