Ontario
Toronto GTA
Oakville
Psychiatry
active
81772
female
14
Fluent in English
Hospital privileges:
Trillium Health Centre,Mississauga Site (Mississauga)
Registered as Independent Practice (from 28 Jun 2006)
Specialty Psychiatry (28 Apr 2005)
Independent Practice (from 28 Jun 2006)
Registered on 16 Aug 2005
Graduated at National University of Ireland in 1996
Specialty Psychiatry (28 Apr 2005)
Hospital privileges:
Trillium Health Centre,Mississauga Site (Mississauga)
Postgraduate Training:
PEAP - Clinical Fellow at McMaster University - Psychiatry (01 Aug 2004-27 Sep 2004)
Clinical Fellow at McMaster University - Psychiatry (28 Sep 2004-30 Jun 2005)
Clinical Fellow at McMaster University - Psychiatry (01 Jul 2005-30 Jun 2006)
Clinical Fellow at McMaster University - Psychiatry (01 Jul 2006-31 Aug 2006)
F.M. de Souza Medicine Professional Corporation
Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hosp
No associations
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Darina Marie De Souza has received 6 rating(s) and 5 review(s), resulting in an average rating of 1.42 on a scale from 1 to 5. The overall rating for this medical doctor is very bad.
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Era Darragh
The worst Dr you will ever meet. : Just gives Her patients bad drugs. Needs to be terminated by Oakville Hospital.
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R.Hubbard
Peter R. Breggin, MD, has been called "The Conscience of Psychiatry" for his many decades of successful efforts to reform the mental health field. His scientific and educational work has provided the foundation for modern criticism of psychiatric drugs and ECT, and leads the way in promoting more caring and effective therapies. He has authored dozens of scientific articles and more than twenty books including the bestseller Talking Back to Prozac (1994, with Ginger Breggin), Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide and Crime (2008), and Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal: A Guide for Prescribers, Therapists, Patients and Their Families (2013). In 2010 he testified before Congress about psychiatric-drug induced violence and suicide in the military. Dr. Breggin acts as a medical expert in criminal, malpractice and product liability suits, often involving adverse drug effects such as suicide, violence, brain injury, death, and tardive dyskinesia. A review of Dr. Breggin's forensic work can be found at Legal Cases. He began testifying in the early 1970s and has been qualified in court 85 times or more since 1987. Dr. Breggin is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and former full-time consultant at NIMH. Dr. Breggin's private practice is in Ithaca, New York where he treats adults, couples, and families with children. He has a subspecialty in clinical psychopharmacology, including adverse drug effects and psychiatric drug withdrawal.
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E Darrah
Should go back to school. I no longer recommend psychiatric medications to anyone. This seems radical in this country because we are in the midst of the "biological revolution." Everyone seems to assume medications are are specifically effective for various mental illnesses which are at least in part chemical or genetic in origin. I believe the science behind this is seriously flawed. It is based on false assumptions that lead to self-perpetuating mythology (and huge profits for drug companies). I first gave up on tranquilizers, then antidepressants, then all psychiatric drugs. I learned that there are certain general principles that govern all psychoactive substances and biologic treatments. General Principles: (1) "Mental illnesses," even severe ones, are relational (I'd say spiritual as well). Psychiatry, by focusing almost exclusively on biology, is making itself increasingly irrelevant. (2) Psychoactive substances provide at best, temporary relief, but always make things worse in the long run. They make things worse directly (chemically) and indirectly by distracting from the real issues. (3) All psychoactive substances have rebound and withdrawal-related problems. "Relapse" rates, in general, during withdrawal from psychiatric drugs, are about 10 times higher than would be expected if the drug had never been taken. (4) "All biopsychiatric treatments share a common mode of action -- the disruption of normal brain function" (Peter Breggin, M.D., Brain Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry, Springer Pub. Co., 1997, p. 3). Drugs never correct imbalances. They never improve the brain. They "work" by impairing the brain and dampening feelings in various ways.
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Kevin Brackley
Receiving a wrong diagnosis. People with mental disorders too often are misdiagnosed. This happened to me with Dr.Desouza When in doubt: Get a second opinion. Or a third.. Thank God we do have some good DR,S. Should do your research first before using drugs. Do Not Recommend
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Justin Farr
Well someone mentioned her as a knowledgeable idiot on another form, I disagree with that. She is a disrespectful, inconsiderate and stupid knowledgeable idiot
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