Chas Channell

Review of Pomegranate Health Systems of ...

My 15 year old daughter was admitted to this hospi...

My 15 year old daughter was admitted to this hospital without me giving informed consent. I was made to sign a consent form at 3 am in the morning under duress. I was told it would be only 72 hours per the law but Pomegranate insisted it would be five days (I am not paying a dime passed 72 hours) . I was told I had no choice that I had to do what they said to get my child back. So I played their game. They tried to give my child some heavy unnecessary drugs . I refused to consent to any of them. klonopin is addictive. Why would you give that to a teenager? They were not happy that I refused to consent. To me it was like they wanted to drug my child up. They also tried to get me to switch therapists. My daughters current provider had a list of drugs they do not allow their patients to be on. and they were not happy that all the drugs they suggested were on the list. They also attempted to have a last minute family session. I refused it and decided to schedule one with my daughter's actual provider who should have been caring for her to begin with.

I did like their art therapy and group therapy sessions. I think those were helpful to my child. The rest was a waste of time and money.

I also called several times about my daughter and nobody returned my calls half the time. I live an hour away from this facility and calling was my only means to find out how she was doing. Her father got lost on the way there and was five minutes past visiting hours and they would not make any exceptions for him to see her. If they are going to take out of town patients, they need to become more flexible. It's like like she was an unruely agressive patient. She was listening and doing what she was supposed to. There was no reason she could not take that visition.

I personally do not think this is a science based medical facility that is up to date on the latest developments in psychiatric medication. If it was, they would know that anti-depressants are not even that effective in helping teens and they would stop trying to drug up patients. I am still in shock to the level they wanted to drug up my child. I pick up my daughter tomorrow and we will never look back.