Mayo Clinic Psychiatry

Kiera Marie 

on Google

2 months ago

I called today to find out if I could receive help from the Mayo Clinic. I suffer from debilitating mental health issues and have literally tried everything I can which is why several of my doctors referred me to the Mayo Clinic despite living thousands of miles away. I finally got the courage to call. It was not a good experience. As I type this review, I am unable to stop crying. The man who answered the call was incredibly rude. He was apathetic and would not offer any information about the Mayo Clinic’s services. He made... read more

Ethan Pearson 

on Google

11 months ago

I don’t even know where to begin. Inpatient psychiatric hospitalization at Mayo Clinic increased my suffering instead of relieving it. It kept me alive, but it didn’t help me want to live. I tried electroconvulsive therapy. During my first treatment, the anesthesiologist did not give me enough general anesthesia, so I was conscious while paralyzed. Needless to say, that was traumatizing. The next treatment day, I told the ECT nurse about it when they checked me in, and they said that they didn’t really like that anesthesiolo... read more

Matthias Sadusky 

on Google

a year ago

Had a tremendously poor experience with the doctor who took my referral, as well as with the ECT staff. Some were kind, but others were raucous and jubilant while I was having an obvious panic attack. The doctor took my panic attack at a very intimidating procedure as reasons for me not to be able to pursue TMS, but instead insisted on me trying other medication first, a medication list he went through me giving me neither time to process each item he asked about, nor the generic names of the medications as I would likely ha... read more

Angela Barsness 

on Google

a year ago

The adolescent psychiatric team is not trauma informed, they look for people/things to blame with a higher priority over meeting patients and families where they are at in order to help the family through the crisis and gain skills to live healthier and help avoid future need for hospitalizations. It is an unwelcoming environment. One where you feel looked down on. No evident empathy. Would not recommend.