Tatjana Deretic is one of the worst medical practitioners my family and I have had the misfortune of working with. She prescribed an incorrect medicine with extremely high dose to one of my children. Because of this unusually high dose of an incorrect medication, my child essentially lost at least 3 years of their life.
I am shocked that Deretic did not even care enough for my child’s wellbeing. Despite requesting her several times, she delayed sending a letter to my child’s school by several months. My child needed this letter to get support from their school for their ADHD & severe anxiety issues.
Worse, the letter Deretic finally submitted (after pleading a number of times) was so poorly written that the school simply tossed it out! Consequently, my child did not get any help from their school which they desperately needed.
Deretic charged us $100 to send this letter to my child’s school- something which I never have experienced with any other physician.
Another of my children was Deretic’s patient for 8 years. Yet, Deretic refused to give them an important letter they needed for insurance purpose. We had to switch to a different psychiatrist who cared for my child enough to provide the letter.
These are just a few damaging aspects about Deretic.
I strongly caution others from using Tatjana Deretic’s services. She has proved herself to be incompetent, uncaring, and greedy.

Submitted June 6, 2023

I was 15 years old when I started seeing Dr. Deretic. She misdiagnosed me with some pretty severe mental illnesses that no one ever suspected and completely disregarded environmental factors that were the actual cause of what was happening to me.

She had me go on very very strong medications, these medications made me a shell of a human, but she claimed that my change in personality was just me "growing up", and brushed off my concerns. For two years I begged her to take me off the medication (I had to be carefully monitored as withdrawal from these medications could be deadly), eventually she listened, but when my anxiety increased after starting to titrate off the meds she used that to reconfirm her diagnosis. I ended up getting a neuro-psych evaluation, after reading the report she called the neuropsychologist and yelled at her telling her how wrong she was. This was around 8:00PM and the neuropsychologist was at dinner with her family. Finally, I was able to escape from her, I went to a new psychiatrist, went off all my medications, and have never been better. I don't even go to therapy anymore because of how well I'm doing.

Dr. Deretic doesn't listen to her patients, she gives unsolicited advice, she's stubborn, disrespectful, and prescribes strong meds like they're nothing. As a result, I had two years of my adolescence taken from me.

Submitted April 26, 2018

She is a very smart woman, but she does not ask nearly enough questions, and then has a tendency to get frustrated when treatments fail. She would probably be very good for someone who already has a concrete diagnosis and just wants to figure out a good treatment plan. For me, I felt that she started throwing prescriptions at me far before she had any understanding of the complexities of my situation, which ended up making me worse and frustrating both of us. I would definitely not describe her as nurturing, but she will tell you exactly what she thinks and smack down anything she thinks is BS, which could be beneficial to some. It just didn't work for me.

Submitted May 3, 2017

Very interesting and friendly doctor. I wish she was able to accept insurance, but anyway I'll stay with her

Submitted Feb. 4, 2011

After years of just being given pill after pill and sent on my way, I finally found a wonderful doctor who actually cared about ME. She's straight up and can see through the BS but she has a heart of gold. She is the best doc I've ever seen, so I was devistated when she relocated her office. She will forever stand out in my mind and heart. If you get the chance to see her...be prepared to be told what you may not want to hear sometimes and to realize it's all for the best. She outstanding!!

Submitted April 26, 2010

This doctor saved my life. After a long series of psychiatrists who just prescribed meds and made another appt, on my first visit with her she immediately recognized what a situation I had been put in, and on my second visit she put me in the hospital to begin to fix things. Now, almost a year later, I am off many of the meds. have a better understanding of my condition, and feel there is someone who is really looking out for my best. I am an adult, but her specialty is children.

Submitted Oct. 5, 2008