I can’t believe the trauma and distress this “doctor” caused in an already difficult situation. She is suspicious, lacks empathy and care and is unrelenting in her attempt to render you helpless and reliant on her.
Posted Date : 03/08/2023
Dr. Alice Cojocaru
female
Psychiatrist
Accepting new patients
Insurance Accepted
Phone Number
Address
8440 112 Street NW
Edmonton, AB, Canada
8440 112 Street NW
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Anonymous
If it were possible to give her zero stars, I definitely would. She is manipulative, narcissistic and toxic.
Anonymous
I generally find psychiatrists to be kind and professional, Dr Cojocaru is neither. The way she spoke of me as a patient, in her communications and record keeping was frustrating. She bitched at me for not keeping up on my employment, and introduced me in her notes as “an unemployed an overweight man”. She is a doctor who is capable of tremendous contempt for her patients. They must be short on psychiatrists.
Anonymous
I had been a patient of Dr. Cojocaru for around 5 years. At the time, I was a resident in a medical specialty and I was referred to her by the local physician health program. Dr. Cojocaru was never overtly cruel or negligent, but there were times when I believe she could have done better with my management, in retrospect, and also armed with my own medical knowledge. After being treated by an excellent psychiatrist later in my life, I have to say that in comparison, I realize Dr. Cojocaru does not have the empathy and compassion required to be a good psychiatrist. There were episodes where she left me deeply ashamed of experiencing my feelings and thoughts, and this generated tremendous persisting anger – hence the reason why I am writing this review. I was mistreated by an extremely judgemental nurse once in the psych ER, and she took her side! I read the reviews below and although, as previously mentioned, I did not have outright negative interactions with her, I 100% believe what happened to you and your family member and am very sorry for this.
Anonymous
I’m really sorry that happened to your family member. Cojocaru is actually in charge of emergency psychiatry at the UofA. She had the audacity to write in her reports when I was a patient of hers that she didn’t believe that O had been anally raped and therefore interfered ina criminal investigation. She is a horrid Dr. I am sorry about her loss. Dr Thomas Lieper at the 108 St Clinic in Edmonton is an OK psychiatrist.
Anonymous
Would not normally comment in a forum like this, but feel compelled to do so in this case if it might save a life. We urged a very ill family member to reach out for help when he was experiencing severe anxiety and suicidal thoughts (he had a lengthy history of chronic pain, and had been hospitalized years earlier for major depression and suicidal ideation). He ended up seeing Dr. Cojocaru. Without first consulting his prior medical records or his family doctor/treating psychiatrist, she essentially accused him of fabricating or exaggerating his symptoms. Already fragile, he felt deeply humiliated by Dr. Cojocaru’s assessment, and tragically ended up taking his own life about a month later. We sometimes wonder if our kind, gentle and deeply loved son, brother, uncle, nephew and friend would still be alive if he had received care from a compassionate physician instead of being disbelieved and dismissed when he was in such a vulnerable state. We will never know for sure, but we sincerely hope that Dr. Cojocaru treats other patients and families with more dignity and compassion than she displayed in our situation.