Douglas Gardens Community Mental Health Center, Miami Beach FL

My experiences with DG are well beyond words, "above and beyond " is the only term that's fits every staff member I've interacted with, professional goes without say, and their hearts, attention, and intentions are in the moment of what is at hand. Before DG, my progress was like the tide, in and out, or spiraling, I'm now experiencing a consistent progressive trend.

I am thankful and grateful for Douglas Gardens Community Mental Health Center. I enjoy attending the group therapy meetings and coming to the drop in center. I recommend Douglas Gardens to everyone.

I go to their drop in center, and they let me do all kinds of exciting art work on their post boards for the Fall season. This kind of Creative Therapy does wonders for my soul. A very pleasant, welcoming, and non-judgmental environment to make meaningful and friendly social connections with other like-minded people! If you have unreasonable and distorted expectations, then surely you'll set yourself up for disappointment and feel left out. With the help of psyche medicine and talk therapy, I was able to put myself together with their guidance. Time heals the scares, and so, also the people there assist you with help to heal from warped and distorted realities! Thank you D. G. C. M. H. C.for making my life livable again!

Excellent service, the staff is very professional, group and individual therapies, the doctors in general, the entire staff.

Here in our center we give help to all people who need it. We are inviting you to our center so that you can take advantage of the good treatment at our center.

DO NOT GO HERE, IF YOU MUST AVOID DR. VIVIAN OLTI-WEISSBRUN! Worst psychiatrist ever. You can not get a hold of the doctor at all even in an emergency during work hours. My father was there at a heightened stage of mania due to his bipolar I disorder. Not only did she suggest giving him whatever he wanted to keep him calm (ie.marijuana) but also sent him home with my mom instead of hospitalizing him as he should be. He showed clear signs of being aggressive and in a complete manic state, only to be lost outside and in need of police assistance to find him. Doctor could care less about her patients. Her non-professionalism was evident when doing the research afterwards unfortunately and finding that she has only 1 star reviews everywhere for not caring for her patients well-being at all. Medicare should do a better assessment of the doctors they are just throwing money at and patients are the ones suffering.

I was a patient at Douglas Gardens for over 10 years. Although they do have very dedicated and helpful front desk staff, case managers who go out of their way to help patients with a variety of challenges, an on site pharmacy that provides low cost medication, you still get what you pay for which is doctors who simply could care less about your welfare, will spend an average of five minutes per visit asking the same questions and will follow the same routine without ever questioning if perhaps a patient who is not improving needs a different approach. I was treated by a psychiatrist who simply decided that she was right, she knew better, she was not to be challenged, did not welcome any feedback that contradicted her diagnosis. When I express my frustration regarding lack of improvement and side effects she eventually made it a personal matter and decided to terminate me without notice, with no plan B, no refill, thus leaving me at risk of severe withdrawal syndromes. She refused to honor my last appointment and basically washed her hands of what might happen to me. This is a typical case of ego over duty that endangers patient's lives. DO NOT GO THERE. The savings are not worth the risks.
I am filing a complaint against this doctor.