Mali A Mann, MD

I am happy with the appointments I had have with Dr Mann she has helped me get a lot of my anxiety under control and taught me ways to deal with issues that I didn’t know how to deal with before. She listens to what I have to say no matter what it is and tries to understand me. She’s really gentle and calming when she speaks. I have struggled with panic attacks for a long time but since I’ve been seeing her my situation has improved a lot. Any students who are having the similar issues should seek her help it has given me confidence and improved my daily life and I am thankful for that.

Dr. Mann was a disappointment in treating my teen daughter’s ADD more than a year ago. I’ve been meaning to write this for a while. She is very difficult to warm up to and is often silent (Freudian? if so it stinks) making us, as parents, uncomfortable and my daughter was most disturbed by her manner. She did not make a connection on any level. It was all about the Adderall which we were happy to get, but the visits were a waste. Furthermore she was very absent minded, forgetting to cancel an appointment, and writing June 31^st for a prescription which invalidated the prescription– regulated– so we had to get another. The review here on Unilocal which was negative about Dr. Mann and removed was actually accurate in some respects to our complaints. I’m sure she has a good heart but I found her to be frustrating and too odd to work with.

Dr. Mann is a well respected, experienced, highly valued psychiatrist. In addition, she is a board certified psychoanalyst. Dr. Mann has successfully practiced in the Santa Clara County community for over 30 years. Generously serving as a volunteer on several committees.

This woman is a piece of work. Avoid her. She convinced my husband several years ago that she could get me committed to a psychiatric hospital without even seeing me… highly illegal, though she convinced him it was perfectly legal.
She has claimed to be a specialist in women’s issues, child psychiatry (tried to ensnare my son), marriage counseling (tried to get me to divorce my husband), eating disorders, and chronic pain (said my husband’ spinal problems were psychological – again without examining him).
Every visit began with, «How are your finances?» and then long periods of staring at me while saying nothing.
Wrote me a prescription for a different medication every other time I saw her, literally. Checked the PDR and found that most of them were from the 60s and 70s, clearly outdated.
Mali Mann is a strict Freudian and uses methodology that is mostly discredited, like Freud himself.
Again, avoid this person. She is money-​hungry and she is toxic. Nearly destroyed my marriage and family.