I went to Dr Gallagher because I to was referred to my my school district for a fitness for duty…read moreevaluation and I was a bit nervous because of the things I read online. My lawyer was concerned that I was not going to pass and that her report would be the death nail in my career. With that said, I just decided to go in and be as truthful and transparent as possible because you're going to be vulnerable. As much as I felt my situation did warrant some concern, I strongly felt that the way my district handled the situation was questionable. I found her to be extremely helpful but downright charming at times. She ended up giving me more insight to my problems in an hour than I've received in the past four years from my own psychiatrist. She really was able to surgically zero in on my issues and I felt that she was fair. It's not her job to hold your hand but to deliver an opinion and although I'm still not sure how the report will play out I felt strongly that she was very fair and that's all you can ask for. If she wasn't so far away I'd transfer my services to her. I felt she was very helpful and I know that going through these evaluations isn't fun, you simply have to own your mistakes and be willing to accept the consequences.

This place is horrible! They do not care about their patients! They do not listen to their…read morepatients. They do not ask about medical history, medications or diagnosis. Instead, they will prescribe old outdated drugs like Depakote, instead of the much newer drugs on the market. Without asking or consulting with you personally. They are currently being federally investigated for lengthy patient hospital stays and billing practices! This place is ran by Acadia Health. They partnered with Trinity Health to use the Mt. Carmel name. This is very deceiving. You will NOT get the same good quality of care! Communication between patient and caregivers is terrible. They won't tell you anything, even if you ask repeatedly. Instead, they act like they don't hear you. I asked,pleaded and begged to be sent out to Mt. Carmel East for testing due to severe lower back pain. It was very debilitating and I was in severe pain the whole time I was there. They denied my request to be sent out. After discharge I went to a local hospital emergency room for an MRI and other testing and was diagnosed with severe spinal stenosis and this place denied me medical care. It is so severe that I will be needing surgery and they totally ignored my requests when I could hardly walk or get around. Terrible place! Don't come here or you will regret it. The staff is abusive toward patients!! If you ask questions and cause too much of a problem you will be sedated against your will. They sent a whole group of medical staff into my room and held me down against my will and sedated me for several days in a row. I'm assuming because I asked questions and they never acknowledged me so I acted out. One worker (a very heavy male attendant) bent my right wrist back so far I thought he was breaking it. VERY ABUSIVE TOWARD PATIENTS. The doctor and staff do not care about your medical history or your well being. They are in it to bilk your insurance company for every penny they can get. Don't expect to get outta here anytime soon! They will keep you 8-12 days minimum. Which is way longer then the average stay at other behavioral units in the city. Go elsewhere, you won't be treated like a human being here! THIS PLACE NEEDS SHUT DOWN! I have already filed a complaint w/my health care provider and contiplating filing complaints with The Mental Health and Addiction Board and Ohio Dept of Health. They need to know exactly what's going on in this sh*t hole place.

They are a prison . Not a mental health facility. They treat you like you are not human. Dont…read morelisten to you as a human being.. Only offer group therapy.. nothing individual. Don't have basic supplies.. Barely and pillows.. Force medication on everyone! If you dont comply. Take you to court and lie on you!! Horrible food and no activities. You leave here. Traumatized and. They dont care.. No Advocacy provided...Under staffed... You are just a number and a pay check!!! Keep your family away.. Therapists. Are clueless. Miserable and do not respond to phone calls.. Getting a lawyer and suing!

Dr. Richards has been treating my 10 year old son for 15 months. My son was in a very dark place…read morewhen he first went to see Dr. Richards and was not at all happy about having to go see a psychiatrist as he didn't want to share his personal thoughts and issues. Dr. Richards is relatively soft spoken, has a non-threatening manner and asked appropriate questions which helped my son open up without feeling that his innermost feelings were being violated. The medication Dr. Richards originally prescribed and tapered up over a 6 week period has made a world of difference in restoring my son to his old self. Dr. Richards has since needed to up the dosage on two different occasions and it has again brought my son back to who he was before the depression set in. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Dr. Richards to other parents whose children are facing depression.

Dr. Richards has really helped our son. Very knowledgeable on the impact of each medication and…read moreworked with us until we have just right.

Dr. Brandenmihl is one of the most professional trustworthy psychiatrists I have ever been to. He…read moretruly cares about his patients and can never thank him enough for everything he has done for me! He has truly changed my life for the better!

I have seen so many psychiatrists in the past few months but after finding Dr. B on google and…read moreseeing all the good he's done I knew my search was over. My first visit was great. Dr. B is very professional and caring and great with my med management. I can't recommend Dr. B enough..

This review includes my opinions of Richard [Rick] Curtis, LPCC…read more I reached out to COBM for help with my long standing anxiety and depression. They returned my message quickly, and the receptionists have always been polite, helpful, and friendly. I was paired with Richard (Rick) Curtis for therapy, and my God he has been a life saver. I explained to him my history (childhood abuse, nightmares every night for as long as I could remember, depression, panic attacks, generalized and social anxiety), and how I was currently feeling ( always feeling like something is wrong, or something isn't right, nervous, not sleeping or eating well, various psychosomatic symptoms). By my third visit that man changed my life. I was (now unsurprisingly) diagnosed with PTSD and with that I was finally treated in ways that actually helped me, where other psychologists had failed. My nightmares are almost nonexistent now, I feel like I have more control over myself and my life, i'm not afraid, I'm more confident. My first visit we established how I was currently feeling and the troubles I was experiencing, as well as what my goals were and what I hoped to gain from meeting with him. He introduced himself, outlined his education and clinical history (trained in EMDR therapy by Shapiro herself! As well as 40+ years of work with PTSD), and the different approaches we could take with my treatment. I was able to give him a brief understanding of my past, and he didn't send me off without first giving me multiple coping tools and exercises to use to manage my mental health until our next visit. After that, I kept a journal of the nightmares I had for the next week, and when I brought them back he was able to find the common themes between them (i'm inadequate, I have no control), so we could dissect exactly how my mind works which leads me to act and react in the ways that I do. We also talked through specific traumatic experiences that I could remember and he helped me understand why and how they were so significant in the long term to my mental health. We have done a lot of cognitive behavioral therapy (so helpful), and also have done exercises to address my somatic symptoms- which was extremely stressful for me and he was very flexible and understanding when I expressed my desire to stop the exercise. We have not yet gotten into EMDR therapy, but I'm getting to a point now where I feel like I might not even need it. He has been absolutely vital, if not the total life force, behind the improvements I've made mentally and behaviorally. I no longer feel like nothing but a product of the things that have happened to me. He has also been extremely helpful in helping me find better ways to react to things that happen around me just for existing in my family, and ways in which I can try to figure out what I should do in a certain situation if I were to come across it on my own without previous coaching. He has helped me see the world for how it truly is, instead of how my past taught me it was and how my mind interpreted it in an attempt to protect myself. I was almost reluctant to post this review because I don't want him to have so many patients that it affects his availability! However, he really deserves credit for how great he is at what he does, and how much he has helped me.

This is my experience trying to become a new patient…read more 4/28/17 - Called and asked about becoming a new patient with Dr. Peter Zafrirdes, and the guy who answered the phone was extremely rude in my conversation and corrected me in the pronunciation of Dr. Z's name. Sorry about that, my bad. Then he transferred me to the New Patient Line to leave a voicemail where I did as such. No returned call. 5/9/17 - left another VM on the new patient line. No returned call. 5/17/17 - Went to their website and sent an email stating that this was my third attempt at contacting them. 5/18/17 - Received a call from Darci that if I was "still interested" to contact them. Really....What do you think!!! I called Darci back immediately, upon which I was told that Dr. Z was not accepting new patients. I explained that my doctor had referred me to him. She explained of course, b/c Dr. Z is the best doctor and went on and on and him. I thought my doctor was the best myself and he was about to retire but I wasn't bragging. She recommended Dr. Julie Guthrie which I declined as she doesn't have good ratings. She explained that there were staffing issues....staff had left and the rest were having to pick up the slack. So I asked will Dr. Z be possibly take new patients later in the year? She said she didn't know. I asked if I could call back and check, yes. SOOO.... 10/23/17 - left VM on new patient line. Note the message states not to leave multiple messages as they are busy with patients or calling patients back. 10/30/17 - attempted to leave another VM but VM is FULL (see 10/23.....I believe if the office were actually calling patients back and deleting the VM messages, it wouldn't be full). Sent and email via their website contact page. 11/1/17 - @ 4:55pm....well, as of this writing, I have yet to receive a phone call. In my opinion, I truly believe the office staff are blocking and preventing patients from actually getting assistance from this facility. I believe the office staff are the gateway to the doctors and other medical professionals in this office and if they are picking and selecting who gets treated or not, that's sad and can become detrimental. This is very poor busy practices not returning phone calls back to potential clients. P.S. - Dr. Z may be a good doctor (I'm sure he is) but his office staff are not making him or the facility look very good. I wonder if Dr. Z, the other doctors, and other medical professionals really know what's going on in their office...that patients are trying to get in to seem them but the office staff are not allowing this to happen. Upon my research I found others have had issues with the office staff as well. Unless management take notice, this will continue to be a problem.