Stanford Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

when it comes to patients; Stanford does a great job of
telling you how wonderful they are, everytime you turn around
or read anything, you hear about how wonderful they are.
OK, so show me!
i agree with everything written here.
Signage — there is none, the patient doesn’t have to know where
they are? right?
disabled lady trying to get around out there with a cane, and very
sore foot. Yikes, bus stops with no place to sit. and not telling
me that there were jitneys between buildings. i kept asking
for some help here. no one knew anything; not even customer
service.
i think why the supporting staff is so bad, is they are all
impressed with themselves — working for Stanford, remember
how wonderful they say they are.
I hate going out to UCSF, but at least transportation is good.
i think medical people are all the same all over the bay area.
grouchy, sharp, without humor, without compassion, at
least that has been my experience.
i’m sure all the things i have to have to take care of, can be
taken care of somewhere else. thinking super seriously
about moving away from the Bay Area. all there is to to do
here is hike, go to bars and drink, look at the scenery, it’s
basically pretty boring around here — just have to come up
with a place,.

Receptionists are very rude and hostile towards patients. Will straight up tell you without any warning if your medical insurance doesn’t cover their services in a harsh tone of voice. I will be fair to the psychologists, they do at least give some suggestions on how to resolve conflicts and problems in life but most of the suggestions you can find on the Internet for free or significantly cheaper. The Psychiatrists are pretty gloomy and usually will talk to them for 10mins while they give you pills w/​o them explaining the short/​long term side effects and what each one is used for. All things considered, this clinic is a joke but not the worst out there in the Bay Area.

Signage, Signage, Signage
If you’ve never been to this building, come early cause there is no signage for the clinics. I arrived ten minutes early and could not locate my clinic very easy. The first two floors contain four clinics each and there is no signage to tell you what clinic is what.
Very very confusing for patients and irritating for the mobility challenged.

The most irritating place I’ve ever been too. Doctors just doing their residency. They don’t know crap. They perscribe meds but don’t think that they may be wrong for you. The worst part is waiting for their lead doctor to come into the room. Always late. One time I waited for an hour and a half. Never explained to why I was waiting. Just getting excuse after excuse. The meds they gave me made me so dull in life. But every time I explained it. they said it was normal. Go somewhere else. You need a consistent doctor that can treat you.

Re seeing a psychiatrist: you’ll probably get a resident, which means you’ll be switching specialists every 6 months since they rotate. Also the billing department for the psychiatrist visit automatically makes you pay $ 20 up front even if you have no copay or have already hit out of pocket max. It took me 6 VERY frustrating phone calls to get this money back, even though these people are network!!!
. I love the clinical psychologist I’m seeing, but i really wouldn’t go here for a psychiatrist. (also you have to pay to park, which is pretty annoying since Stanford owns the shopping center but you can’t park across the street in the shopping center).

Well to put it simply, I participated in a 10 week binge eating research project. Over all this project netted me excellent results.
Will I participate in another Stanford research project? Probably yes, if the opportunity presents itself again.
Parking is free after 4:00 pm — what a bonus!