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I was in the adolescent program. I suffer from severe depression. The staff did nothing but make us feel worse about ourselves. We only see our doctor for 5 minutes a week, except me. I went two whole weeks without seeing mine. They put me on sleep aids that I was on in the past that didn't work. It's hard to sleep when you can hear the night staff talking and playing monopoly and then shine a flashlight right in your face every 15 minutes. (Yes, they should check on you, but for the light sleepers, is it really necessary to shine it right in their face?) My therapist lied to me about discharge several times, which made me cry, OBVIOUSLY, then he rubbed it in my face that if I'm crying, I shouldn't even be leaving. I also suffer from chronic migraines, like my mother, and I was only allowed medication for them every 24 hours. So if I got one after school, then had another migraine the next morning, I had to sit there and bear it. Also, when I was able to receive medication for them, I would tell a staff member and they would not get the nurse for me. So, again, I had to sit there and bear it. I was rarely allowed to even make my second phone call, as well. My parents are divorced, so clearly, a second phone call is needed. I dropped out of high school to get my GED before being admitted, and they made arrangements for me to take my TABE Test while I was there, and then proceeded to take me on the day AFTER the test, so then I had to wait until I got home to take that.
Long story short, this place is probably the worst place to send your troubled child.
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