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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Psychologist Kristina Nana Killam Duangpatra banned for six months for inappropriate relationship with prisoner

By Tony Keim
The Courier-Mail
Originally published November 5, 2012


A FEMALE psychologist who had a "personal and intimate relationship" with a Brisbane prisoner - including offering to have his child - has been banned for six months.

The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal was told psychologist Kristina Nana Killam Duangpatra had an improper relationship with a prisoner over a two-year period.

QCAT acting Deputy President Kerrie O'Callaghan, in a just published eight-page decision, said Duagnpatra first met the prisoner, identified only as Mr Cougan, at Wacol's Wolston Correctional Centre when she began treating him on August 3, 2009.

The tribunal became involved after a disciplinary referral from the Psychology Board of Australia indicated Duangpatra was having an improper relationship with a former patient.

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