Harris County Psychiatric Ctr Review

I ve only been here in the ADOLESCENTS UNIT. I m 20 now, but I was here 2017 I came here 4 times. I thought it was wonderful, amazing and life changing. The workers are very heart warming and truly care for what they do. Not only was I helped and treated with care but I was treated like family. My name is Stefanie H, I see a lot of negative reviews so I d like to throw some shine since I never gave a review. But being here changed and helped me, and memories I created here will never leave my heart. Thank you for all those workers which I m sure some of them still work here, thank you for what you do, and I hope you know you have helped so many others. Thank you for believing in me when I didn t believe in myself.

It was a complete mad house. I had and such crazy fun.

I really liked how they helped me there cause I was a mess I went crazy after my father's death but thanks to the nurses (especially this nurse that is at night his Asian I forgot his name but he was the best nurse there really patient) and doctors there they helped me a lot I was in unit 3B I went there like around August

What Dangerous and Uncaring Doctors and Facility!

They gave me dangerous psychiatric drugs without warning me their ability to cause involuntary movements, Akathesia, suicide thoughts, insomnia, massive anxiety, etc. Run away from this place!

I am weaned off of this garbage for good and done with their fraudulent addictive practices.

I would like help understanding how a psychiatric hospital sends someone one who tells them she is suicidal away??? How telling my daughter out patient help might be better because. How sending a suicidal person who already thinks that they don t deserve help away is being a good doctor. I haven t been able to get the doctors name because she is still so emotional I can t get the proper information. I honestly can t believe that this happened. HCPC helped me when I was suffering and I trusted this facility and had faith my daughter would receive the same care I did once.

My daughter at the age of 19 died in HCPC. After being in there only 36 hours. Supposably under 72 1/1 suicide watch. She supposably hung herself in the shower . I was not contacted for over 3 hours. She was already body bagged at Bed Taub. I WAS NEVER GIVEN ANY ANSWERS OR ABLE TO SUE BECAUSE HARRIS COUNTY OWES THE HOSPITAL... Evelyn Lowa Gabrielle Gray is her name. 9/10/86-1/29/16... never take let your loves ones go there!!!

This is the worst place I've ever been to. I told them what I felt because I didn't want my parents to know. And they said they legally aren't allowed to say anything unless it was harmful to myself or others. And the told my mother everything. I should sue this hospital for breaking my confidentiality.... Don't go there unless you want your secrest spilled!

This place abused my son at age 8 I ran out of there literally did not wait for discharge papers after showing bruises on him from a worker these people are suppose to help but they don't get paid I am assuming to treat them properly. Ghetto very unprofessional staff!!!! I Karma will return to you ugly staff members when you get older and can't take care of yourselves. Dr.Tamu took 3 weeks to call me to tell me about my son and still hung up on me very unprofessional. ....they do not care about the patient one bit .....he also lied and said he would let him out and then doesn't he is Indian and prejudice against his own people!

This is the best inpatient experience I've among several local area hospitals. Intake was fast (once a bed was available), the staff are amazing, doctors knew their stuff and didn't mess around with the medications that were already working for me, social workers, psych techs and nurses were great. Can't speak highly enough of my experience here and I wish anyone and everyone the best. When someone is already in a crisis, environment and treatment are so important and I feel like they did me right here. God Bless.

I m thinking about bringing my son here. He has is a good kid he just has Crippling Anxiety that makes him physically sick. It seems the reviews are stating it s like being in jail?? How does this help people being made feel as if they re in jail? Also those with anxiety have issues with being around others how is group sessions going to help with that? Is there any one on one time with therapist or Dr s? I m not looking to mentally scar my son by putting him in jail and treated like a bad criminal I m lookin mg for help with his anxiety? Is this the place or should I find him help somewhere else?

It is a decent place, it's not the worst or best. The food is horrible. There is group therapy daily which can be helpful. You will see your psychiatrist almost daily. It helped me but I do wish you had more one on one therapy.

I just got out of there and the everyone was caring and kind .Being there really helped me out.

There is a definite scientific possibility that your doctors and your mental health lawyers are actually psychopaths, as those professions tend to attract that particular type. You can Google the facts on that. I was not entirely sure who they were working for though. Is it Houston, pharma, the military? Dunno. I guess it's a secret. I survived the teenage antidepressant clinical trials, but only after a failed suicide attempt in 8th grade. Don't worry, I live happily out of spite now. The problem is that the hospital is supposedly having budget issues, but I'm sure all the fancy doctors and CEO( who scientifically could possibly also be a psychopath as CEO tends to attract that type as well) get paid somehow. I'm pretty sure that some doctors don't take their Hippocratic oath seriously because if they did, they'd legalize the use of a placebo instead of these pills that are terrifying to take because they are actually causing some people to kill themselves. It's apparent that those in charge don't really care because of the high number of homeless mentally ill wandering and living on the streets freaking out the cops who are not entirely sure how to handle that, and in my personal experience, they don't always handle it well. Unfortunately, no one listens to mental patients....unless they are able to afford therapy. ;) It's unfortunate that the system has failed you. Good luck fending for yourself and remember.....the statistics of violence and homicide against mentally ill women is real and the sad part is, in this day and age of everything being recorded and listened to by the government, someone listened,knew, and did nothing.

My hospitalization at HCPC was the most productive and positive experience!!

This was the filthiest place I have ever been. I don't know where they are putting research to practice its not at this hospital. I talked to a women who has been there over twenty time. The odds of anyone feeling better by choosing this place is very low. The groups they offer their patients are a joke. They don't teach anything useful.the groups are not going to help because they are conducted by people who are too tired of there job and have a lack of true empathy and education on helping people with depression.they don't even teach congnitive therapy.the walls are white and dirty. The couches have aged food and trash between the cushion seats. They need to paint a mural of something peaceful for people to see. The funds ut have are not being put into their psych ward at all. They serve unhealthy food high in sodium and low in necessary nutrition. This diet is Proven to prolong depression and mental health. If there is anyone reading this please report this place. They need to put more care into there patients instead of treating them like lab rats.this place needs attention ASAP.

Never in my entire life , could I ever imagine ending up in a place like this a few years back. 2014... but it helped me soo sooo much...

I now can honestly say THANK YOU....

The staff were super helpful. They saved my life.
I m 13 and i honestly believe this is the best place to go. I was in 1E unit and the nurses and techs were awesome!
PROPS TO: Mr.Mike, Mr.Wyatt, Ms.Dena, Mr.Chris, Mr.Allan, Mr.Fred, Ms.Kathy, Ms.Bri, Ms.Devin, Ms.Nicole and Mr.Jordan.

This place is soooooo disrespectful and rude, every time I call to speak with my husband patients and staff hangs up,tells me that he's always sleeping and on top of that they tell that they do not have a patient by his name when I've just gotten off the phone with him or just leaving from visitation. They need a better and more respectable staff. People have loved ones in their care and we will never know how they are doing if rude staff will never allow you to communicate with them. I give this facility "no stars" because it's a disappointment every time I call. I've called and complained to the head person in charge and he's clearly doing NOTHING.....YOU GUYS HAVE NO PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE WHAT SO EVER.

ages 7-17. I went here a little while ago as a adolescence and my first impression was awful, I hated that place so much. The couches have food all in between the seats and it smells nasty. I arrived around midnight so I was super scared and I didn't get a roommate and nobody there told me what was going to happen all they said was that I'm gonna love it and that the kids are super nice. I didn't know what time to wake up or when breakfast was or anything. But basically u drop ur phone off and u have to walk through a metal detector so don't even try and sneak ur phone like I did. Then once u get into your unit they have to search u, they make u shake ur bra out and take your clothes off, they didn't make me take my underwear off or bra but one boy told me they made his take his underwear off so if u are a guy then that's probably what you'll do. Then I was trying to fall asleep and there was a few bugs. There is a courtyard. But if u notice on the pictures there's a gym well they didn't take us to the gym at all and I asked if we could go. So don't get ur hopes up about playing in the gym. The food isn't that great, it's like school food. The group's are really nice though. I thought it was going to be horrible but I was honest with the doctor about how I was feeling and I was so happy after the second day it got a whole lot better! It's not that bad at this place. They do check on u when u are sleeping. If u have nevee been to ine of these places just stay calm everytging will be ok. U will only be there for about 3-8 days it just depends.

Related to a patient that came out worse & didn t take any kind of responsibility. Stay away!

During Covi19 pandemic. Social workers and medical staff are taking advantage of hospital lockdown hanging on calls on purpose Patients on purpose. The staff is unprofessional and rude stay away.

This hospital is incompetent and inept. Our daughter was admitted for treatment and remained in this facility for over two weeks without getting any treatment whatsoever even after being diagnosed by one of the doctors at the facility as being bi-polar with psychotic symptoms! Then, after the insurance ran out she was summarily discharged with less than 24 hours notice! Absolutely ridiculous! There is absolutely NO communication between the hospital staff and the Court staff and they each blame each other. The Social Worker assigned to my daughter's case was absolutely clueless and when she finally responded she provided completely inaccurate information! There is absolutely NO ONE in charge at this facility and it is impossible to get accurate information, assistance or competent guidance. My daughter sat in a unit for over two weeks without treatment after being diagnosed and was kept there without adequate treatment until her insurance ran out when she was summarily discharged still sick. This institution should be shut down and how they ever received accreditation is beyond me. DO NOT send anyone into this hell hole.

Was there once in 2013. Stayed in there for almost two months. It was horrible. The WORST two months of my entire life, literally. The food is so bad, the portions was basically starving portions. If you had to compare, that's basically prison food. There were frequent lockdowns, I was so depressed because I was deaf and had nobody else to talk to, the stuff was very physical and rude with me, force fed me meds. It's literally prison. They also refused to provide interpreters so when the doctor came in she thought I was mentally incompetent just because I couldn't speak. The men's restrooms? Hell no. There's feces and piss everywhere, it stunk in there. I bathed from the sink because the shower was too filthy. People there didn't bathe at all. I didn't felt safe in there because most of the patients are so psychostic, they start fighting with ANYONE for no apparent reason. Ive seen one man ran up to the other side of the room and went medieveal on this guy just because he sneezed. I was in constant fear because my life and safety was in danger, I couldn't hear if someone was coming up behind me. I kept pleading the doctor to transfer me to a different and safer unit for my disability, but she refused. They violate patients rights all the damn time. This place WILL make you feel even more suicidal and depressed than when you went in. If you're looking for a place to get help with your depression, suicidal thoughts or any mental ailments, DO not come here. You will leave in much worser condition than you came in. DO NOT come here. I wouldn't wish this place on my worst enemy.

This has been the best hospital I ve been to the doctors really helped me and staff was always very sweet and understanding I m forever grateful for them

The hospital is clean and the patients are pretty much in a relaxed environment. But if you are a spouse and want to know what's going on with your loved it is very difficult to get information if the patient hasn't signed a release form. If your loved one is in there its probably an already stressful situation so they may not comprehend what they are signing. I had the experience of seeing very unqualified persons working in units that have no idea how to work with people with mental problems. I'm convinced the hospital is more concerned with your insurance than helping people.

I hated that place so much some of the staff would treat you like animals as if you choose to be that way. Don't get me wrong some of the staff were really nice but I wouldn't wish this upon anyone, not even my worst enemies that place was hell.

I had just about giving up hope in the 11th hour. When I stumbled upon UT the staff was warm yet professional I really appreciated the dedication and the food wasn't bad

Very bad there I hit myself a brunette and because of that I have my right chest wrong I did the bioxia do not take good care of the patients apart they stir people with depression with sick people

Excellent doctors make HCPC a great place to readjust your brain from whatever illness you have to a higher functioning system. I was particularly impressed with the admissions doctor who interviewed me. I implemented nearly all of her medication suggestions and my anxiety dropped DRAMATICALLY. I wish she was certified to practice in an outpatient setting! The only things that keep this place from getting five stars are the food quality and hospital environment. The outdoor area is beautiful however. I'll just end saying they have fantastic doctors and students working here. Thank you HCPC!!

I came here when i was a teenager they helped me so much.At first i didnt understand what was going on with myself.But with the meds that they gave me and groups made me get better.Thank you...

i loved it there i just wish i got more help i plan on going back soon

It was the best place ever. People were so friendly and kind. The only thing was that they would sweep the floors and some of the nurses were so friendly, and I think I have a crush on Doctor Ben. :P By the way I have I have medical issues such as thyroid problem, bruised toenail, bruised arm, chest irregularity due to a thyroid.

Neglect their patients. Instead of placing patients with like-minded problems, they throw everyone together. Dangerous and violent situations occur often and instead of securing everything, workers just let it play out. I wouldn t wish this place on my worst enemy. If someone is looking for help and guidance- this is not the place to go. You spend 23 out of 24 hours locked in a pod. Doctors only come by 2-3x a week, and there s no therapy of any kind available. People are neglected and it s truly upsetting.

I was forced into Ben Taub by my family and the workers there. I talked to a lady there, she wanted to hear my family side of the story on why they were bringing me & then they wanted to hear my side of why I was there. I told them my family just wanted me to get help bcus I was going off on all of them which I wasn t. I was going through a court situation and my cousin tried to fight me and my sister never cared about me & my aunt had a plan up her sleeve. I even lost my apartment keys bcus my family took all the belongings I had left. Once I told the lady I was ok & that It s no reason for me to be there she told me to sit in a room to pee bcus I told her I was pregnant. My stomach kept moving!! Something was moving inside of me. They came back with the results and told me I couldn t leave. I lost my baby there!!! They locked me in several rooms, made me get naked in front of everyone. Grabbed me and picked me up to force me into an even bigger facility with locked doors & questioned me so many times about my whole life. Everyday I read the Bible! I was in there for 2 weeks! I was normal as ever they just wanted to use me and even made me feel like they wanted to kill me. They said the devil was in the room and made a big scenery even brought a girl and a boy in the room to act like my ex boyfriend and I!!! They said they were recording a show and had me so nervous. It s like they were doing experiments there on people. I started to ask questions next thing you know they pushed me into a room held me down and stuck me with a needle so big! It had green stuff inside that soon as they were done sticking me with it I passed out. I woke up and was n a room by myself and a lady watching the door like I m psycho, when I was the most normal person there. I never ever been through something like this in my life and it s so weird and life changing. I would really like for someone to look at those cameras. That place is dangerous and no one should ever go there. When I was leaving when they finally decided to let me out they told me I won. I was so confused. I have no family rn they all act like they care when they don t know the damage I went through and don t care to know. It was the most traumatic experience ever. I really feel something is VERY ODD about this place. Please hear me out. This is not a place anyone should go.

I trusted this place with my child who needed help. He called me numerous times telling me he felt sick and I could tell he was congested. I called the nurses station and told them this twice as well as him telling them. He was never given anything to help him feel better. I picked him up today and he is running a fever, coughing and congested. If your child is here or plans to come here, know they are neglectful. We are in a pandemic and my son wasn t taken seriously or tested for Covid even after the night nurse told me he would be today before being released! Do not bring your child here! Go elsewhere!

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Just got out from this place and i can honestly say it helped me out alot. And not only did they help me out with my depression,they also gave me alot of resources and guidance.

Very Professional Place ,Long Wait Time And Be Ready To Pay For Parking No Free Parking

This Place is a Joke The Staff are Mean, Rude and
VERY Disrespectful People that HATE This Place Thank you I Give This DEAD TRASH Garbage Place a 0 Stars I am Very Upset Taking my Sons to this Hospital

THIS HOSPITAL IS LIKE A SCENE OUT OF THE SCARY PSYCH MOVIES, CAMERAS, LOCKED DOORS, YOU CAN FEEL THE ERRINESS WHEN U WALK IN. I'M THE MOTHER OF A PATIENT CURRENTLY RESIDING THERE AND SHE WANTS OUT BADLY.

SO WHEN I GO TO CHECK HER IN A FEW NIGHTS AGO, WE'RE TOLD TO WAIT IN THE LOBBY WITH 2 COUCHES, THE ONE WE SAT ON WAS FILLED WITH FOOD IN PLAIN SIGHT SO MY DAUGHTER AND I STOOD UP INSTEAD, I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A PICTURE BUT YOU'RE FORCED TO FORFEIT YOUR PHONE EVEN IF YOUR NOT A PATIENT. THE FLOORS LOOK LIKE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN MOPPED SINCE THE PLACE WAS BUILT, THE SMELL IS NOT PLEASENT, AND THE ROOMS HAVE DEAD BUGS IN THEM. IN THE LOBBY WHERE YOU HAVE TO WAIT TO CHECK IN, MY DAUGHTER WHO JUST GOT OUT OF PICU FOR 7 DAYS, GETS CUSSED OUT BY THIS LOOSE VERY MENTALLY UNSTABLE WOMAN AND NOT ONE PERSON DETAINED HER. ALL MY DAUGHTER DID WAS WHISPER HOW AFRAID SHE WAS. AND SHE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO BE. THEN, IF THAT WASN'T BAD, THE HAND SANITIZERIS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROM RIGHT NEXT TO A MENTALLY UNSTABLE WOMAN WHO HAD NOT BEEN CHECKED IN YET. WE WERE BOTH VERY AFRAID. IF ANYONE LOVES THEIR CHILDREN, DO NOT BRING THEM HERE, MY ONLY REASON FOR NOT GETTING HER OUT SOONER IS CPS ISSUES OF NOT FOLLOWING ADVICE OF A DR IS NEGLECTGUL SUPERVISION. SO THAT'S WHY I'M WRITING THIS REVIEW, AND MAYBE THEY CAN CLEAN THE PLACE UP. IN THE ADOLSECNT ROOM, WELL IT'S ages 7-17 AND THEY DO NOT SEGREGATE MEN AND WOMEN. CAMERAS ON YOU EVEN IN THE BATHROOMS. I REALLY HOPE THIS REACHES OUT AND HELPS MANY. DR SAUNDERS MEANS WELL, BUT THE ASSESEMENT OF THIS PLACE IS NEGATIVE ON MY SCALE. THE YOUNG MAN IN THE LOBBY NAMED MARK HELPED US AND WAS FRIENDLY, SOFT SPOKEN. THE NURSE WITH CURLY HAIR THAT HAD TO CHECK MY DAUGHTWR IN HER ROOM WAS NICE TO, ALL OTHERS EXPECT AN ATTITUDE.... BECAUSE I GUESS THEY'R JOB IS HARDER THAN WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH IN YOUR LIFE.

MyEssia, Allan, Brittney, Lovely, Song, Philip M, etc were all great and treated me with respect and care. I will recommend this place to others in need of help.

I have filed a lawsuit against this place and against the pharmaceutical company they use as the benzodiazepines and antidepressants they gave me caused me harm and akithesia, insomnia, anxiety, aggression and memory impairment. They did not warn me of the risks! Now they will pay for the damage they caused.

What a dangerous place and I am finally no longer addicted to their poisons. How can these toxic substances even be legal?

Run away from these dangerous people!

My stay here was basically something out of a nightmare I went in for basically to find help with my alcohol abuse and I was acting out. Now once I got there they served me ice cold chicken nuggets and told me it was time to lay down. I was already scared to go to a place like that but I was desperate, the second day I was there I ended up having a terrible seizure and I had told the RUDE nurse something was wrong and I felt funny and she gave me a allergy pill 10 minutes later I seized and it was horrible. They dont care about you at all they think that patients are just zoo animals and they constantly make fun of you . Terrible place do not send your loved ones there!

I came here out of desperation and had a horrible experience. Once I was fed a mound of pills I literally slept for 2 days straight and no one cared.

This place literally saved my life years ago and put me on the right path in life. The staff were awesome & understanding...Now being that this was years ago I'm sure some of the staff members are gone.i was in rehab on the 3rd floor & let me just say that there was never a dull moment...lol. The only complaint I have is when it came time to start leaving the unit & go with a sponsor the guys that came to talk to us were only there so they could check out the new chicks. But that reflects on them not HCPC. All in all my 30 days there saved me from myself & the abuse I was doing to my body with drugs & alcohol. Thanks HCPC. God Speed.

Very incompassionette staff. We had to go during one of the most traumatic time in our lives and we left feeling it was a wasted effort.

Helped me out a lot. very thankful for all the techs and nurses, one male nurse was rude about my gender identity, but i told my dr there and they told the head nurse and she gave a whole speech to them and helped me out a lot. they really cared. thank you hcpc and nurse chris for being amazing.

Best experience ever, great food they helped a lot I would 10/10 recommend btw they have an amazing lunch choice if u BEHAVE YOURSELF and they also have very amazing taste in care and love

I came here for treatment in January of 2015 and stayed for 2 weeks. It was as decent as a place like this could be. It was clean, a lot better than jail, although they made it known that it was a higher end substitute. I'm still friends with one of my peers who was there with me. It was a formidable place to get reprogrammed on my meds that I needed at the time. I've since recovered luckily, but HCPC offered a safe transition to MHMRA, and an immediate solution to my symptoms that proved too much to handle for my physical body at the time. I liked the fact that it is ran by UT.

Sigh, I want to say that I like this place I do. I mean it s fairly nice, some good staff and the food is decent but the thing that I really didn t like during my stay was the unprofessionalism. One day before my discharge they had just barley sent the dietician to see me. AND they gave me someone else s prescription!!

I went in to be self admitted, I know I need more help than just a crisis clinic or a quick visit. The doctor spoke to me for all but five minutes. suggested Im not bipolar when I have more that three other doctors saying I am. Told me to stop taking the medication I have and get something new. Which is annoying, you can t know a person in five minutes. Plus when I said I didn t know why or what caused my episodes he said there had to be a reason. No there doesn t.

They cannot have a person with depression who is very sick, my daughter was beaten by a man and threw her to the ground and that is because they do not take care of anyone, they have to separate the violent and those of pressure apart

HCPC is absolute garbage. Dr. Smeal is a horrible doctor. I went in and every step of the way was belittled and spoke to like I had no idea what I was talking about. At no point during my admission process did anyone ask me what my diagnoses were. While the admissions process was fast, it was not thorough. The first doctor I spoke to was going to switch me from my current list of meds to just seraquel, which is specifically for bipolar depression. My first night in the hospital I received no medication aside from Benadryl. They did not give me my normal meds, nor anything else. The next morning I was able to meet my doctor (someone different from who I first saw) and she was extremely rude and condescending to the point that I actually said something to her about it. If you know me at all, you know that it takes a lot for me to say something about mistreatment. When I went in to the hospital I was prescribed Abilify, Zoloft, Gabapentin, and Amnitriptalyn (not sure how to spell that), by my current psychiatrist. Dr. Smeal took me off of EVERYTHING except the Abilify, which she then cut my dose in half. Her reasoning behind this was that people with a personality component (aka BPD) receive less help from medication. This a completely untrue statement with no medical basis. She also said that I don t need to be on all of those medications because the Abilify should work . As if my doctor would put me on more meds if it was working. She also put me on Trazodone, which I cannot take because it causes massive drops in my blood pressure, and put me on hydroxezine, which makes me dizzy and drowsy and does not work to treat my anxiety. When I mentioned that I could not take the trazodone, she finally allowed me to take the Benadryl instead, but cut my dose of that in half. She made rude comments about my requests for the meds that I know work, and refused to put me back on my antidepressant.

Overall I found this hospital to be negligent and unhelpful for adults. The minors were treated completely different, and for minors I would absolutely recommend this hospital. For adults, they just don t care.

This ain t no hospital. This is more like a cheap hotel you ain t allowed to do anything in. I was here for 2 weeks for depression and never did I see a counselor/ therapist. Days are boring due to nothing to do! They just allow you to watch tv. How tf is someone who is depressed suppose to feel better.

I was hospitalized here in unit 3B earlier this year after suffering from suicidal thoughts stemming from my chronic anxiety. At first it's kind of scary, but once I started talking to the other patients, the nurses, and the therapists things actually started to become kind of fun. It became a place to relax my mind from the craziness of the outside world and learn that it's okay to feel stressed out sometimes and how to cope with how I feel. I left feeling pretty good, and am living on my own now going to university and working.