Dr. Stephen M. Stein, MD - Santa Cruz (CA)

2 /5 Donna Hall: My daughter entered into Elevate Addiction Services and I was told this was a medical detox. Yes and No. On her second day when she was in a lot of pain and sick, they transported her to Dr. Steins office, 30 minutes away. Shes only "seen" him once and he never contacted her regular or pain medicine doctors. A nurse visits the facility twice a week. Shes been there over a month now. Beginning to wonder if this is just a cash cow for him.

5 /5 Katy mc Dowell: Dr Stein is an excellent doctor! My patients use him and we’ve been working with them for the past 10 years I highly recommend him. He’s very good with people struggling with anxiety depression and addiction. He’s been the Medical Director over lots of treatment facilities and hospitals for over 30 years and has a lot of experience and proven track record. I refer people that I think would benefit from his services all the time and have received very positive feedback and good results. Katy McDowell Positive Progression Inc.

5 /5 Mr Awesome: I’m a huge fan of Dr Stein. I’ve been seeing him for about seven years and I’ve always found him to be warm, compassionate, caring, effective, funny. I actually enjoy and look forward to our meetings. I have not had great experiences with some of the other addiction medicine specialists in the area. Some are insanely expensive, one guy was super creepy. Dr Stein just seems to me like a normal guy who likes his job and wants to help.

5 /5 Courtney Guadamuz: This Dr. is an amazing, rare intellectual who intuitively and critically understands his field. For example, I have a chronic illness I managed since 12, which caused scoliosis and hemiplegic migraines (stroke like) and a plethora of other health concerns. I also have an acute injury (ruptured acl) requiring surgery. I’ve had a history of anxiety and ADHD and been diagnosed since I was a child. Because of other prescribers not being of the caliber to prescribe certain medication or prescribe it properly, the burden of big pharama bureaucracy is usually put on the patient and they suffer. This Dr. knew a magic combination after trying so many things, for years, and it’s definitely made an improvement with my mental ability to cope with chronic pain, (not necessarily the physical pain) but I am not being treated for that right now. He’s helped control my general anxieties when left untreated, morph into other undesirable behaviors. He has also simultaneously been able to balance my adhd without compromising the other treatment. People with dual diagnosis and chronic pain can be truly emotionally affected and he is compassionate, goes over everything, is responsible and checks all bases. Most of all he knows what he is doing. Addressing the comments on pricing, everything is expensive. I was going to socialized medicine Dr.‘s and guess what, they made mistake after mistake, they rx’d meds I was allergic to, and were hardly Dr.’s most of the time I have as seeing a PA, which if I were lucky, I would get an NP. Which is closer to a nurse and has more formal prior training than a new PA. What he Dr. Stein charges is definitely not expensive if you truly have emotional disorders, and need a good Psychiatrist who you can not only trust, but trust their knowledge. If you want suboxone I know that’s handed out like candy, so sure get that from socialized medicine. If you have a serious dual diagnosis, go see Dr. Stein. I am by no means able to pay for the treatment on my own, but I have family help, and I’m sure if you can afford him you can get help from the county to pay for his services is imperatively necessary. Thank you, Dr. Stein You’re truly making a difference

1 /5 Marc Whitehill: I called to establish care for an 8 year suboxone pt. This office is prohibitively expensive. Including meds and the MD vst. the first month will cost between $600 and $800 and then monthly maintenance will cost $375-500. Its cheaper to shoot heroin. Also, the office demonstrated no ability to individualize their care for each individual patient. Look elsewhere....