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Michael Friedman, DO

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Michael Friedman, DO
(29 Reviews)
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901 Boren Ave Ste 1910 Seattle, WA 98104
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(29 Reviews)
Service
2.5 star average for Service
Environment
3.5 star average for Environment
Expertise
2.5 star average for Expertise
Recommended
1.5 star average for Recommended
Value
2 star average for Value
Staff
4 star average for Staff
Was this psychiatrist friendly?
Absolutely Not!
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.83.0
August 12, 2013
Did you feel safe in this provider's care?
Absolutely Not!
Did this psychiatrist thoroughly explain the risks and benefits of your treatment?
No, they didn't even attempt to explain
Did this provider pressure you to purchase any unnecessary products during your visit?
Yes, I was pressured
Did this provider seem well-trained and experienced?
No, they weren't very knowledgeable
Did this psychiatrist give you undivided attention?
Not really, they seemed somewhat distracted
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.77.88
June 06, 2013
Six months ago I ended treatment with Dr. Friedman. He treated me for close to a year for severe depression and anxiety. He practices psychiatry with a rote approach and lacks understanding and humanity about these conditions. To ensure all is copasetic with your meds, he will ask about your functionality with respect to sleeping, eating and working, to gauge how well you are. He does not ask about your mood or spirit or what energy you must muster and expend in order to eat, sleep, and go to work, let alone feeling good, strong and G-d forbid, happy. This is barbarian medicine. Dr. Friedman lacks both understanding and humanity.
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.214.1
March 14, 2013
Would you refer this provider to a family or friend?
No, If I had known how terrible they were I never would have gone.
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.190.70
February 25, 2013
I am so sad, I had high hopes that I was seeing a Doctor that maybe able to recommend solutions. Instead, Dr Friedman told me how he thought I felt. He didn't ask me questions. He was rushed and obvioiusly getting paid for the IME. He was paid 3 times my 4 doctors. I am highly at risk mentally, with my concussion. My daily doctors all agree. He still denyed. He should have his license taken away.

BEWARE... IF YOU HAVE A IME OR ANY APPOINTMENT CANCEL AND SEE A LIGIT DOCTOR. YOUR LIFE COULD DEPEND ON IT. MINE IS GONE.
by SO SAD xxx.xxx.245.150
January 22, 2013
Would you refer a friend or family member to this psychiatrist?
No, If I had known how terrible they were I never would have gone.
Does this psychiatrist give unbiased advice?
Definitely not! It was obvious they just wanted to make money!
Do you feel that you could have received better service somewhere else?
Yes! I know that I would have gotten better service anywhere else!
How would you compare this provider to others in his/her field that you have visited?
The worst I have seen
How would you compare this psychiatrist to others in his/her field that you have visited?
The worst I have seen
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.77.228
January 04, 2013
Did this provider answer all of your questions?
None of my questions were answered
Did you leave the office feeling satisfied with your visit?
No, I left with more problems than I came with!
Are you going to visit this provider again?
Not if my life depended on it
Did this provider rush your appointment?
Yes, I barely had any time to ask questions
Did this provider thoroughly explain the risks and benefits of your treatment?
No, they didn't even attempt to explain
by Anonymous xxx.xxx.194.253
September 11, 2012
Dr Friedman is not there to help you. If you are seeing him for an IME for an LNI claim you are seeing him so he can submit whatever he wants to LNI and they will use it to try and close your claim. You will be seeing him thru LNI's "panel" who only work with LNI and self insured employers and he is a subcontractor for a company that hires him. He will state in his report that it was more than he would expect and nothing is connected to the job of injury. It will always be a pre-existing underlying personality disorder. If you didn't have depression or anxiety before the injury you will after dealing with the LNI process. They are all carriers of insanity.
by been there xxx.xxx.212.122
May 03, 2012
You are just a paycheck to him and he will say whatever he needs to say to get it. I have spoken with others who had Independent Medical Exams with him and hear the same words over and over. Friedman has a half hour to due the psy exam.

First we are denied our 14th Amenment right to equal protection under the law. No witnessess or tape recording allowed. There is an agenda to follow and that is to submitt information such as pre-existing personality disorder, parinoid, and other buzz works. If you are married he will state under stressors: financial concern, marital strif, unemployed. If you are divorced it's all the same expect for matial strif becomes a "failed marriage" and if your really lucky he will state hostility toward the dept of L&I. This sorry excuse for a doctor will change your life. Add to you depression, anxity and you will diffinatly see the world in a different. You will loose all respect for the medical profession. Be ready for a melt down when you read his report. You can contact me at "whosjobwasit@yahoo.com" I can tell you it's no ones job to stop what goes on behind a closed door that has a coward sitting and waiting for you. I know because I have been to the Governors office on down. If you want to end this type of "secrete" IME than contact me.
by fighting back xxx.xxx.212.122
March 15, 2012
Does this provider have helpful information available online?
No, just a basic listings page
Do you feel that you could have received better service somewhere else?
Yes, I think I could have gotten better service elsewhere
Did this provider listen to your input and concerns?
Somewhat. But I mostly felt ignored.
by Anonymous
February 18, 2012
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901 Boren Ave Ste 1910, Seattle, WA 98104