Valley Behavioral Health System

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Allison Skinner

This is my story, my information, my thoughts and experiences. I am a previous acute wing patient. I was seventeen at the time and my psychiatrist recommended my mother put me in inpatient treatment. I am manic depressant, bipolar and often struggle with social anxiety. Not once have I ever cut myself, took medication to feel "high" nor have I done any street drugs. I was so depressed to where I would wake up feeling "dead". I also have/had night terrors. Depression literally kills you, it gets you down and you dont wanna make an effort to move forward. Yet, I wasnt harming myself or anyone else. I begged my mother to not check me in and to let me go to counseling, but she didnt ever budge. I had a session with the lady at the front desk, and she assured me that the doctor makes the decision to be checked in or not, not my parent(s) or I, myself. I sat by myself for a long time, I cried and cried to the point of making myself physically sick. The woman then brought me dinner, keep in mind this is at roughly 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Thats when she told me I was being admitted. Thats when I broke. The one thing I never wanted to happen, was happening. I felt like my whole world was crumbling down. My mother and I then had to leave and meet up with another woman who works the night shift on that wing. She asked me a series of questions which involved nightmares, medications, sexual behaviors, etc. My mother answered every single question, because I couldnt speak for myself at that point. Then, I was asked to be strip searched, cough and squat as well, just like any other facility. Then I said goodbye. I sat down for what seemed like hours to only cry by myself until one of the guys my age offered me something to drink and a snack. The facility only serves healthy snacks and drinks. The lobby or common area serves water all day long. When snack time rolls around you get offered juices and milks. If youre like me, they have you on a Non-Concentrated Sugars Diet (NCS.) Its honestly not as bad as it sounds. You get a lot of fruit, while other kids may get offered cookies or crackers. The only other restriction on food there is Finger Foods (FF.) Youll only get FF if you could possibly harm yourself or others at that time with a plastic utensil. Youll be asked several times a day how youre feeling. If you feel suicidal or feel like harming others. When youre angry or upset, you can pace back and forth up and down the halls, but only after youve received permission. Otherwise, you can get yourself into a lot of unnecessary trouble. In the mornings after breakfast and after dinner and medication they have Hygiene time. Youll get this plastic box with your name on it. Itll come with a disposable toothbrush, toothpaste, mouthwash, lotion, a bar of soap, and body wash/shampoo. Ask your parents or guardians to bring you your own shampoo & conditioner. I left with my hair being very brittle, breaking off and even falling out. Youre allowed two and most times just one towel and a wash cloth when requested. You must take them out and put them in the laundry closet after youve showered. Its considered contraband if left inside you and your roommates room. GIRLS ONLY You cant have a box of tampons, pads or wire bras. Its another form of contraband. Contraband includes: Shoelaces Jewelry Makeup (optional on different "levels") Boxes of femine items Strings Hoodies Yoga pants or anything form fitting. Just pack baggy clothes to be safe. Jeans are allowed though. School; Theres a good chance youll be split into teams, such as A & B. The A-Team will go to class in the morning and B will go in te afternoon. Youll line up by the front door and count. Ladies first, the first will say one, then two and so on. After the girls are finished counting the boys will continue the count with the number the girls left off of. Activities; You and your wings behavior decides whether you get to participate in activities or not. If one person ruins it, its all over. You may get to go outside to play on the playground.

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Stephanie Bumstead

I was there for anxiety/depression. They were understaffed, and weekend shift never fallowed protocal. They made adults lights out as the same time when they do adolescent unit because the staff was normal there. They kept trying to give me the wrong meds, the food wasnt healthy at all, it was greedy and deepfried. Which I cant have due to not having a gallbladder. I met with the dietitian and they were supposed to put in a dietary order and never did. The cafeteria staff said eat it or go hungry. After days of being stuck in the bathroom from cramps from the food, I went hungry. Only the weekday staff would make sure I could get a sandwhich or veggies/fruit. The staff actually left us alone (against protocal) they refuse to give me all my records when I requested. All they would give me was the forms when I came in, left and med record. Not any of the hourly notes or the incident report that was filed.

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Treacy Ward

Wow, where do I begin. My daughter stayed from December 4th until today and it did not help her. In fact they made things worse. I found out yesterday there have been two rape lawsuits against Valley Behavioral health, which should come as no surprise when they house male and female adolescents together. The whole time my daughter was there fights constantly broke out and the place is understaffed. One patient was diabetic and she said the staff did not adequately take care of them. She also said they didnt have band aids or ointment for cuts. She was also having panic attacks because at least two other patients tried to attack her.

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Aron Tuszynski

They always seemed to have an excuse on why I couldnt talk to my girlfriend. They told me all I needed was a code number to be able to talk to her and they kept telling me they would call me back whenever I could talk to her. They never did. After 10 hours I called back just to be denied again because I want on the call list even though I had the code number. So if anyone want to be able to call your spouse to see if theyre doing okay, dont be surprised if they wont let you and lie to you.

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Wayne Kilpatrick

My room mate went missing on july 2nd at 1am said he was going to kill him self and they will not even take his name to find out if he is even alive or not they do not have to tell me where he is but could at least take his name and let him know he is loved and being looked for. I have filed a missing perosn report with arkoma pd etc .

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Stephen Bond

To be frank, I dont know what type of treatment they have at Valley Behavioral. What I do know is that my best friend was admitted for severe circumstantial depression, he stayed for five days before being released on a Tuesday. We found him dead two days later on Thursday, took his own life.

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Marla Myers-Lowther

Hated it at first but then after being there a while it really did help you just have to be willing to help yourself get better it aint just the workers job to help you

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William Wagner

Spent months getting the run around about scheduling an appointment only to discover they didnt carry my insurance and they just didnt feel like telling me.

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