vanessa steck

Review of McLean Hosptial

This is for the outpatient program ONLY. The inpat...

This is for the outpatient program ONLY. The inpatient programs have been pretty good and I ve done a couple excellent groups. However, my treatment at the DBT training clinic was unethical, dangerous, and nearly led to my death. No one at the hospital has provided an explanation, from the clinicians involved, to the outpatient director who told me the clinic had nothing more to offer. Even the quality control officers, the human rights officer, and the director of the hospital refuse to engage with me and to facilitate and resolution. It was a horrific time in my life, one of the single most traumatic things I ve ever experienced. There are parts of Mclean that do outstanding work and I ve received good care in parts of it. But I feel obligated to tell others about how genuinely terrible and dangerous a year of my life was because of Mclean. Be careful when you go here. Some parts are excellent (proctor house for example, some of the individual clinicians). Some parts you need to run from.

ETA to respond to the response from McLean below: yes. I have filed complaints with the Tsimprea as well as the human rights officer. I have also filed a complaint with the department of health, but I waited too long. I also emailed the hospital CEO. I have still not been able to sit down a member of my "treatment" team and have my questions answered.