Shelby Davis

Review of Foundations Behavioral Health

This place wasn't the worst thing in the world in ...

This place wasn't the worst thing in the world in hindsight, in comparison to those with other experiences, but I was never admitted to any inpatient facility. "Inpatient" They made it sound so much better than the past. My account was nothing like the others - but to be fair I wasn't there for a long time, about a week and a half. I was determined to get out I wasn't forced in I wanted treatment and I was 14 at the time. Most of the staff except for one man who I felt helped me a bit, were rude, and mocked the patients when they weren't around. That put me off. I was threatened to be killed on my first day by a patient, and the staff did nothing about it nor did they seem concerned. I was there in November of 2017, it felt like a punishment more than rehabilitation, and looking back they treated us as if we did something wrong and deserved punishment, as we were restricted from things that could help us before we even did anything at all - like we had to prove ourselves worthy of treatment before we even got settles in. They assumed the girls and boys in my unit were struggling with learning disabilities, everyone in my unit seemed very intelligent and capable of learning more in the "school" than the meaning of the first Thanksgiving, and why water is necessary to live. They would physically restrain people with no reason to go that far, and they all seemed to have no clue about mental health, and threatening to label everyone as anorexic when they didn't eat their prison rubber-like food, or if we filed to be released - making us feel we shouldn't or there would be consequences. They seemed entitled and as if they were better because they weren't stuck in the hell hole. But the truth is they were. It was understaffed, and the employees were stuck working days without rest or shift change. I felt sorry, but I also felt treated inhumanely as a patient- It was more like being an inmate 99% of the time. Their exhaustion almost caused an issue when they called the wrong parent (who wasn't doing so well either, clearly) intending to call my own from exhaustion. I had no option to go anywhere else, but if you do, please find somewhere with a better reputation.