Anoshiravan Taheri-tafreshi, MD

did not like at all, mean, pompous, didn't listen

I have seen many psychiatrists, and Doctor Taheri-Tafreshi is by far the best. Perhaps the problem is that people aren't used to seeing psychiatrists and are put off by the personal questions. Other psychiatrists are similarly direct when discussing difficult subjects.

It is difficult to get anywhere in therapy without discussing problems, so perhaps they are put off with his straightforward manner. Personally, I would much rather have him get to the root of the problem than try to skirt the ...

This is a VA doctor who lives up to the reputation the VA has for having terrible doctors. He just doesn't know what he's doing and when a patient questions his judgment, he becomes very abusive. He was very sexual with me as a female patient and he scared me. He is undereducated for the position that he is in. He really needs more supervision than he has due to his inexperience as a psychiatrist. He uses too much medication and has no training or experience doing any kind of talk therapy. He is...

Dr. Taheri is the absolute worst psychiatrist I have ever had. I believe that his cultural background makes it extremely difficult for him to understand American women. I experienced him to be extremely prejudiced toward me as a woman and he was very hard to work with. He refused to listen to my problems or complaints, he projected a great deal of his own prejudices on to me and he also overused medication to the extent that I was actually injured by it. He refused to acknowledge that he had ove...