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Michelle Birdsell, M.D.

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Michelle Birdsell, M.D.
River North Behavioral Medicine
(114 Reviews)
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307 Main street Parkville, MO 64152
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(114 Reviews)
Service
4.5 star average for Service
Environment
4.5 star average for Environment
Expertise
4.5 star average for Expertise
Staff
4.5 star average for Staff
Recommended
4.5 star average for Recommended
Value
4 star average for Value
I am a 28 year old female and I think that she is very relatable. I feel comfortable discussing my life with her
by Anonymous
May 02, 2011
Did this provider seem well-trained and experienced?
Yes, they seemed very qualified
Did this provider use excessive foul language?
No
Did this provider have reasonable prices?
They were decent, but not very affordable
Is this business in a safe neighborhood?
Yes, it was in a safe enough neighborhood
by Anonymous
April 26, 2011
Is this business in a safe neighborhood?
Yes, it was in a safe enough neighborhood
Does this provider treat every client equally?
Sometimes, but not all the time
Did this provider ever dismiss your concerns as unimportant?
Sometimes, I usually have to convince them to look into the situation
Did the staff make you feel uncomfortable when you called with questions or concerns?
Yes, they made me feel like I shouldn't have called
Did this provider leave you unattended for an extended period of time?
I was left alone for a while, but it wasn't too long
by Anonymous
February 28, 2011
First of all I must mention the amazement I felt observing the age of the majority of patients in the waiting room of KC Psychiatric Grp, while my niece was in her session with Dr. Birdsell. Most were kids with their parents waiting to see their psychiatrists/counselors during my 1/2 hour wait. That was pretty disturbing.

At my niece's first appointment/intake after being referred to this group from a hospital she was recently discharged from, I went in with her initially to explain her family history; mother & brother died from overdoses of drugs, father and sister addicts, all the uncles & aunts that are addicts and my niece acknowledged her own addictions and misuse of meds. We also let this Dr. know that she was previously prescribed a certain ADHD medication 18mg that she sold/traded more often than took. Obviously (to me anyways) my niece is bi-polar more that ADHD because she functioned pretty fine without taking that medication on a daily basis as she usually gave it away or traded it for some favor. I made sure this point was made while I was in with her and the Dr.

My niece had just been released from Research Psychiatric after being inpatient for a week, and the Dr. assigned to her there put her on reasonable doses of perhaps the right medications, and Dr. Birdsell decided to totally switch those meds all at once and put her on triple the dose of Concerta she had been on before going to Research, and other prescribed medications to counteract the mania caused by the ADHD meds. There was no testing to verify she actually had ADHD to my knowledge, but because my niece said she had been prescribed Concerta in the past and was having a hard time concentrating and had anxiety (recall my niece admitted she had an addictive personality and knows how to get Meds by saying the key words for the meds she wants and can sell on the street), instead of the Dr. asking questions like "well when do you experience these symptons or .....?" she went ahead and changed her meds completely from what was prescribed after a week of being in the hospital, under observation, by a 'Professional' and well reputationed pyshciatrist.

Needless to say my niece went so manic after several weeks of having these new meds in her system that I had to call 911 for her to return to Research. I will not comment any further on Dr. Birdsell at this point. Unfortunately after the second stay at Research a Dr. was assigned to her (later to find out he is known in the KC area to be one of worse for over prescribing meds) that now doubled the tripled dose of Concerta, & prescribed her 1mg of Clonezipam 4x a day (another popular drug for addicts, equated to valium and
zanyx), put her on other mood stabilizers, and had to prescribe her a blood pressure medication because of the affect all of these drugs had on her. She just turned 18. After this round of medication she became so doped up she couldn't even function. She looked like a heroin junkie on speed.

Great society we live in where the pharmaceutical (sp?) companies, who now spend more on advertising then on research, have so much influence on how Dr.'s prescribe medication and so little attention is given to the product of the future they are turning out, addicted children and teenagers who come to believe they cannot live without medications, especially those that lead to the use of street drugs. I am disgusted, perplexed, and very sad as my niece is now off the deep end and her chance of surviving these treatments are very doubtful.
by Anonymous
October 07, 2010
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307 Main street, Parkville, MO 64152