It is dusty and crusty. The staff would not let me take a shower and I couldn’t even sleep because of all the screaming at night.
This place is beyond horrible!! The staff is ghetto the psychiatrist and therapist offer no help unless you say you're suicidal or want to hurt yourself in any way shape or form. The place is also freezing cold, dirty and the staff have no control over the patients. I felt normal after being in there for 5 minutes. The food is worse than cafeteria lunch, maybe one star away from prison food and I never had prison food but I can just imagine. Women and men share one facility, there's barely any privacy at the place. Some lady walked in on me while I was taking a shower and didn't close the door right away and kept talking to me while I was naked. Weird, strange , psychotic and scary. If a family member or friend refers you to this place they are trying to tell you something other than what you need know. I wouldn't send Satan there for punishment. From the beginning to the end of that place is just pure ghetto and the staff does not care it seems like they just applied online to get a job to get a paycheck. That place is a joke and waste of time and tax pay dollars. If you are reading this up until this point you must think I am lying, I'm telling you right now do not check yourself in there do not send your loved ones there. You're better off checking yourself in the ER and stay in there for help then that place. You're better off talking to a homeless man and a cop in the same day to get your mind reevaluated before going to that place. How was it I'm checking myself in and the lady tells me, " these people here are crazy as hell and you will see 😂😂."
😱😱😱😱 I knew I was going to be in for it. Check yourself in there if you don't believe in God or Hope and Faith. And if you're still reading this you must think yeah this chick is crazy for writing all of this. Yes I am crazy but that place it's for grim reapers ex baby mamas, lost souls and the devil's unforbidden forgotten sons. It's like the judge asking you if you want the needle or the electric chair. It's like walking down a dark road only to discover the door you have to open is hell. And if you're still reading this by now yes you know I'm crazy yes but I'm trying to save you from this facility. I think for now I've stressed the issue and yes my mind goes in different places but I would never voluntarily go back to this place again. After this message I hope my feelings are on top of the slow turtle getting lost in the rainforest. I never want to see or hear about this place again. Just imagine Halloween everyday for the rest of your life and not knowing when will Jason come but while Freddy Krueger is haunting your dreams. I wish I could leave my email for those to contact me after this message but I'm afraid they might pick me up. Stay safe and most importantly stay sane.
They do the best they can with the funding they are given, but a lot of times it's not enough to support their number of clients. If you want to know the status of healthcare in Florida, this is a good place to observe.
I went to get a mental health evaluation. I was told the day before it was free. It is not free. 75$ for an evaluation with uninsured patients With no where to go (unless I wanted to be admitted into a hospital) This place has failed me and clearly a lot of other souls too. I'm still searching for help. Let's hope I find it before it's too late.
This place trapped me for 2k. I went in to be evaluated for group therapy. I didn't want to kill myself nor did I say I did. I am not depressed but I have CPTSD. I came here to seek help. If I was a threat to myself I wouldn't do that. Nevermind that, the nurse forced me to voluntarily sign myself into the mental ward for depression and anxiety. I told her I don't have either and am not diagnosed with such and they can look at my past records. They didn't care and forced me to voluntarily sign in or be baker acted. I said "I only came here to schedule an appointment for therapy. I have CPTSD. Please do not force me to do something I do not want to do as that is where my trauma stems from and I will start to panic. You will make my condition worse." They didn't care. She told me I was alarming because I was upset and I told her I could not afford this stay. I could not do it. She threatened to call security on me and I agreed to "voluntarily" sign in for 24 hours. I was yelled at for sleeping, yelled at for being sloppy when I was overly drugged (the nurse guy said he was hooking me up? At that point I didn't care.) I have stomach conditions and need to use the bathroom consistently. They wouldn't allow me to go during therapy hours. When I was released as soon as I met the doctor (because I obviously don't belong there) I signed a form that said my treatment after insurance was $200. I later got a bill for 2k. I am a young college student who has CPTSD from sexual trauma and this was just damaging for me. My condition has worsened since and I have completely been deterred from seeking professional help in fear they will trap me again. Do not go here. They will scam you and traumatize you.
More like a jail than anything else. The staff is beyond rude and un-helpful, No matter your situation. They treat you unhuman and strip away any basic rights you thought you had. The head nurse insulted me and other patients the entire span of my stay there. They kept the entire place very cold and refused to give extra blankets or socks or even uniforms to keep me warm. If you want serious help go somewhere else.
I recomend this facility to nobody . The service here is terrible.
This place is a joke. They do not care about the people they are supposed to be treating one bit. It is nothing more than a holding cell for people who are thought to be mentally unstable. They have no desire to actually get a mentally unstable person some real help. They REFUSE to speak to concerned family members. I understand that giving out information on a patient is a breech of confidentiality, but what about hearing out the concerned family and listening to their version of the story rather than backing up the person who clearly cannot think for themselves. When someone is in a state of paranoia and mental break down, the LAST thing they want is help and treatment. The people who are trying to help them become the enemy, OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE CONSENT FOR YOU TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE WHO WANTS THEM TO RECEIVE TREATMENT WHEN THEY DON'T WANT IT!!! But I am sure all of the people who are released from there after the 72 hours and then run off and kill themselves, not your fault right? Bullshit. Have some damn accountability. This place has released the same mentally unstable person over 15 times in the past 5 years. NEVER HAS SHE HAD TO STAY FOR MORE THAN THE RECOMMENDED 72 hours. No matter how bad the situation. No matter what the police and family have to say. Disgraceful.
I was hospitalized for anxiety and depression getting the best of me, and needed immediate med adjustment. It was not my first time inpatient at a mental health facility. Honestly, it was the best hospital I've ever been admitted to, and I've been admitted to two other hospitals in the past. But yes, there are a LOT of problems there that negatively impacted my mental health while staying there. Also something really bad happened while I was there, I don't know what it was but they made us all stay in the dining room the entire day while men in suits were out in the halls. I overheard a tech say one of them was the vice president, and that you know it's serious trouble when the vice president shows up. I also saw some of the techs point out a ex patient they knew that was on the evening news for killing people. Not good. My meds were pretty decently adjusted, much better than my other times in such a place where they drugged me to the point of being a drooling robot. However, I am still having trouble because the psych would not prescribe anything for my ADHD, and even told me I didn't have it after a five minute conversation because I was able to focus on the conversation. Excuse me? It's one of the conditions listed on my ssdi paperwork. I went through 3 hours of questions and tests with a psychologist to get that diagnosis, too. This psychiatrist was also very narcissistic and rude. No sense of irony or humor at all, and got mad at me for questioning him, offering input based off my past treatments, and also for letting out a small bit of laughter when he asked about weapons in my house. I laughed because I have children and one of them is autistic. Of course there's no weapons. I took it to the next level and don't even possess kitchen knives. That's why I laughed. We use plastic knives and butter knives. Anyhow, I only got to see him two times during the course of a week. I only got to see my counselor two times. The med nurses would leave us waiting for hours literally on our scheduled meds, and some of us would start to relapse. They don't follow the posted schedule on the wall for anything at all except meals. Only meals are usually late, too. It was very difficult to get staffs attention for assistance even if I was having a panic attack and needed my prn med. Staff frequently snapped at me and other patients. The severely impaired ones got teased and made fun of. There were a few people that were pretty obviously overdosed on anti psychotics. There were some kind staff there, but most of them obviously just did not care at all. Meals were poor nutritional quality and gave me severe constipation that even the meds they gave me for it would not work. Patients get NO outdoor time. There's almost literally nothing to do unless the activities lady is there. You can watch TV, listen to music, read whatever book they will hand you, and that's it. So most of us slept during free time. There was a shortage on blankets, mandatory scrubs, and they kept it very cold. Men are allowed at certain times to go to the women's side. Men frequently said inappropriate things to the women; staff did not care to correct them. Many patients were scared, with good reason to be so. This is definitely the longest review I've ever written, but these facts should be known.
I worked in PICU for nearly 30 yrs and as sick as I was, I couldn't believe the things I saw! The male techs are ignorant, untrained, unsafe and would NEVER be hired at any reputable medical hospital. One day we all were sitting in day room. The person "watching" us was about a 500-600 lb woman who couldn't even get up. She slept the entire time. Was she keeping me safe? The techs would wrestle around on the floor, loudly comparing pay checks. The food was so foul and also very sm portions. Therapy didn't exist in any meaningful way. You just sit all day and pray you can stay safe. The whole experience was traumatic!
It is a disgusting place. The staff is rude and don't care about the needs of the patients. They lock you up in your room at night and also lock your bathroom doors the food is horrible. I felt so unsafe. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone. I had to pretend like nothing was wrong just so the DOCTOR can release me. Only to come home and wanted to commit suicide.