Lauren Rosenzweig

Review of Peachford Ministries

I was a patient here against my will. I told my th...

I was a patient here against my will. I told my therapist I was tired of being in pain. (My hip is degenerating and it hurts. Debilitatingly hurts). She asked if I was suicidal. I said no. She left the room and returned with paramedics and police who eventually took me to Peachford. I m writing a review because I saw a woman say all negative comments were coming from unit 8. That s the scary unit. I was in unit 4, with the depressed people. I was kept there for 96 hours against my will, while I continued to explain I didn t need to be here, and to let me out. My therapist even called the doctor - who spent one minute with me asking questions and cutting off my answers- to say she made a mistake. He didn t care. Insurance was paying him. He kept me there, causing more physical pain, and giving me medications without explaining what they were. You are not treated like a human here in any sense of the word, and the counseling sessions are only applicable if you are a 4th grader. They are led by med techs who are not allowed to actually talk about anything real. No therapy is provided. You are kept in a jail, with abusive men in the next open corridor (you actually had to walk through them to get to more of the women s beds), with no respect or dignity.
I still have panic attacks thinking about how they took me and kept me against my will, just to get a paycheck.
You do not get help here. If you need help, reach out to a professional who will spend time with you. There are other options than this hell hole.