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Dr. Joseph Hochheiser, MD is a child & adolescent psychiatry specialist in Chevy Chase, MD and has been practicing for 48 years. He graduated from Georgetown U, School Of Medicine in 1971 and specializes in child & adolescent psychiatry and pediatric psychiatry.
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Very responsive for a tough case with an angry/defiant adolescent with a complex family situation. Not easily fazed.
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2Chevy Chase – Apr 11, 2018
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He’s wonderful. Saved my life.
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3Lou. A in Bethesda, MD – Oct 18, 2017
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My daughter has been seeing Dr. Hochheiser for 9 years. In addition to her mental challenges, she also has intellectual disabilities and a rare genetic condition known as Turner syndrome. Dr. Hochheiser has had to change her medications and dosage levels several times. He is by far the best psychiatrist my daughter has ever seen.
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32Chris Rigaux in Bethesda, MD – Mar 16, 2017
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Dr Hochheiser has been my child's psychiatrist for the past 7 years, ever since the need for psychiatric treatment became apparent. At that time my child was in elementary school. Dr H has been unfailingly level-headed, insightful, skillful in dealing with a difficult patient, and supportive. The most valuable input from Dr H for the rest of the family was making it clear we had to take a long view on improvements in our child's mental health. Prognosis now better than when we started.
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21Chevy Chase, MD – Jan 21, 2017
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Dr. H ruined my son's life. He prescribed prozac to him as a 12-year-old. We did not know at the time, but he lacks liver enzymes to metabolize the drug. Dr. Hochheiser raised his dose until my son was poisoned.Following seizures, hospitalizations, a month at Mayo Clinic, and two years of missed school, we are still struggling to build a life. Had Dr. H followed standard of care re. monitoring, he would have identified the toxic reaction. He did not, despite the drug's black box warning.
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117Kelly T. in Bethesda, MD – May 18, 2016