Timothy Weber

Review of Hyland Behavioral Health Cente...

This place undercuts human dignity, and has the st...

This place undercuts human dignity, and has the sterile institutional feel of a prison. The rooms are understandably devoid of objects to minimize the opportunity for self-destructive behavior, but they also lack color, pictures, music or anything else that is remotely stimulating to distract from the isolation the patients including my son must feel. Based on our conversation with the nurse assigned to our son, the program is a one-size-fits-all group therapy approach with no accommodations made for differences in age, maturity or intellect. My son who suffers from insomnia was visited every 15 minutes through the night and has did not sleep at all on his first night. Instead of restful and therapeutic, this experience is demeaning and anxiety inducing.

In conclusion, if you want your loved one to get well, don't send them here. I would further recommend that you tour any such facility and ask many questions before deciding whether or not to admit. Lesson learned.