I have seen DrB for almost 30 years. I started out with him when I was a boy. I don’t remember ever being traumatized by him, and although he can give off the creepy vibe, he is knowledgeable in his field. You have to have faith in what he is telling you, it is generally for a reason.
Posted Date : 15/06/2019
Absolutely horrible. He is rude and arrogant and a horrible man. He talks about nothing that has to do with me or psychiatry, and at one point he went off on a long tangent about Russian vodka. He even interrupts me when I'm talking about my feels to interject and try and guess what I'm saying, then he'll draw the conversation back to himself. He was 45 minutes late for our appointment and the parking lot was empty and we were the only people there aside from him and the staff. You can truly tell that he has no passion for the job he does, and that he is terrible at it. I can't believe it took me two years to get in to see this excuse of a doctor.
Posted Date : 22/03/2019
If you want a doctor who actually listens and cares, this is not the doctor for you. He prescribes my son the medication he needs, so that is useful. I really dislike the man.
Posted Date : 11/03/2019
I have 2 daughters that see Dr Blackman One had anxiety of being around bugs. So bad. That she would hide in a corner at playtime at school. Since Dr Blackman has given her the proper medication she enjoys her time outdoors my other daughter suffered with depression. Dr Blackman reassured us that being patient in an attempt to find what medication and therapy would be the key. My daughter is now happy thanks to Dr Blackman and not having thoughts of hurting herself.
Posted Date : 13/09/2018
THIS THING traumatized me so bad that I STILL have nightmares of the "care" that his GOONS gave to kids WAY back in the 1980's. I remember telling him that the meds were CAUSING me to hallucinate. His response was "45 days solitary confinement. For talking out of turn and not asking with raised hand." IT WAS A 1 ON 1 MEETING!!!! I was 10 years old. I TRIED to commit suicide 45 times while in his "care". In the "home" on 124 st by the police impound it was terrible there. IF someone accidentally bumped you, 3 days solitary confinement for BOTH kids. WHEN they were about to let you out they would ask the DUMBEST question,"Do you know why you are in here?" IF you answered no, 5 more days you were in there. It took my mom and my step dad with my Grandmas help 5 YEARS to get me to not be afraid of being touched. IF you didn't eat ALL of your food at all 3 meal times, you were on FULL cleanup duty. Bathrooms the staff would DELIBERATELY dirty. Like I mean throw food ON the floor and the walls type of gross. Wish there was a lawsuit about to happen against this THING.
Posted Date : 29/08/2018
Anonymous
60 mins late. Mumbled to the point of not being able to hear and understand him. No patience with son who obviously was not connecting with him. Repeated everything covered in first meeting without progressing. Very disappointed – no recommendation.
Anonymous
While Dr. Blackman was correct and slightly helpful with diagnosing me and gave me and my family a better understanding of my behaviour he made me dislike him very quickly. I was absolutely appalled by the way he treated me after being admitted for a suicide attempt. He refused to be understanding of the state me and my family were in at the time. After several months my family and I went to talk to him about my eating disorder as I was going to his group therapy (which I couldn’t stand), when he told us that eating disorders were not serious, and hardly a health risk if I was not a walking skeleton. He told my parents to leave me be in my habits. A week or two later I was admitted to the hospital ED unit for critical potassium levels and severe dehydration. I really have nothing good to say about Dr. Blackman. He always made me feel uncomfortable, stupid and not worth anyone’s attention. I don’t understand how a person like him can be helping mentally and emotionally troubled youth
Anonymous
Dr. Blackman hospitalised me and put me on ceriquel, and Clonazepam. At first my parents and I noticed a difference in my mood but over time I came to realize that I was addicted. It has taken me almost 17 yrs to realize this and to seek the PROPER help. He also told me that a would not amount to anything, and that I can expect a career in prostitution (I was a virgin) he continued by saying I would end up in a ditch. Well I am happy to say, I am on the correct medication, I am not a prostitute, I graduated from Grant MacEwan and now have a career as a Travel Agent. I am proud of who I am and I achieved all of this with absolutely no help from him. He is rude, uncouth and has an awful sense of compassion and sensibility. I frankly hope he gets band from the psychiatric community and has to go on the meds he put me on. ASS!
Anonymous
I saw this “dr” almost a decade ago when I was still a child. I remember being terrified of every visit with him. He didn’t seem to even be intrested in making a good rapport with me and in my opion he has no business working with kids. On several occasion he threatned to have me hospitalized if I diddn’t cooperate with him (which I don’t believe is the best way to gain the trust of a child) and had me put on some heavy duty medication which wasn’t appropriate for my condition. Fortunately for me, my mom switched me to a different psychiatrist sfter these incidents and I was properly diagnosed and put on an appropriate dose and a more suitable medication.I know several people who wern’t so lucky when it came to seeing Dr. Blackman. All in all, I would implore you NOT to send your children to this man for help. He comes off as a pill pusher and seems to have very little skills in relating to kids.
Anonymous
Having arrived early I expected to wait but as with most doctors here it was a long time before I got in. This man spent most of his time mumbling on about the British Army (that he had served in) and innapropriate things about his move to Canada from the United Kingdom. I was instructed by my employer (another story there) to visit him again some months later. The appointment was booked for several weeks and with less than one hour before I am due to see him (having to travel quite some distance) he cancelled……but if you try to do that yourself he bills you $3,500 + GST….how does this work. The ‘treatment’ and independance of these experts is stunning and I know that my employer is attempting to get the answer that they want in order to dismiss me. They were not happy with his first attempt and went back for another….we shall see what he writes eh!