Terrible treatment of patients. Rude, dismissive, condescending, interrupts constantly, vaguely hostile. Did not listen to anything I said; he asked me what I've been struggling with and immediately cut me off to say that my diagnosis of major depressive disorder (which I have been struggling with for about 15 years) is incorrect and that people use it as a catch-all. Apparently it's impossible to be depressed and grieving over the sudden death of your partner at the same time, who knew?
I brought in something I'd written in advance that explained some of my background and what I'm dealing with, which would convey this information much more quickly than me having to explain it verbally. My paper was dramatically slapped face down on the table and he told me that wasn't going to read it and that he "needed to hear it from me." As expected, the entire session was wasted going through a pointless checklist. No, I wasn't sexually abused as a child, I would have brought that up earlier. But he probably wouldn't have bothered to listen.
He views gays with at least some degree of ignorance and contempt. He didn't know what Truvada was (I had to explain to him that it prevents you from getting HIV), and then later in the session assumed I was HIV-positive, which I am not. All of the negative reviews of him follow my exact experience of being disrespected, interrupted and dismissed. If you're going to treat your patients with such contempt, either retire or move somewhere that's more in line with your "quaint" worldview, doc.
Needless to say I will never be returning and I will ask the doctor that referred me to this walking testament to why people are skeptical of the mental health system and asking that he be removed from their list of referrals. You know you've failed as a psychiatrist when your patient leaves more suicidal than when they came in. read more