David N Linder, MD

My son was Dr. Linder’s patient for 11 years. All those years I trusted the man, starred at the diplomas behind his head and convinced myself to stop arguing that my son did not show the typical symptoms of bipolar disorder. The office over charged us, Dr Linder gave consultations over the phone (after my son was an adult) and charged full visitations to the insurance company, when my son was hospitalized Dr Linder did not respond the calls from Sutter and NEVER gave us a call. It was a misdiagnosis. So many medications and so many adverse reactions and complications from 12 – 22 years old. Please complain to the Medical Board.
Today, I got a bill from Dr Linder. We have not had any contact with them for 5 years. So many horrible memories and now I have to deal with them again.

I LOVE Dr Linder (professionally).
He is very straight forward and makes you feel like he is interested in your overall well being. If you are having to meet a psychiatrist — you should know it’s a long process, costly, but well worth it! If you are looking for a friend this is not your guy… That’s why there are psychologists. This is your future– financially it is a great investment and Dr David Linder is the psychiatrist to go to. Oh! And the office staff is great! All you need is proper communication in order not to be overcharged for anything.

The final straw was yesterday… We have a confirmation phone call from the office. Yet when we arrived no one was there to see our child. This is now the 3^rd time this has happened. Yet each time we get billed for missing appointments. OVER $ 600 BILLED FOR APPOINTMENTS WE NEVER MISSED. This practice is so messed up I don’t think they even know whats going on. DO NOT BRING YOUR CHILDREN HERE.

My son was under his treatment for 5 yrs. He was supposed to be an expert on children but it could not be any further from the truth. He is not personable and was stuck on my child having a mood disorder that had not come out, yet. He was wrong. He had us on a roller coaster of meds for 5 yrs. and he completely missed that my son had the classic signs of Tourette Syndrome. Linder kept telling us that it was only the meds giving my son tics, so two pages of meds later, my son was correctly diagnosed with TS by a Child Neurologist. We trusted that a Dr. that charged as much as he did would be able to identify classic symptoms, especially a child with TS. Tourettes is disorders (OCD and ADHD being the prevalent disorders w/​TS) and Tics in combination. My son missed valuable therapies for another obvious diagnosis of Auditory and Sensory Processing Dysfunction. My son has mild disorders but all the classic signs were present the entire time. We wasted so many years and feared tics when it was the plethora of med combos that were making my son’s tics worse. We feared tics instead of embracing them. Years of not being able to get my son the support system in school or privately was a hardship on our family. Once my son was on the right track under his Neurologist’s care my son’s tics were mild. I had a huge relief to finally have an answer and diagnosis that fit. Years of expensive fees and a road to nowhere. I have nothing but disgust for Dr. Linder and beware that he has a reputation for leaning heavy on everyone having bipolar or mood disorders. I cringe when Linder comes to mind every time I share my story of our years wasted with Linder to parents, friends and professionals. How an «expert» can miss obvious signs of a medical condition, especially with a child is negligent. They are not insurance friendly and my son’s father paid absorbent fees out of pocket for 5 yrs. because they made it impossible to use Blue Shield. What a waste is an understatement! I would give a negative star rating if I could on here!!!

The Office staff at this practice are the worst I have ever dealt with.
They lost confidential background information regarding my family member that was faxed to the office by 2 persons. When I filled out the paperwork a second time they ignored the Insurance Billing information, forced me to pay a co-​pay when it wasn’t necessary, and failed to follow-​up to bill the right insurance carrier (Just keep on sending me late notices and penalties they want me to pay that is due to their own ineptitude).
Just stay away…

I have Cigna insurance and was told I could see Gloria Coy who was able to do PCIT therapy for my son. When I showed up to the appt there was a confusion since there was a lack of rooms. Finally after a discussion between a few therapist arguing over who was to get the room we went in. She spent 40 minutes gathering background info and towards the end i asked how PCIT therapy worked and she said «What?» She didn’t know what it was. I was TICKED off I had wasted my time because Cigna has old info saying that she was trained in PCIT which she never was. I expressed my frrustration to Cigna and to Linder Group, but I was charged anyway for $ 95.85 the contracted rate for the service! I started receiving bills fort he differnence of $ 3 and called the office and they told me that they are in network for Cigna but I still owed them the money. I called Cigna and they said I don’t. They called the office and supposedly escalated the matter. It is now 7 months later and I am still receiving bills from them after calling Cigna and their office many times. They refuse to do a conference call with Cigna they insist I owe them the money and keep sending bills and say that I will owe 15% interest and a $ 10 penalty fee.
DO NOT GO HERE FOR ANY REASON! I“VE NEVER HAD SUCH A PROBLEM EVER!
Jennifer Wooster