Katz Abraham J MD — Psychiatrist in El Paso, TX

Dr. Katz missed my scheduled appointment and never followed up. I called multiple times to reschedule and received no response. I was effectively ghosted for a month, then suddenly scheduled for an appointment without being asked. Because of this, I was left without access to my medications and had to withdraw from multiple prescriptions at the same time. This was unsafe and unacceptable. I’ve since found a new provider.

I had Dr Katz as a physician when I was a child to treat my ADHD and behavioral issues but I had little to no recollection. I decided to see him as an adult for Depression and ADHD at a very difficult period of my life. I unfortunately will not recommend this provider. I NEEDED someone to speak to due to the volatile abusive household I was living in at the time combined with ADHD and burn out and major depression. He did not provide comfort, or provided an environment where I felt emotionally safe but naturally assumed my issues would be taken cared of by taking various medications. I felt like a zombie, I was asleep ALL the time and I still felt depressed despite taking all the medications dosages he recommended. The side effects made me feel more miserable. He stated "take these and you will never feel depressed again". WRONG. It made me worse. I wanted a provider who didn't just provide me with so many medications as a band aid solution, I wanted someone who LISTENED to me and worked with me. I tapered myself off the medications, stopped seeing this provider and through betterhelp and cognitive therapy I improved.

I was a patient of Dr. Katz in 2013-2014. During this time, I was misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder and put on high doses of mood stabilizers. After relating to him that "I felt like a zombie and couldn't think", he increased my dosages. I never went back - luckily my guardians advocated for my wellbeing - and I've met several people with the same story.

My brother was seeing this doctor for several years and it was always difficult for him to get refills since he was working in Odessa and was only back home every 2 weeks. In May 2022 my brothers depression was getting worse and he had requested FMLA leave from work. That paperwork was sent by his employer to Dr. Katz office to be filled out and returned in order for my brother to get the leave he requested and needed. Dr. Katz office never filled out the paperwork and did not return calls to my brother’s employer. The paperwork was sent on 5/31/22 and 6/14/22. His leave request was then denied because it was never filled out by Dr. Katz. Some time on week of 6/27/22 my brother was feeling very low and called the office and no one ever answered. On 7/2/22 my brother took his life. On 7/26/22 I called Dr. Katz office and of course no answer. I decided to email the office to verify if they had ever received the forms. On 7/27/22 I called the office again because I never got a reply via email. The secretary answered and stated she had received my email and was going to work on filling out the paperwork they had received from my brothers employer back in May…. I notified her it was a little too late for that. While I understand my brothers death was due to his condition it’s hard not to feel like maybe if he had gotten the time off he needed he might still be here today.

Ok! Dr. Katz is very knowledgeable and put me on the right meds. He is very brash and tells you how it is. A very aquired taste. I once had an anxiety attack in the office and he helped me quickly. My first initial was 4 hours and he was very detailed. He did try to diagnose me with bipolar which i am not. Honestly you just have to stand your ground. Front office is very friendly and wait times are long. He does take his time with his patients. Would recommend. Have been seeing him for over 3 years.

This doctor has a very good Knack in being able to read people and to assist them. I have had great strides in achieving better mental health by having him as my doctor now for over a year. I highly recommend him I believe that he is someone that is valuable person on my team of recovery. Give it time he takes a little getting used to.

I saw Dr. Katz for a good solid year. By my last appointment I was so fed up with Katz that I just got up and left. I have great respect for my elders but I could not deal with that man anymore. When I first started seeing him he prescribed me quite a bit of medication. I was surprised but at the same time I thought "well he is a doctor what would I know." As time went on there was no improvement on the contrary things got worse... much worse. Everything in my life was going downhill due to my symptoms worsening. Yet Katz kept on giving me more medication saying that hes the doctor and knows what he's doing as well as accusing me that the medication is not working because I don't want the medication to work. OK I am there spending my money because I want the medication to work and hoping that this man knows what he is doing and can give me medication that can help me. If I didn't want the medication to work I wouldn't be there in the first place. He also tried diagnosing me with other disorders one of them being bipolar. After having seen other psychiatrists as well have having seen plenty of therapists they all assured me that I was not bipolar. I would always try to reason with Kat and tell him that the medication is having more negative effects then positive and maybe if we could try a different dosage or a different medication. Katz wouldn't hear it though acting like he knew what was wrong with me and raising my medication. Katz would also always forget who I was even after having seen him for months. He even confused me for another patient of his. My parents would join me in his office to listen and in hopes to help me as well. My parents had me when they where a bit older so every single appointment with him he would ask me "so these are your grandparents?" and every single appointment I would have to remind him "no those are my parents." It may seem irrelevant but just goes to show that he doesn't pay attention to his patients. another somewhat tedious comment of mine is it would drive me nuts how long his nails would get and more then half of the appointment he would be picking at them and occasionally looking up at me. As well as the occasional burps would disgust me. After having met some people that have seen Dr. Katz all they had to say where negative comments. Aside from the doctor the receptionist was polite but the waiting time was absolutely awful. At one point I spent 3 hours waiting for an appointment just to see him for 10 minutes argue with him that the medication is making me feel worse but he wouldn't listen and would just raise my medication. Walking out of his office and never going back was the best decision I made.

I do not recommend this doctor!! When we first started going here, the front office staff was very helpful. Unfortunately, they left and I feel like it all went downhill for the front office from their. Not only that, Dr. Katz over medicates his patients. He does not like to hear your opinion and if you give him a recommendation of how you think you want to move meds around or if you ask him to reconsider the medication he really gets upset and tells you that hes the doctor with the license and he knows what he is doing. As far as the wait time, it was ridiculous. Half of the time the AC in the front didn't work so it was hot as hell. The best thing I could have done was take my kids out of that office and put them with someone else. With my son being put on 4 different medicines he was not even able to function. Changing him to another doctor and getting him to to medications where he was able to function gave him the ability to advance in his education. I didn't even have to tell my new doctor who the old doctor was all I said was he was taking 4 medications and the doctor was not willing to budge on moving them and the 1st doctor that came out of their mouth was dDr. Katz. I once heard that Drs get a bonus for writing so many Rx's a year. He sure is getting paid I guess..

Wait times are the worst ive ever experienced. Everytime my daughter has an appointment. We are always seen 45 minutes to an hour past the appointed time. The doctor continously downplays her ability to do anything because of her autism and always acts shocked when we describe what she can do as if its beyond her learning and routinely uses the word "retarded" to discribe her shortcomings and aspects of her disability. Staff is friendly but this doesnt make up for the poor time management and lack assistance needed for services with patients, needs multiple doctors on staff instead of one trying to juggle all his patients. And this pic

I had to go in person to make an appointment, since no one would answer the 6 calls I made in a week, or respond to my 2 voice messages, and the receptionist that welcomed me was, for lack of a better word, despicable . She rudely asked me if I had left a message because she informed me she was the only one handling patients and assisting the doctor, to which I said yes, to then be asked, rather brashly, if I had a referral from a PCP, which I didn't. This was disappointing because I had to drive from the East side to be denied an appointment, instead of being informed about this by phone, so I told her it was a negative feature of their service, and instead of apologizing, because, after all, I'm a potential customer/patient, she barked back about her "many" responsibilities. I will not return, and it's a shame, because Dr. Katz was highly ranked, but when the "front of the house" is so unprofessional and immature, one has to look elsewhere to be treated decently, especially when you're looking to address mental illnesses.