Chicago-Read Mental Health Center

Reviews 7

WI

Windy City Riders

I wouldve given this place no star at all or maybe a negative five stars. I will start with the front desk security officers, sadly, majority of them were rude. They would treat you like if you were visiting a person in prison. Like really, the place is a mental facility. They have no manner, etiquette, professionalism, and etc. They should understand that we are visiting some one who is mentaly ill and we care for them. Then, the unit staffs were my sibling was admitted, were rude and have no professional manner toward the patient and family members. During my couple of time visited, I observed how the staffs talked to the patients and some family members-if they had a questions. Come on, if someone is admit in the facility is because he/she needs help. Give the help they need and dont treat them like there no one as well as the family members. Unfortunately, my sibling has bipolar/schizophrenia disorder and was admitted there. He didnt get no help at all. He was recently discharge and he still the same. He has been into 3 different facilities in the Chicago area and unfortunately, neither one of the three has been a good help for him. Sadly, this facilities just want to earned the money without given the patient the right treatment and making sure they received the proper one before being discharge. Mental disorder is a serious illness. There is so many factors to it. At the same time it is scary that either your loved one or a stranger can be harm. Overall, dont send your family member to this facility it would be a waste of time.

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PO

Pooper Pooter

If you have no insurance and unfortunately are sent here by the popo, you can be treated to what basically amounts to a russian prison. Some of the morbidly obese staff will hunch in the back, Jabba-the-hut like and ignore patients, while others, like previous reviewer said, sit around and argue about sports. They give grown men and women 1st grade coloring books and crossword puzzles to do. Nobody will actually talk to you about your problems, they will just drug you to the gills and hope DHS hauls you off to some homeless shelter or halfway house, or if they find your parents, etc. One of the activity guys was a gross, hairy, dirty hippie that was clearly banging one of the fat Hot Topic-type patient chick on the unit and abusing everybody else. The medical and support staff are so competent that they will determine you are lactose intolerant, prescribe you a generic version of "Lactaid" and then not give you milk for dinner. When they did, it was often expired and lumpy or even sour. The rest of the food wasnt fit to serve to prisoners at Guantanamo bay. At night maybe you can watch some sports with the sports arguing staff bozos while they vaguely act racist about anybody who isnt black and Christian. So if youre vaguely Hebrew and vaguely gay, they abuse you. How long does it take to become a "mental health technician"? Not long, Id say. Id rather be dead.

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A

A Private User

I stayed here a month, stared at my shoes 18 hours a day inbetween scant meals with spoiled, lumpy milk, finger painted, did crossword puzzles, heard all about Jeezus Christ, watched tyler perry movies while the "mental health technicians" sat on their butt and talked about sports and played with their sail foams all day... and now I am cured of mental illness. Thanks Read!

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KO

Kookie Chapo

If u have family or anyone you know in this hospital get them out. ASAP they will not get the help they need. Being in their hurt my heart. Just seeing the other patients and how they are treated. They need help and are not getting it. There are better alternatives

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A

A Private User

This facility for mental health is the definition of non-existent and incompetence.

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TR

Travis Bing

seems ligit m8

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MA

Mary Landa

Hol vg y

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