I rate this a 3 out 5 because of the support that was given as well as the lack of support. I was here as an adolescent a few months ago. This should be near to last resort in my opinion. The staff here are nice, they will hear you out and give you a voice. But thats coming from someone who is typically considered "well behaved." As well there is some who treat you as if your prison inmate...this is a mental health facility not a juvenile correction place. One of their rules is "no staff splitting" even though they do that themselves. I had a hard time getting my stuff from property when i needed it in the morning time due to lady problems. I asked help many times yet was denied. And I am not saying that I was completely denied but I was unable to receive what I needed until 5pm, and I told them along the lines of "it shouldn't have to take emotion to get something done, I understand you guys have a list of things that need to get done, but I am a mental health patient, if I express myself that I'm not comfortable then that means its a problem." Earlier that day we went to the gym and because I was uncomfortable and denied I was extremely upset. They started trying to call down to property when this emotion was expressed and ignore the words that I was saying. I should have wrote direct reviews on the staff there, because its a selected few, and even that selected few still had positive change in behavior afterwards which I appreciated a lot. Once the staff learned me as a person it was easier to talk to them and to communicate. The food was honestly not that bad, it isn't horrible its just barely seasoned but they do have lots of salt & pepper packets. They do this because of the patients who have high blood pressure or at least cant eat too much sodium (I'm not a doctor I dont know 😅). The guy for the food who served us was phenomenal! Good personality, respectful, awesome, caring and understanding. The nurses are good, one really lacked professionalism, stated out loud his own concerns, I get it, its not an easy unit to maintain, but we are just kids. Night shift was phenomenal!! Except, this one lady only reason I say that is because she didn't have a grip on the kids. Gave everyone way too much freedom then what we were allowed to, she barely respected herself and I say that because she said "respect others and I guess respect me" or at least along the lines. This one other night shift lady was awesome! Between her and this other one they treated us with respect as growing young adults, because she respected herself and us.
Little heads up for the discharge lady, she doesnt care. She was "professional" to an extent. She attempted to relate but also told me "your going to have a hard time in life." ALL BECAUSE I SAID "I think you want me to agree with you." Once again, was a MENTAL HEALTH PATIENT.