Posted by Bekka H. on January 21, 2002, at 13:21:11
In reply to Dr. Ivan Goldberg, posted by spike4848 on January 20, 2002, at 23:12:21
> Hey Guys/Gals,
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> Anyone ever been treated by the famous Dr. Goldberg? How was his suggestions? How much does he cost? I am here in NYC and thinking about it.
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> (Sometimes I think Elizabeth, Cam, IsoM, OldSchool and the rest of the pbabble members have just as much or more information than any overpriced psychopharmacologist!)
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> Thanks
> Spike
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Hi Spike. Some time ago I contacted Goldberg because I wanted to schedule a consultation. His initial fee was quite expensive (at least $500.00, and that was several years ago), and what really put me off was that he wanted to be paid HALF of the initial consult fee BEFORE I ever saw him. I'm sorry, but I come from a medical family, and that's not the way the doctors in my family do things. My grandfather (an old fashioned GP) used to treat poor people for free or nearly nothing. While I don't expect Goldberg or anyone else to work for free in this day and age, I certainly do not expect to pay in advance either. I have to say that Goldberg's website is excellent, but the question is, does an excellent website mean that he is excellent? Perhaps it does, or perhaps he pays some hard working research assistants $5.00 an hour to put his website together for him? If I had had better experiences with psychopharmacologists in the past, or if I had never had some of the huge disappointments I've had with psychopharmacologists, I probably would have been less cynical about Goldberg and would have gone ahead and scheduled an appointment; however, given the vast amount of information available online (thanks in part to Goldberg) and given the high level of discourse available on Psychobabble, in addition to my own interest in the field, I feel I can go to a much less costly psychopharmacologist and make up my own mind WITHOUT being taken to the cleaners.
poster:Bekka H.
thread:90930
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