Dr. Thomas J. Grayden, MD

"Dr. Grayden Thomas recently treated me for depression and prescribed me medications for following a suicide attempt. You would think that he would be kinder to his patients but after asking questions such as if he'll be able to discharge me sooner (he kept me past my 72 hour hold - I was feeling better already, had a plan set up with social workers, and needed to open my business), he yelled at me to stop being "stubborn" and told me that I'm wasting every body's time, especially his time, all because I asked why I am being held for over 72 hours. Not exactly a doctor with the best bedside manners. He also screamed at another patient who was in the facility voluntarily and also told her that his time was wasted with her because she needed to get home to her kids. He gave me an anxiety attack after yelling at me, to which the nurses helped me to report. Just because he's a professor at UCI and a psychiatrist doesn't meant you can speak to mental health patients in the manner that he did, considering the fact that I was on hold because I felt like the world was better off without me in the first place. Please stay away from this doctor and if you're provided under his care, request a different psychiatrist immediately."

"Dr Grayden was the first doctor to actually listen and work with my concerns when it came to med management. He’s a caring doctor and recommend anyone with mental health issues to see him. He’s a life saver!"

"My honest opinion Dr Thomas J Grayden, MD The worst hospital employee I’ve ever encountered in my life. He did not do anything positive to help my unwilling stay at Mission Laguna Beach Behavior Unit. I was charged for idem's but not limited to such as nicotine gum & other services that I’ve never tried nor received. He made many serious medical report errors even such as my gender in his falsified & very untrue medical reports he reported false words defaming my character & seriously damaging my life. He reported total lies about me. He stated in his false & very untrue hospital daily report but not limited to social worker(s) and others very damaging false information that stated untrue words I never stated. Under his care I was put In a room with a sex offender who came towards me doing a sexual act & I was put into a shower that was used as a toilet by others with only cold water while the door was pounded on by a nurse. A video camera was in my room over looking my bed. Staff walked into my room every 15 minutes made noise waking me up all night. I was told various times they were releasing me but when the time came they started they had changed there minds. Staff member lied & tricked my family in my 3 day court hearing with untrue statements. Beware of this scam they are called (Patients Advocates) this system scared & intimidated & tricked my family, totally lied and would not let my family see me before or during the 3 day court hearing. Staff stated to my family I'd be out in a couple days if the made a untrue statement about myself. I have prof of this. My patient advocate was named Micheal who had a shaved type head. Beware he was not on my family’s or my side at all. I was physically hit by other patients more than once, it was very dangerous at this hospital and was interrogated & fully tortured. I was over drugged by this Doctor that gave me a dangerously high blood pressure levels, the hospital falsified writing on various admission documents that I was forced under treat to unwilling sign. I was forced to do more than one AKG service I didn’t want. The staff at night would remove blanket(s) from some patients beds they wanted to torture and put the cold air system on making patients freeze & this was done to me many of the nights. I filed a writ & l had been in the awful terrible asylum for 17 days and a God sent real OC Judge outside this place released me and saved my life from certain death. Note: if you have medical insurance or even Medicare you maybe in this awful system way longer than ever needed or wanted to to be in then those with no insurance who are out in most cases I saw very quickly before 3 days. Beware of this system that involves dishonest doctors, hospital & others. I could hear staff talking about various air-bore diseases not limit to TB, (MRSA) because of the urine, feces & other bodily fluids that are put in the carpet floors by sick persons. Carpets were not cleaned regularly when I was there. I saw hazard warning tape put in door ways more than once. Any persons who writes anything good about this place are making profit in some form or another or are friends with employ(s) or enjoy torturing the poor victims that are being abused in this awful place. Legal hold patient(s) are by far treated the much worse. Because the laws make it nearly impossible for the hospital staff to be held legally accountable for how they treat legal hold patients. So this hospital totally abused me & acted anyway they choose even physical, psychological torture & worse. This really happened to me & I never needed or wanted to be there. The medical bill is over $72,000 and growing. This is a Massive Scam"

"Dr Thomas Grayden in Behavioral health should receive zero stars. This man should not be practicing medicine and clearly should not have a medical licence. What he does to his patients is a replication of the movie "one flew over the cuckoos nest" Stay away from this facility as well as this guy. His staff at Mission Hospital Laguna falsely diagnoses patients to keep there beds full and extort your insurance. This man is unprofessional, pompous, rude, especially when he knows he is wrong. Stay away from this guy. He does not comply with professional, legal and ethical guidelines. What I read about him he should be arrested for his behavior."