I was admitted to the psych ward in October of las...

I was admitted to the psych ward in October of last year. Conditions were horrible and the staff was rude and awful. No one had a bed or private room. We were in one large room and our bed was just two plastic armchairs pushed together and 2 blankets per person. Instead of helping obviously distraught or mentally ill patients they screamed at them or told them to shut up. They screamed at one girl who was talking to herself to be quiet and when she kept talking to herself they dragged her out of the room as she kicked and screamed (as any logical person would do when 2-3 nurses are viciously screaming at you and physically dragging you.) I never saw her again and I hope she is okay. The bathroom was disgusting. A family member of mine called the nurse at the psych ward and the nurse (Onyi) was extremely rude and hung up on her after a nasty comment about not being able to see me. Staff was also racist. I am white and they treated me with more respect than patients of color. (Not to say that I was treated with respect, to be clear.) they repeatedly lied about when I would see the doctor and tried to give me Benadryl to put me to sleep because I was bothering them by asking questions. (I was in a good state of mind and was there unwillingly, so I wanted to know when I would see the doctor, be discharged, get to see my family, etc.) I was told that if I wanted to get out of there I needed to act like I wasn t crazy, otherwise they would keep me here. (??) no interest in helping patients. I don t know why any of them are in the medical industry especially considering that they couldn t (or wouldn t) answer my basic questions regarding treatment and hospital policy. Came very close to suing but decided it would be too big a burden on my family. This place is DISGUSTING.