Universal Health Services (UHS), Forest View's parent company, along with affiliates, reached a $117 million settlement with federal and state authorities, including the Michigan Attorney General, to resolve allegations of healthcare fraud. These allegations, outlined in 18 whistleblower lawsuits, included claims that UHS facilities admitted patients who didn't meet inpatient criteria, extended hospital stays unnecessarily for financial gain, billed for unprovided services, and failed to adequately staff and supervise for patient safety. UHS has denied the allegations as part of the settlement. The hospital has faced numerous allegations of patient mistreatment, abuse, and neglect. These claims involve instances of alleged sexual abuse of patients, including minors, reportedly due to insufficient supervision. State regulators cited Forest View for not reporting a patient's rape allegation to law enforcement. Additionally, former patients have described mistreatment over several decades, including being over-medicated, subjected to prolonged isolation, questionable diagnoses, and, for child patients, receiving medications not approved for their age group at the time. I was a patient here briefly after a depressive episode left me suicidal, I was shipped 140 miles here via ambulance, given the standard "stop being depressed" speech by Dr. Singh, observed by the nursing staff to be involved with therapy and taking my medications and then sent home. It's been a year since then. This is just one of many, many problematically staffed facilities across the US by UHS. The nurses and patients deserve better than this.

I was here many years ago and I had a good experience. I have also been in Pine Rest. Looking back, I think both hospitals were a good thing for me.

My son was just discharged from here and has nothing but good things to say about Forest View and the care he received while he was there. The first couple days were hard for him to adjust which was expected, but after that everything went very well. I was definitely way more worried than I needed to be. Reading the reviews after he was already there was the worst thing I could’ve possibly done for my own mental health. Definitely don’t believe everything you read on the internet (not saying some of it’s not true). He’s honestly a changed kid and I really hope it stays this way 🤞 Thank you for all you did to help my Aiden💕

I lean more negative than positive. It is far from the worst place ever but it is also in dire need of a lot of improvements. The brutal and honest reality is this place is incredibly understaffed and not all of the staff they do have are fully equipped to handle a facility this demanding. Some of it isn’t their fault, they just changed ceos and the last ceo slashed so many things and implemented a lot of shitty rules, so I am an understanding girl, but at a certain point the excuse stops working. For example, for some reason, the receptionist at the desk wouldn’t allow my friend to drop off my comic books. I complained because that was total bullshit and it is not in their contraband, and its not like it was offensive or graphic material because it was just some Spider-Man comics. After complaining, I told the staff on my wing and they said I could keep my books and they’d decide if they were allowed. So what’s the issue? This feels like a case of the right hand not talking to the left hand. My point is that I think the entire staff needs to be debriefed on what the rules are and what is and isn’t okay, from my understanding they’re still rolling back things from covid. All of this comes with the knowledge that they are short staffed, but still, it was stuff like that that really sombered my stay

Wish I could give this place -100 stars... Went here last year and still have nightmares about it. Mind you, I was in and out of a few other Mental Hospitals last year but this by far was the worst place I have ever been in. It was so traumatic that I still have a hard time believing that it was real. I was probably injected with God knows what about 5 times daily against my will. I was pinned down to the ground or my bed by multiple people screaming for my life as they would inject me with damn near horse tranquilizer. I would be asleep for 24 hours at a time when I was being "defiant". They basically used injections as a punishment for my "bad behavior" instead of actually getting me help through therapies. One of the male techs was super malicious towards me. I would ask for food and he bring me up this nasty looking chicken salad sandwich and laugh and snicker when he saw my reaction towards it. The same nurse tech came out of MY bathroom in MY room with one of the patients that was sharing a room with me laughing in a flirtatious way with the other patient it was GROSS and unsettling. I remember I had to get my blood drawn weekly which is my biggest fear and after the scary looking giant female tech with a heart of stone was done I poured a cup of cold water over my face because I was about to pass out and she said "That's going to keep you in here longer" basically proving my point that they threatened us with more time in a hospital I was admitted to for help or with needles as a punishment. Some guy that also worked there thought it was appropriate to share his military trauma with me as someone who was literally going through psychosis... How is that appropriate?? You literally work in a mental hospital and you are telling a patient about your military trauma and how you've seen people get shot and die. Literally insane. There was also an instance where the nurse full on lied to me giving me a cup of juice with medicine in it and told me it was just juice when it clearly had medicine in it and was mad and defensive when I called her out. Mind you I was taking my medicine too, she just wanted to sedate me apparently. My experience with mental hospitals has been sedate everyone til they are zombies and don't give them any actual help through therapy or anything and then send them home 10 days later with the fattest bill. You can't get help anywhere now a days without the cost of more trauma. There's so much more I could share but I want to move past this for my own mental state and get on with my life. I am finally starting therapy because of all the trauma I have endured from this mental hospital and feeling better no thanks to you guys.

Lenn, Jacqueline and Princess were awesome. Thank you :)

A week very well spent! Everyone was wonderful, and I got the exact help I was seeking. With some work on my part, I am well on my way to recovery. I am SO grateful to the Branches/Forest View organization, and would wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone having difficulties with their emotional health. I can’t think of even one negative thing to say, they are that great! Thank you for everything!

Kept getting sick from the food when I was there and put me on more meds that wasn't needed