Ellie Lawrence

Review of Peachford Ministries

DO NOT GO HERE ! THIS IS A PRISON, NOT A REHAB.

DO NOT GO HERE ! THIS IS A PRISON, NOT A REHAB.
All of the negative reviews are TRUE. Don t be stupid like I was and think that nobody leaves good reviews, especially for a psychiatric hospital. This is probably exaggerated
My mother went to the ER for an anxiety attack. She told them she was depressed and she got slapped with a 10-13 and got sent straight to PeachFord. She arrived at 3am, was stripped of her clothing, made to bend over while they searched her and then they gave her blanket and said for her to find her own place to sleep. She was mistakenly placed in Unit 8, which is a stabilizing unit and she was verbally and physically assaulted during the short 6 hours she was there. It took me calling 177 times and driving to the facility and demanding to speak to the house supervisor to get her moved to the women s ward, unit 4. She was deprived of her blood pressure medication and her antidepressants. She was diagnosed as bipolar by her psychiatrist ( this diagnosis took place within 3 mins, literally while she stopped my mother in the hall and questioned her. My mother didn t know WHO this lady was before she never identified herself as the doctor ) after being incorrectly diagnosed, she was forced to take very strong meds for bipolar disorder and they would search her mouth to make sure she swallowed. Group therapy consisted of karaoke. Seriously. They sang karaoke as a group therapy. One therapist made them listen to obscene rap music for 15 mins straight. She never got to speak to her social worker until I had called EVERY DAY threatening a law suit.

She had very good private insurance and they kept her for 6 days with no sign of releasing her until I called to let them know her insurance stopped paying for this treatment after day 3. Miraculously they decided she was healthy enough to leave a mere 3 hours after my call.

So many people in her unit voluntarily checked themselves in to get HELP and they were trapped in a prison that did little to help their mental state. We truly need to do better when it comes to the mental health facilities in our state.