White Pine Psychiatric Center

Reviews 10

FA

Fake Name

What a joke. I was admitted December 2016. If you have any mental illness "scarier" than depression, dont go. The hospital staff have no empathy. I was taken "to the back" for yelling at a doctor. I was assured, while they were taking me, that "the back" was just like the main area, "but quieter." No. That was a flat out lie. "The back" is the area for developmentally disabled people. The only exception to this was two patients who were also schizophrenic, but far more severely; they had a complete lack of touch with reality. At the time I was taken there, and for all of my stay, for that matter, I was completely competent and compliant with treatment. Until I yelled at a doctor. watch out, because it takes the drop of a hat for these so-called professionals to overreact and treat you like a cardboard cut out. I went from being "voluntary" to "involuntary" and court ordered for yelling at a doctor, despite the fact that i NEVER denied treatment, took my meds, went to groups, etc. If you yell at all, its game over for you and youre going to be on a different ward with screaming patients who are far more ill than you. I had surgery one week before being admitted, and needed dressing changes right after showers. The process to do this takes about 5 minutes; just slap some gauze on there and put the medical vest back over. Despite being told that someone would help me immediately after my shower, I had to wait upwards of one hour, in my room, with NO vest on, until someone would come. I missed out on a group while waiting and was told I should have gone anyway, without the dressings. Uh, WHAT? The care two weeks after surgery was to remove the vest, but still apply gauze, which I could do myself. I believe if I still needed the vest put on by someone else, I would have had to wait upwards of an hour every time. Awful. The doctor scoffed when I told him that seroquel made me gain weight, and that was why I stopped. Obviously, he had never been on seroquel or any other medication notorious for gaining weight, because there was nothing I could do to stop the weight gain. I had an eating disorder spanning 2010-2015, and even when literally starving myself, I gained weight. It was devastating. Again, I feel that the doctors and nurses were extremely apathetic. The nurses seem to hate their jobs. I cant count the number of eye rolls I saw nurses try to cover when a patient would act out in the back. One man was severely delusional, and when he began arguing with a nurse, the nurse argued back and then would not stop talking about it. "Who is he to say I dont like my job? How would he know if I care about mentally ill people?" she kept asking. Well, I havent lost touch with reality, and I can also tell you that you dont like your job or care about mentally ill people. To be discussing her own personal issues with this patient in front of other patients and nurses was extremely unprofessional and seemed more reminiscent of a high school kid having a pity party. It became apparent on the third day that in order to get out of the facility, I would have to lie about how well the medication was working. I asked a nurse, "what if my symptoms dont clear up completely? I came in with two to three episodes a week where I had complete audiovisual hallucinations. what if the best geodon can do for me is make everything quiet enough for me to deal with?" She told me that if my symptoms didnt clear, it was cause to up the dose or change the medication. At the extremely slow rate the doctors were to addressing any concerns, I was not down for another four days tacked on to my stay just so I could up my medications and be completely sedated and nonfunctioning. I immediately told doctors and nurses that the geodon had cleared everything completely, instead of "well, theres the occasional whisper, but hey, better than constant shrieks, right?" Id give 0 stars if I could. Do not go to White Pine.

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RE

ReprisalReprise

The doctor in the adolescent wing has his head so far up his own ass its ridiculous. His solution to everything is "try this new med", "take this med", "are you taking your meds?", "Id like to try you on these meds together". The adolescent doctor is a quack. He put me on a "special treatment plan" where I was isolated from the other patients except during groups. That sense of isolation DID NOT HELP MY DEPRESSION. Avoid this place. Go somewhere else. Dont go here. Dont go here. The doctor seemed convinced that the problem was with me when in actuality I WAS FINE. THE PROBLEM WAS THE SITUATION I WAS IN previous to, during, and immediately after my stay. Avoid this place at all costs.

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DA

Dana Carlson

Was here for 5 days and was wrongly diagnosed and put on medication that made my depression and anxiety worse than it has ever been in my entire life. The staff was fine except a couple but the psychiatrists spend 10 minutes a day with you and pile on all this medication you dont need instead of taking the time to truly help you...worst experience of my life.

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IM

imjacobbro

Reviews on this are biased based on the fact they are all posted by children who fought going to the place, something to keep in mind is places like this will always get a bad reputation from teenagers. I believe once you grow up a bit and understand youll see it as less of a terrible experience

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CO

Corey Washington-Sain

You must act like a robot to get what you want. They treat you like cattle and one in the sames. A lot of the staff either dont care or just dont understand mental illness.

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LU

Luxurious Luxray

Seeing Dr. Raval for treatment of my bipolar and I told him about me feeling suicidal and his exact words were "I dare you to kill yourself" while he laughed.

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PA

Pammy Tinsley

Filthy and the incompetence is staggering. The place is a danger to EVERYONE who enters. Stay away and keep your lawyer handy!

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JO

john combs

Nice place, took care of my needs. Good food and great staff.

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MA

Mark Silvers

Not a good place for anyone

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CR

Crimson Rain

Hell on

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