Acadia Abilene Behavioral Hlth

i had to place my child in this place for some emotional disturbances. i would not recommend this place for any one adult or child.just try to get an appointment before a triplicate prescription runs out.not to mention a case worker that is totally unqualified to give even help a dog. my child is still having problems and cant sleep.try and call to get this addressed and the Doctor wont even look at her chart .we are going on 5 days with less then 7 hours sleep total. and the response i received was ohhh the doter mite get time to look at her chart when he gets in tomorrow.hmmm sounds like they are real concerned about after patient care.the entire time my child was there i was never granted a meeting with her doctor.nor did we receive any family counseling.untill after she was released then the counselor that we did get had never even seen my childs case and had no idea what my family needed all in all this place made our problems worse.

Posted 09/28/09 | Report Abuse

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While there they changed my meds to one that made me very depressed & suicidal. Took me off them & keep me there to observe. Some off the staff were rude while other very nice. Out of 9 chances to go out for fresh air a day I was lucky to get 1 or 2, seems smokers have all the rights there.I hated my stay there because of this issue. I was told there was not enough staff to let us both out. If you need such a place like this to go for help, I would recommend to go somewhere else.

Posted 07/13/09 | Report Abuse

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While I was there everything and everyone was very nice. The food was very good. The only complaint I have is with myself. They wanted me to go to another part of the hospital and get another 2 weeks of a different care. I didn't because my family wanted me at home. If I can get the hospital to accept me back I will go and work as hard as I can. My family deserves better. I am back to thinking suicide might be the answer. Acadia is the one I will go back to if they will accept me.

Posted 04/21/09 | Report Abuse

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i was in the adolecent part of the hospital. it was the worst place ive ever been. the food was disgusting. they had this role thing with chicken and it had apples in it. and i only liked the tech amber. she was cool. and there was a guy and girl who both worked there and they were married but worked on diffrent shifts. the counselors were AWFUL! the only question they asked was "so how do you feel about that?" they didnt care about you. they only cared about the check that was coming in from the insurance company. and my doctor didnt even know how to speak english well. so i couldnt understand him. and all he would do is get me hiked up on meds. hospitals dont give a about you. they just want your money. thats exactly what ive learned in there. i was forced to be in there by my parents. because i got in trouble with the cops and had cuts all down my arms and legs. and was heavily on bars. then after getting out of that dump i had to go to juvi because of the cops. cops and hospitals dont care at all. thats why i can only trust myself. and the only one that understands me is me. and i just hide all emotions because of that place. i hope there happy!..

Posted 01/10/09 | Report Abuse

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My husband and I went in for an assessment at this place (referred by our family doctor) and somehow I was voluntarily convinced I needed a couple days rest for some recent stressful events that had occurred. All good stress, I was just overworked. I entered hell when I walked into the main "ward". Please refer to above review for some of the details, but I can add many more awful things that happenned. I was there for only 6 hours until I could leave after signing an AMA. Absolutely horrible place!!! We have really good insurance also. Avoid this place by all means!!! If the above reviewer can contact me somehow or repost a review, I would love to help you in any way I can.

Posted 07/11/08 | Report Abuse

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There are no words to describe how horrible this place is. I went there because I needed help with depression that was more than I could deal with. I wanted help. There was none here, and my trust in anyone in medicine is destroyed. It is certain that I will never ask for help again, from anyone. The food was like what you might expect to find in a prison, and diabetic needs are ignored. The nurses - except for one, a man working the evening shift - were absolutely unprofessional. The techs were untrained and unhappy in their jobs - again, except for one who also worked the evening shift; his wife worked the morning shift, but their attitudes were totally opposite. Very basic needs were denied. The best part was the psychiatrist, Dr. Vidal, who genuinely cared about helping his patients, but it is impossible to see a doctor any more often than once every 4-5 months, which is insane, after being put on new medicines while in the hospital. I find my situation hopeless, and finding any help at all for it is less than hopeless, but I certainly cannot tell anyone at all what is going on in my mind. The general hopelessness is more than I can deal with; I've exhausted my efforts; now I have no option, because I cannot seem to manage to find my way, on my own, and certainly not from health care.Thanks to them for helping to drain my insurance coverage!

Posted 06/24/08 | Report Abuse

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