Center For Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

I’ve been going here for almost 3 years. I’m a minor so there’s not many places I can go, so legit stuck here until I turn 18. It gets 2 stars because I get my meds and that’s the point. Let’s say all the cons first.
Easily a turn off, the wait. Sometimes I come in and no ones there, I’m out by time my appointment even starts. Other times, you’re waiting 2 hours. And they’re ALWAYS booked up. I called a week before my appointment to reschedule, and they said the next available was 3 weeks later… My meds would run out. So they put me on a cancellation list and I got an appointment the next week. Great. The desk ladies are very kind, I love them. My doctor is jones. At first I liked her. I always come in with a good attitude. Literally my appointments are «meds good? Cool.» Done. So she asks how school is, blah blah, and then when I get down to my medicine she’s really blunt in a rude way. Like I told her I wanted to wean off a medicine because I didn’t feel I needed it and she’s just like «…why…» Like obviously I don’t want to be on meds the rest of my life? And I have controlled meds, that I take as needed and she gave me 10 for a month. So I have to gauge wether my panic attack is bad enough I need to take one and waste what I could have for a worse one. I shouldn’t have to ration my own medicine. So I asked for more in my prescription and she asked how many I take a week. (Bad thing #1735, I don’t feel comfortable talking to her about my mental state, so I lie about how I’m doing because I feel like she doesn’t care about how I am. I just say «I’m more depressed» instead of telling her what’s going on, because I know I’d need my depression medicine bumped up.) so I say 2 – 3 a week because I don’t want her to be like «so you need better anxiety medication not more of this» like. I don’t want her to have a mean tone when I’m her PATIENT asking for a DOCTORS advice. I would take it 5 days a week if I had the supply because in reality, it’s all that helps. So instead of saying «what’s going on to cause this need?» She says «I don’t understand how 10 isn’t enough… You said 2 a week that’s 8 a month, 2 extra» like…
Basically if you have no options, this is the place to go, but I never recommend it, because I feel intimidated by the person that’s supposed to be caring for me, and I always leave upset.
Hope this helps any of you

Naomi Jones is by far the worst clinician I have seen. This woman has a knack for undermining your concerns and whole existence. She doesn’t like her patients to be proactive in their decision when it comes to their health and is easily annoyed when you as a patient express wanting to take a different route before resorting to her recommendation. I will say she must be a drug reps dream come true. She loves to push pills on her patients. Perhaps for that hefty little bonus she receives or that free lunch in she gains from the pharmaceutical companies for every script she hands out and a patient fills. I do not know why this woman is in this field of work. She won’t so much as make eye contact with you unless she knows she can bill you for it. She disregards her patients very valid concerns and shatters their belief in themselves within the process. She literally told me I wouldn’t be able to overcome anything without medication. Some way to instill faith in recovery in your patients, woman! In my opinion this whole facility would be best without Naomi Jones. She doesn’t prioritize things unless there is something for her to gain from it. My last word of advise.. «She has nothing to gain from your mental well being unless you serve as a guinea pig in the ride that her and the pharmaceutical companies take you on.» She is very good at turning the script on the patient when she clearly made a mistake on a prescription and had you (the patient) become unstable due to her lack of attention to detail. Other than her, the staff is helpful and I honestly feel sorry that they have to deal with such a wreched woman on a daily basis. I don’t believe she talks to her staff either but rather relays all her messages electronically. Which also presents the issue of many patients concerns getting lost in others translation via electronic message. Horrible experience! Unless you want to leave this place feeling worse than you did when you came in, don’t bother. You’d have to be some sort of masochist to continue seeing this woman.