D'Costa Joseph Dr

He was directly responsible for my second suicide attempt while I was already certified & under his "care" IN THE HOSPITAL for a serious suicide attempt. I advocated for myself and am very knowledgeable about my own mental health & history, creating a collaberative doctor-patient relationship. Instead he took it as a challenge, would yell at me and become very irate if I did not accept whatever he was forcing on me, refused to listen to me, was discriminatory - focused ONLY on my Bpd diagnosis & "stabilizing my mood", said I was "wasting government money" due to blood tests that I never asked to be done; because I am on disability. Always talked over me, yelled at me, tried to trigger me into reacting & threaten to throw me into the back room or discharge me as punishment, I had two audio recordings of our sessions, in one he yelled at me telling me he was going to tell another patient to sue me & throw me into the back without anything - not even a mattress. He found out I had these recordings and forced me to delete them because of "doctor confidentiality", which I later found out he did not have the legal authority to do so. After that he took my phone away - it was my primary coping mechanism and only lifeline. At the same time taking away my benzodiazepine PRNs without telling me. This directly caused my second suicide attempt a few days later, used a pencil sharpener blade, cut the arteries in my left arm (I failed). If I had my phone I would have been able to call my support system of friends, i did not have the medication I desperately needed - night staff ignored my pleas to have the on call doctor write an emergency script, while in a state of visible distress a nurse just closed the door on me while I was crying in the bathroom. This all left me backed into a corner and at my breaking point. I was not checked on at all during the suicide attempt for 7 hours, I was discovered once morning shift changed over. After getting stitched up, Dr. D'Costa was FURIOUS ! He gestured to my arm and called it "more drama," (as if I was just "attention seeking" because of my Bpd diagnosis) despite having told him multiple times I was actively suicidal over the course of the two weeks before this. He was constantly fighting with me over medication, putting me on ones I told him I had been on before & had bad reactions to, and in this specific case it was olanzapine which causes manic episodes in me. I repeatedly told him that, only to be mocked and laughed at because "its impossible" since its a medication used to help with mania. I have tried so many meds & have SIX DIAGNOSIES besides Bpd, I react badly to antipsychotics & over the course of my 8 years of experience have found what meds DO work - I was refusing another medication, some antipsychotic (he was adamant that only that class of meds would "control my moods" and "split personality ?") as it wasn't helping or what I needed, So he put me in the back & told me if I didn't take that medication, I would be given an IM shot of OLANZIPENE!! Absolutely an abuse of power, unprofessional, and downright sadistic. Dr. D'Costa is an egotistical narcissist who only cares about money & feeling right, he does not care at all about the patient. He turned a week long stay into two months of hell. Here is part of the official complaint I submitted to the red deer hospital right before he had my phone taken away; two days before I attempted suicide: "All that's been set up is a community therapist & addictions counselor, but nothing else for community support - I have applied for Bryce house at the Centennial center for concurrent treatment on my own, I am not at all safe, stable, or functional enough for discharge/cancellation of certificate at this time. He intends to discharge me, I have called patient advocacy, hopefully they get back to me & I can get a different psychiatrist because this goes beyond inappropriate for a doctor-patient relationship. I do not feel safe, respected, or taken seriously by Dr. Acosta, he is actively preventing me from proper treatment/resources, contributing to further mental health decline, and interfering with my ability to complete my own treatment plan/goals. If I am discharged, I have full intentions to attempt suicide again, and Dr. Acosta + multiple other staff are fully aware of this. The eating thing, clear instability/inability to function needed to continue with/seek community resources & intent to harm/kill myself alone are enough to be certified - that's what got me formed in the first place (second one does not expire till the end of this month) So discharging me would not be an error in judgement, it would be with full understanding & knowledge of this. If anything I want this to serve as a record of my truth in the event of my death, harm to self, or complications/permanent consequences related to any of the above mentioned problems. - Sheila bullick"

I do not believe tis man is a Doctor. After being one of is said patients I feel I was annexed to a Pharmacist and too much share in the big Pharma companies. He did nothing for me in the way of care He is/was a Pharmacist... thinking He's all these other things ie. a Professional Corporation (He is fired) we no longer require his "garbage" in Alberta.

The man stinks. How can anyone trust a doctor with poor hygiene???