Associates In Psychiatry PC

I would have to disagree with the past review. The Dr. has a job to treat his or her patient. If you felt Dr. Anderson was prescribing for her own finical gain why did you there 5 years and your Dad 10? The pointe is all Dr. offices charge money for no shows etc. it is a business it is their job. not to establish a relationship with you. The receptionist can be rude but other than that no a bad practice.

This is a copy/​paste regarding my experience with Dr. Nina Anderson:
Being that my father has been seeing Dr. Anderson (for over 10 years or so), I was going through a very rough time in my life, and my father said how excellent she was, as well as caring, compassionate, and extremely genuine, so I set up my first appointment. In the beginning, we got along well, and had I had no problems or issues with her at all. I continued to see her for about five years or more with no hint of any issues she had with me until during the summer, around August. Just a little side note; unfortunately, we had only one car and there were countless times my son was called into work at the last minute. Let’s see — son loses job, or I drive quite a distance for a 15 minute evaluation? My son’s job won as we needed his income (something she also knew about). I had missed approximately 2 – 3 appointments because of that and an unreliable car. I also had an outstanding fee for a few late cancellations. So, that day in August when I called to make my appointment, I was told, (extremely rudely I may add), that Dr. Anderson «dropped me from her case load and closed out my file.» I thought this was a mistake, as my dad has seen her for over 10 years and me for about 5+ years. She knew my family well, as a few other family members also saw her for a short time. She knew my entire family history, the situation with the car, my son’s job and, of course, the reasons for my coming to see her. She also «refused» to refill two of my medications, medications one shouldn’t stop abruptly. Needless to say, I went through two weeks of living hell withdrawing from two of the medications she had me on. She’s lucky I didn’t have major complications, or worse yet, die, or my family would have sued her for medical malpractice. What makes me the most furious is that she KNEW the two medications I were on were supposed to be safely tapered down so I’d not be in danger of of my life. I thought people who went into psychiatry cared about their patients and NOT just money (i.e. my late cancellation fees, which I would have gladly paid while on the phone, booking my appointment. She also was pushing expensive medication on me).
I also found out later just how involved she is in the pharmaceutical business, pushing on her patient’s (at least just my father and me that I know of) THE most expensive medications the drug rep would give her samples for. She also pushed medications on my dad he shouldn’t have been on, according to his own physicians, which made him extremely ill. After comparing stories, my mom and I came to the conclusion she’s just another pill pusher (which she wasn’t in the beginning of my care, or my father’s), just wanting money and not caring about the well-​being of a patient who was with her for five years or better. I was mortified she just dropped me like that, no mail, no phone call, nothing! Thankfully, my family physician put me on two of the medications Dr. Anderson had me on that were at least 3 times cheaper and did the same as the $ 180/​$ 160 copay ones.
There was a time I would have recommended her to anybody; now, I don’t even mention her name or Associates in Psychiatry. If I do, it’s all negative feedback. In my opinion, she gave the entire group of other psychiatrists in that building a bad rap, as I’m sure there are other good doctors there, but I’d never trust them to ever treat me. A horrible end to a five+ year doctor/​patient relationship. Avoid this group, as my impression is they’re just unprofessional. She’s not as helpful as she once was, nor is she as good as she thinks she is. She does have quite an ego.