Forest View Hospital

Reviews 7

JU

Juli Bell

Forest View Hospital served a purpose in my life.. but it didnt actually help it change. When I received treatment for an eating disorder, they were great at giving me coping skills for when I felt triggers to turn to my disorder. However, thats where it ended. I went back for SI/Depression/Anxiety and they changed my medication every few days. The psychiatrist in charge (it was a man) was a complete jerk and was very cocky. He offended my parents a few times talking with him when they were just asking simple questions about the medications. He liked to create issues with his patients by saying things that would trigger your emotional/physical state and medicate you as such. Most nurses were very kind, but some treated you like an animal. They were very harsh with taking blood in the morning and many people had bruises on their arms from the nurses being rough. The answer to every issue you were having was "use your coping skills". Nothing was thought through, nothing was talked about, nothing was attempted to be understood. You had a problem and you just had to deal with it. My parents were given no hope that I would ever get better or beat my depression. They said "she will deal with this her whole life".. But 2 years later I was off all of my medications and completely depression free. Still am! How dare they tell my parents that I would never get better! What happened to hope? What happened to improvement? ... Needless to say, my whole family was very upset with how depressing they were about everything. Youre supposed to heal at a hospital. Youre supposed to get better.. or at least improve. I never improved until I completely separated myself from their "treatments".

---

RY

Ryan Jeanette

it was great in the adolescent unit. my only complaints are that dr. van harren was unprofessional and gave one of the other patients anxiety attacks, and they are absolutely not respectful of trans patients. you would be better off not telling them, trust me. but seriously, as much as that stuff sucked, it was an amazing experience, and i am glad i went. made amazing friends, the art and gym classes are awesome. participation isnt manditory, but if you do participate and complete your daily goal, you get to stay up later and play games with the other patients. i heard from one of the other patients that the eating disorder treatment isnt great, so careful of that. they almost sent one of my friends home even after he said that he would kill himself after arriving home, but luckly they didnt... overall, there are some major flaws, but if you become friends with the other patients, its super great and you can complain about the doctors and nurses. also, if you go into the adolescent unit, do not be afraid of hillary! she was amazing, me and my friends loved her so much, we cried on our last day there and one of them drew her a nice picture. you can really trust her, and if you see her, tell her that ryan says thank you for helping him so much

---

HA

Hannah Casebolt

Too bad one star is the lowest rating... This place doesnt even deserve a star... My sister was admitted here and they are extriememly rude and unorganized. They told us the wrong "going home date" which my parents took that date off from work, (which resulted in lost wages at work!) then "Martha" (nurse) tried to say they never told us "the wrong date." The nurses come off very snippy and the front desk lady (Pam) was very rude and unhelpful. They try to keep people longer than what they should and treat their patients with little respect. NO WONDER ITS A 2.9 STAR RATING! Smh Also a worker told my sister that the doctors give them drugs to see how they react, like little science experiments... (And they most likely) up doses without consent, Im furious that I would even have to hear my little sister tell me that the workers/nurses/nurse treated her like crap! Lastly, a worker (Anthony) was a complete dick to my sister who has cystic fibrosis and while she was doing her breathing treatments he said "it was loud and annoying" and that he "doesnt beileve in coping skills" so he shut the door and made the patients color during a session when he should have been doing his job instead of being a lazy jerk.

---

RO

Ronald Brammer

Not impressed at all. This place needs to be better inspected by the feds. They do everything but treat the root cause of a problem. They only care about collecting the insurance money and not the patients needs. The staff is beyond incompetent. Some of the so called professionals do not even speak English very well. How do you become a shrink without even being able to communicate with patient in their native language? They lie to the patient and the patients family about treatment. Good luck on getting a hold of the patient. They have this annoying message system that they use. Nobody there even gives the patient the message. They do not follow medical guidelines when it comes to patient medications. They will ignore your family doctors treatment plan for various conditions and follow their own guidelines. The only way I was able to get my loved one their correct medications was to keep complaining to head staff. This place is the worst care I could have ever imagined. Instead of making my loved one better they actually made the situation worse.

---

DI

Diane Lipski

I requested Forest View because my daughter had been there before and they did a wonderful job at assisting us through that difficult time. Unfortunately, this time was an entirely different experience. The case worker and the Dr never read the reasons for the petition and never once spoke with family members for insight. The day of her release to outpatient is when the case worker finally spoke with her father and I. When I stated that she cant come home delusional, is the moment that it was realized by the case worker that she didnt have a home, cars or a significant other and she would be homeless. It has been a nightmare since then. Her delusions have increased and her manic/agitated state has escalated since being in outpatient. Her med compliance has not been proved by blood work and her mental health has declined in the eyes of her family.

---

CA

Caitlin Soergel

Their billing department is a complete joke. I have set up payment arrangements for two bills from 2016 and every bill they send has a threatening message near the bottom where it states your new total after applied payments. The messages range from "You did not make your payment as promised" to "This is your final warning". When I call, and I have called SEVERAL times, to ask why Im getting these messages, if the one person Ive EVER spoken to returns my call, they just tell me its something the computer automatically puts on the statement. Yeah right! If Im making my agreed upon payment, why is every billing statement threatening me and stating the complete opposite? Also, they have NO financial aid/assistance which SUCKS.

---

MI

Misanthrope 616

Groups were good, but the psychiatrist I saw acted like he didnt care at all. He barely looked up from his paperwork and was rude when I was given the wrong dismissal date and asked about it. There was absolutely no communication between my wife and the hospital and they also neglected to inform my regular therapist and doctors as to what they were doing. Was given a powerful anti-psychotic to help me "sleep." Well it worked because it put me out for nearly 24 hours. Many roommate nearly died because of the meds they gave him while he had liver disease. I came in and he was a normal guy, by day three he was immobile in his bed and had been laying in his own urine for hours. Nightmare facility.

---

---