met with Dr. Blackman when my daughter was admitted to the psych ward at the Royal Alex following a suicide attempt. He was verbally abusive, blamed her school for her problems (an arts school) and accused her of wasting taxpayer dollars. Since then she has received help at another hospital following another attempt, and is being treated for anxiety and depression and doing quite well. Dr. Blackman failed her completely and added to her distress and that of her family.
Posted Date : 29/04/2024
Anonymous
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.
Anonymous
Saw in 2003 when I was 8 horrific experience. I’m 24 now and memories still haunt me. I can relate to what everyone else is saying here. Just awful.
Anonymous
I am starting a malpractice suit against this evil man. He must be stopped. Was a abused traumatized child but wouldn’t recognize my abuse instead accused me of drug use and threatened me to keep me locked up or incarcerated until I was 16 if I didn’t admit to the drug use. I was 13 and was very anti drug at the time and had never even been around it. While I was there I was lock in solitary confinement for 12 days, was stripped nude of clothing by two abusive nurses. I know their names and addresses. I compare him to Joseph Mangula using children as experiments. I’ve read all these reviews and most are very true. He is a child abuser and will be held accountable for his actions. Class action suit would bury him. Once my human rights lawyer gets a little further I will be asking for more to join to suit to make sure he is removed and hopefully jailed. I told you on my release date that I would never forget that abuse. Dr Blackman, you underestimated me and should have treat me for child abuse not drugs. I was treat for 7 months for something that didn’t even exist! 30 years later I’m still dealing with all of that plus the defamation of character, wrongful accusations and severe PTSD For being held in solitary confinement. I will sue and will fight this to the death! Don’t bring your children to him no matter what!
Anonymous
I had several appointments with Dr Blackman and he was nothing but disrespectful and arrogant. I tried to express many times that I was in need of major help yet he chose to disregard my requests and conversed with me only about what I thought of movies, political debates and various random subjects. My file mentions that I am a sexual assault survivor yet he made constant jokes about wanting a fantasy girl who “couldn’t say no” all to himself, mentioning that I seemed like that girl. I was 16 at the time and refused to see him after only 3 meetings.
Anonymous
This man nearly destroyed my 15 year old daughter when he ran CASA house. His method was to used candy to reward “acceptable” behaviour or to put my child in a straight jacket and lock her in a padded cell for many, many hours at a time for unacceptable behaviour. He force fed my child. She was admitted with clinical depression weighing a healthy 115 lbs. She realized she would die in CASA house if she didn’t get out so she learned how to play their game, by saying what they wanted to hear. In 5 months she was discharged weighing 165 lbs, with no self esteem and deep seated rage toward the CASA system, but she got out and then spent many, many years in therapy undoing the damage Blackman and his staff at CASA did to her.