Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center James Wright Building

If I could give less stars I would. Im not from here, me and my family moved down about 8 months ago. You have to go do an orientation with them and pretty much get asked about your entire life. They also drug test you on the first day, They literally treat everyone as if they are a drug addict. I wanted to see a psychiatrist and I was forced to see some specialized nurse who basically disregarded everything I was saying, for instance I told her about my sleep issues and also explained I had a sleep study done a couple years ago and I dont have sleep apnea the sleep study revealed I have RLS (restless legs syndrom) The idiot put on my discharge paperwork that I has sleep apnea. I filled out medical release forms and everything because my previous doctor had me on several different medications to finally dial in the care I needed back home. She completely disregarded all of that and put me on what she thinks will help. It was very clear she wanted to stay away from any of the actual medication that helps with my ADHD and GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER. Please listen to everyone else and do not go here. They will not listen to your issues and needs and for some very strange reason they will lie and say you have things you dont like for me it was Sleep Apnea. There has to be better care than this in indiana somewhere. If you go here they will make up a whole profile on you and make it harder when you go to seek help elsewhere. DO NOT MESS WITH THESE CLOWNS. At best they are uneducated emotionless people without empathy for thier clients. I Won't Go Back ever again.

I am feeling very emotional today deeply missing this location and the staff who used to work here at 1700. I got very lucky in some aspects of being a client here with a great team. AA Dual diagnosis group leader (Brian), LGBTQIA+ group leader (Miss Schaefer), a great care coordinator (Kaiden) and my first therapist (Justin) was great! Also, my therapist Jailyn was awesome as well! These days, this location is just not the same and I’m feeling very lucky to have been apart of this location as a client back in the golden days with certain staff on board! I’m sorry to say, but now this location is just simply not efficient or effective anymore in my opinion due to this location taking on way too many clients. I was very excited to have my very first therapy session with my brand new therapist only to find out that she was double booked; being double booked as a staff member here is kind of the norm now and the clients suffer gravely for it. A couple of years ago, I would constantly hear, “sorry! Our one hour session today is 15 minutes because I’ve been double booked all day…” I sincerely miss being at this location mostly because of the people I met. Clients would constantly gravitate towards me inside and outside and they would talk to me, open up to me, tell me their problems, ask for advice, we would listen to music together… etc. I really miss AA dual diagnosis group and I deeply miss the good old days of the LGBTQIA+ group with Miss Schaefer leading; I am afraid to say that the new girl leading the LGBTQIA+ group just is not cutting it and I really don’t think that this new girl even likes me or cares for me that much because she has ignored me a few times and tends to favor other people over me. This location really needs a class on healing and meditation and this place desperately needs a department filled with knowledgeable staff helping clients detox off their meds (safely) if and when the client has been misdiagnosed and put on medication for literally no reason all because the client was misunderstood and pushed through the system way to quickly… which happens all of the time. I hope that I have better luck with you all 1700 here in the spring and summer time and I’d really like to see a thriving LGBTQIA+ group again as opposed to the empty room like it is now. I really miss being there 1700, but I have so much sadness and pain and trauma when dealing with the black haired security officer there and Dr. Salama. So quick to medicate me and handcuff me and lock me away. So sad and shameful. I would do a fantastic job leading a class on healing and meditation and music therapy and I know for a fact that so many clients would benefit and be extremely grateful and even feel better! As opposed to just being told they need shots and pills without even truly getting to know the person and their history and story. This place needs incense, singing bowls, crystals, healing music/frequencies, books, journals and healers… not people who just blindly follow orders and are trained to be just like everyone else. I feel like common sense, gut instincts, intuition and spiritual knowledge/open mindedness is lacking in not just this location, but all mental health locations. The most help I’ve ever gotten from the mental health industry was when a man named Matt had me watch The Secret inside of Options. That is sad and scary. This industry cannot continue to go on like this; something must change soon. I miss the good old days of 1700…not what it is now. Please stop double booking your poor and hardworking staff members; it’s not fair to treat staff and clients with such disrespect.

One star is too many. My life and body and reputation has literally been destroyed due to this location. I was forced fed DEPAKOTE for over five years against my will and now, I’m dealing with permanent damage from the medication. I was also forced the shots in my arms (Invega) with literally everyone knowing I did not want the shots! Literally nobody cared! I got kicked out of my gorgeous home due to DEPAKOTE and it’s horrific side effects, I lost my business of 15 years, lost my hair, function of penis, got handcuffed by the 1700 police multiple times and they even fractured my right wrist by angrily putting the handcuffs on waaaay too tight! Got locked away against my will over ten times and am now dealing with horrific and severe constant pain in my jaw and gums and teeth and it’s even going into my eyes and ear. DEPAKOTE destroyed my jawbone tissue and now I can’t even eat an apple due to my extremely loose teeth and no bone in my jaw! I literally begged and even cried to my doctor for years begging to please be taken off of DEPAKOTE and I told this doctor all of my horrific and god awful side effects I was having and she literally did not care! Just ignored me and even lied to me by telling me that I was “finally off of DEPAKOTE”. Went to reception and they gave me my paperwork and there it was! Another refill for DEPAKOTE! I have been through pure hell due to this location and staff and I am now stuck with literally no friends, terrible reputation, no home, not enough income to survive and or do anything fun, permanent bodily damage…etc. I wrote a letter to this location saying sorry for going live on Facebook while in this location…and I’m still not welcome back to their AA dual diagnosis group! What I didn’t say in my apology letter was that I only went live on Facebook because I was all messed up on DEPAKOTE! Of which I was literally forced fed against my will! I have literally worked my butt off trying to reconnect with friends and places of employment, but they all have me written off as literally nuts and a terrible and horrible/angry person. Now, I cannot get my dream job working at a recording studio because I emailed and called the owners of this specific recording studio saying super insane and very mean things all messed up once again on medication. Being constantly handcuffed and harassed by the police for five years straight and locked away in mental hospitals while screaming your lungs out and crying your eyes out was a great time! I’m in constant severe agonizing pain now literally every single day with permanent damage from DEPAKOTE. I now have to write everything down because Invega literally destroyed my brain and cognitive behaviors. I used to be able to solve the Rubik’s cube in two minutes before being forced fed Invega and DEPAKOTE, but now…I just sit and cry holding my Rubik’s cube. Being kicked out of my home after working for years to move in was extremely traumatic and the owners of the building (Lucille Raines) won’t even talk to me now! I’m not exaggerating at all when I say that my life and body and future and reputation is literally now destroyed all due to literally nobody listening to me when I begged everyone to please stop forcing me DEPAKOTE and Invega! My doctor (Dr. Salama) should be ashamed of herself for not properly caring for me and for lying to me face to face in her office. I was so not myself at all on my meds, I even got put on the FBI’s watchlist and the FBI called my parents and my parents were scared to death of being raided by the FBI. Sad thing is, I still to this day have literally no idea what I did and or said to get put on the FBI’s watchlist due to me being in yet another psychosis. A DEPAKOTE induced psychosis. I deeply miss this place, but I have so much pain and trauma due to this location and the black haired security officer and Dr. Salama. I would love to work at 1700 offering healing and meditation services as well as music therapy, but I know that will never happen because I’m not “properly trained”. I could make a major and true difference.

I have been having some health issues not mental health issues though. A worker that I had at Horizon House took me to this place on August 26, 2025. Which honestly I thought that I was going to see someone about finally seeing someone about my physical health . Cause there isn’t anything wrong with my mental health at all. If I had been thinking clearly (which I haven’t because of my physical health) then I never would’ve went here. Saw a Leanna L, LSW. Big mistake. She did nothing but lie which I found out after the appointment by getting on the portal for eskenazi. I wish that I could give this place negative infinity stars cause that’s what it deserves. Because of what happened I quit Horizon House and I quit even trying to find someone good in the medical field for my physical health issues.

These people really care

In 2013 a bale of hay from a flatbed trailer , cane undone . And hit me in my head and was air lifted lined to Methodist hospital from Columbus In . Coma lasted 8 days I believe! It’s been a downward spiral since. I try to tell people I’m fine . But I’m not . I say this with regret . Only because all the negative responses. I stay low key . There is an opening I call it .. in my mind now . It’s hard to explain for me to express so I stay quiet ! I’m constantly thinking about how people , places , attitudes, structures , relationships, any thing that involves anything related I study ridiculously now ,. And it’s scary to me . Eskenzai James write are Great Dr Salmia my main Dr. she’s really good and Ashely Martinez Torres care coordinator is wonderful always helping me with different circumstances I have , my only problem I’m not sure if there is a medication that will help me is the conclusion to how I feel! And I’m a nobody lol . I wanted to leave this because it’s opening up really big now in inside my mind .. and it’s nothing bad concerning my health ! But my perception on other issues have advanced ! And just wanted to know your opinion.. Dr Salmia hope is spelled that right .. hehe I’ll be there 6-20-25 1 pm :)

They were able to get my brother the help he needs. Thank you.

These housing people are the best! Shout out to Fabian and Sheila and many thanks for getting me into my new house. I appreciate all that you all did for me. God bless you both. And to the people on here complaining about what did or did not happen for them... You have to realize these people have guidelines they have to follow and with a little patience and ingenuity on your part is helpful. If you'll work with them they'll do everything they can for you but you have to put in some time and effort if you want results. I've been with these people for years and yes there's gonna be some disappointments but for the most part they have helped me. Just remember be patient and kind. It goes a long way when you're in need of their help. They have feelings too.🕊️