Forest view hospital Reviews

I spent approx 10days inpatient during covid...the staff on my unit, not professional. The staff would pick around 5 patients and terrorize them by using the patients triggers and provoke them, embarrass and basically what i refer to as bullying by adults. A particular staff member approx 20 or 21yo seemed to be the ring leader. I really seen with my own eyes some un neccessary energy put into bullying rather than put it into helping people to recover. It came right down to what patients wore as clothes. I was very disgusted. It was like a playground for these particular staff members. I just kept quiet and observed or i woulda been there forever i felt like. Im scared to ever go back there. I dredd tge day if i ever have to go back there (cross my ) definatwly not a hotel in re: previous comment. Sorry but thats my experience there.

i went to this place at the beginning of 2020 and was traumatized to the point that i have almost no memories from the rest of the year. i watched staff walk a friend i had made out of the exit doors while they talked about committing suicide in their car after being told that staff werent actually going to find the housing. i was pulled from my room with no explanation and told to fill out discharge paperwork, i had no ride home, i was given no warning at all, i had reported being suicidal that day, and as i was hyperventilating because i didnt know how i would get home, my case worker (sasha) mocked me and told me to hurry up because she had more patients to see, then i was just sent to pack my stuff and given no explanation for how long itd be until theyd walk me out, so my mom (who id called to tell they were making me leave and i wasnt being told why) ended up having to wait for almost two hours. it was also written on my discharge paperwork that this was a "planned discharge", despite neither my doctor or the case worker telling me anything about a discharge, and the call that i supposed to receive about going to residential never happened. now my mental health is worse than it has ever been, and i have no trust in the mental healthcare system. incredible how one place can do so much damage, truly.

They checked my child in without checking who her legal guardians were based on her mother s word the day of spring break to keep her from going on a family vacation with me. When I called, the receptionist was incredibly rude telling me that I can not talk to the doctor or nurse and they don t make appointments(lies also) and then made false statements and quotes about our conversation(to cover her tracks I imagine). After driving 3 hours to prove my legal custody I got to talk to a nurse named Angie who was very helpful for ONE DAY and then would not return my calls after telling me she would give me updates. The final report was illegible and incomplete and had many false statements in it. I don t understand how a person can help a child without knowing the issues in their lives but they weren t concerned with anything but payment. Did zero background history on my child or her parents. Incredibly unprofessional and now I understand the 2* rating. DO NOT send your child here if you truly want to help them. I will be praying for all of the children effected by this incredibly manipulative and corrupt institution.

Does anyone know if there is a doctor with the name of Cheryl J Winters, PHD that works at forest view.
When searching her there is a number linked to her but it is unavailable the number also called my house it also say she located on 3mile.when Google searching her name it put her at psychology associates
of grand rapids.just trying to see if she is the one treating my brother.

It is hard for me to only say a short sentence of how much this place truly helped me. It honestly gave me life more than any place I have been. After 20+ admissions for my mental health struggles, this place was my turning point and I can now truly live a life of freedom and acceptance. To say I am thriving is an understatement. Thank you so much to the staff who were the most caring and helpful people! I carry them within my heart and their wisdom within me every day!

Group therapy was pretty good sometimes..other than that. Why can't dr Bronson and others make up their mind about medications when we stay there? I haven't been here in 1 or 2 years basically and I'm on medication right now that is perfect so far and I just couldn't wrap my head around the fact that Natalie Bronson kept calling fat and then even gave me a weird anti h medication?!? To lose weight?!? I have never done h by the way! Medical thc!....thats it

It s real cool how one visit they tell me I don t have any balance due, and then the next visit they tell me I owe $900 before I can get my meds refilled, like they didn t even try to tell me. And then on top of that, the lady on the phone was ACTUALLY THE WORST! I wish they were nicer, but it s fine I guess

Thank you guys for helping me get better. The staff is so nice. I was on a adolescent unit 400 I discharged yesterday. Thank you for getting me back on track:)

The government had a rule at this time and the doctors knew it and they said to me also about prescription of my insurance to cover it Dr Mahesh
Plus the places I lived in required me to be on prescription drugs
To get to the point I was under the care of Dr Mahesh who prescribed me lithium which gave me chronic kidney disease a way of depraved indifference homicide done to me the weapon was lithium
Alot of people caused it not my fault

Just got discharged after a week, and this place has its flaws. There was way too much free time, as there wasn t much stuff to do during free time. The food is also lacking and needs some work. The activities could have more variety and be planned better. But he doctors and case managers were good (shoutout to Dr. Burns and Carson Noordyke). Then the person who led the activity groups, Shanon, did a great job leading the activity groups. Overall, this isn t the best place, but it also isn t the worst.