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...what followed for Lozano, his grieving family claims, was a death spiral into infantilism and madness. On April 2, 1991, just a few months before he was to receive his M.D., Lozano, 28, injected himself with a lethal dose of cocaine. Last week Dr. Bean-Bayog, 48, found herself before the Massachusetts medical licensing board refuting charges by Lozano's family that she had driven him to suicide by seducing him into a lurid affair, brainwashing him into thinking that she was his loving "Mom" and he her baby boy, and then dumping him when he could no longer...
Lozano's family, which is suing the psychiatrist for malpractice and "wrongful death," offers some extraordinary evidence. Among the items they retrieved from his Boston apartment were children's books such as Goodnight, Moon, inscribed in Bean-Bayog's hand to "the baby"; tapes in which the therapist instructs Lozano to repeat 10 times, "I'm your Mom, and I love you, and you love me very, very much"; flash cards made by the psychiatrist, one of which refers to missing "the phenomenal sex"; photographs taken by Lozano that show Bean-Bayog snuggling a stuffed bear; and a series...
Despite such evidence, the case against Bean-Bayog is by no means airtight. In testimony before the state board, the psychiatrist denied ever having sex with Lozano and maintained that he was far more disturbed than his family is letting on. She described him as "chronically suicidal," the victim of "horrendous childhood abuse," a drug user, and a liar subject to delusions of sexual abuse involving both her and another female psychiatrist. Though a social worker who had worked with Lozano challenges this depiction, other therapists familiar with the case support Bean-Bayog's account...
...statement dictated by Lozano referring to his relationship with a girlfriend. She admits the sexual fantasies are her own dreams but says they were never meant to be shown to Lozano: he broke into her office and stole them, she contends. Far from cutting his life short, Bean-Bayog says she helped sustain him for four years. She believes his death was accidental...
When therapists feel themselves drawn into an emotional or sexual relationship with a patient, they are supposed to consult colleagues for guidance. Bean-Bayog seems to have done just this. Last week a clinical social worker in Boston said that Bean-Bayog had discussed her sexual attraction toward a Mexican-American patient in a teaching session. Bean-Bayog also repeatedly sought advice on the Lozano case from senior psychiatrists. Said one of her colleagues: "She had consultations at every stage of the game." He points out that a therapist who is abusing a patient is unlikely to be so open...