Highland Hospital

Research before sending your child to an inpatient facility! I was sent against my will to the this hospital some years ago. I have been to a couple others previously and it was nothing like this experience.. they bring just anyone onto the CHILDRENS units when they should not be there. I think the male nurse who was gross was from another hospital even. I first hand had to experience it and I am still disgusted and left with more trauma. Do not send your children here. They will not be protected. The Behavioral Health Techs will see dismiss it or even talk about it and laugh to others. The psychiatrist And staff do not care much and will prescribe you with anything and pat you on the back saying good luck. They did not try to see what’s wrong, what a possible diagnoses would be, anything. I have been a vegetarian my entire life and all they could offer were black bean burgers. They sent me one for breakfast lunch and dinner. The toilets would clog, the staff would berate the patients. I had a massive flashback and panic attack during my stay. Zero support, deescalation, and a BHT said I was acting like a 2 year old. Training on different mental illnesses including PTSD needs to be done, background checks, De-escalation training, maybe even psych based interviews. There are abusive staff members who work and come onto these units. My stay was years ago, yet the events that happened here still haunt me and I think about it constantly. You’re sent here for healing but in reality, you are trying to heal from being sent here. This hospital needs to be shut down and I hope others who have experienced what I have are doing okay and seeking the help they deserve. The abuse in this hospital is unlike any other. If you are considering going or sending your child to this hospital. Do not. Period. Or you might have to pay for even more therapy for yourself or a loved one. Shame on everyone who works here

When I was a child Ruby injected me with Adivan to help me calm down before an MRI, but what ended up happening was I had an adverse reaction to the medication that caused me to go into a psychopathic state, I became eratic and I was confused who I was and where I was at, and instead of stopping the medication they put a 10 year old kid in restraints and kept injecting me with Adivan. So they ended up putting me in Highland Hospital for no reason, this place was horrible, the staff was mean, and verbally abusive. THE ENVIRONMENT WAS TERRIFYING FOR A CHILD. Half the kids seemed to be getting worse due to the horrible environment. Screaming at mentally disturbed children is not healthy nor professional. This Hospital needs to be investigated.

This place needs to work on its communication skills. My fiancé was sent here when we were 17. I was on his call list, but they refused to let me talk to him. Even after his state worker told them to. Stated that I had to be 18+ to talk to him.

I was thrown into an ambulance and shipped here after a suicide attempt. Showed up high as hell, didn't know where I was for a good while. Majority of the BHTs are nice Ebony was my favorite, she's the best. The nurses were mostly nice though we didn't see them often, only one of them was hot unfortunately. The doctor I had was horrendous. I received no real help which is expected but I was sent home three days after I attempted suicide in the unit because I was told I'd have to go home. Ended up staying a grand total of 26 days when the average was about 10 but my case was a bit complicated. Everyone complained about the food which was more often than not, so bad it was funny. I'm talking beating cold hard french fries on the table bad. It was like eating literal rocks, but frankly it's better than what I was used to though if you have any standards for cuisine at all you will suffer.

they need to shut highland hospital. Down they're nothing but a bunch of liars lazy people that works there they don't runtun your call calls I would not recommend highland to no one You TVthey don't

Went here myself when I was 13. All I can say is it was probably the worst mental hospital I've ever been to. I'm an adult now I'll be 20 next month, but my time there still haunts me. I've got a friend who's little brother was taken from foster care to here, and has been there for over 9 months, spending half that time in isolation. My stay was supposed to be 3 days, ended up being 12. My mom had to check me out herself or they would've kept me longer. This place will keep a kid as long as they can for that insurance money. Do yourself a favor, if your child has autism. Avoid highland Clarksburg.

My experience was horrible. I received no help from this place, they were horrible at conveying information, my parents had no idea what was going on while I was on the inside. Staff was bipolar and depending on what bmt you had that day would decide how good or bad the day was. They gave us a schedule but would change things up depending on the bmt. At one point both showers were out of service. They scheduled a follow up appointment, we called the place they scheduled me at, and they didn’t have my name in the system anywhere

Parents and patients, please read this post completely before agreeing to treatment. My parents filed a mental hygiene order because I was hallucinating trying to “better” myself by detoxing from Klonopin. No one asked or told me I was hallucinating...I had no idea. Two police officers came to my apartment around 10pm, aggressively banged my apartment door,- scared the death out of me as I was asleep. I was told about the order, my hands and feet were shackled against my skin which eventually rubbed off, and continued rub into my bloody flesh. There wasn’t enough room between my feet and I kept falling with NO help getting up. I fell so hard one time against my phone that it shattered the screen. My hands were shackled behind my back. The cuff dug into my skin so deep that the wound is still healing 3 months later. I finally got to Hughland, was not given any information, had no idea where I was, and was given no medical attention. Two of the staff members commented and held their noses because how bad I smelled. I couldn’t get help to use the bathroom while being held by the police and urinated in my bed out of desperation. My wounds were not addressed. My wrists and ankles were buried layers into my skin- my ankles burning from the residual urine. I was not wiped down. I was given a new gown and placed into a room to sleep, I had nothing else. No undergarments or winter clothing, no shoes, and most importantly no glasses or contacts. My vision is terrible. It took the staff 6 days to get me my glasses. There was always “trouble” contacting my parents. You couldn’t get anything there. Chapstick had to be approved, which took 40 minutes standing in line for a nurse. I couldn’t see my food or activity questions, asked for someone to read to me daily, but never received help. It took another patient taking a bite of my food for me to eat. I was terrified that the food was poisoned, still couldn’t see and didn’t know where I was. 5 days on juice, which was regulated. Water only at certain times. I had to fold down a juice carton, hide it under my bra, and get water out of the sink. I was given a T-shirt and wool pants, no undergarments. Another family was nice enough to get me some at the dollar tree down the street. I could go on and on. I left more broken than I ever have. The hallucinations subsided after a week, without care. I left devastated, alone, and covered in bruises. My family and closest friend signed the order without knowledge of the process. Please research. It has been 3 months and I am still devastated, alone, and now being treated for PTSD. 9 days in that hospital, 6 of those days without being able to see and NO contact from friends or family, and constant reminders of the experience from the scars on my wrists, ankles, and back have changed my life forever.

I was placed at highland due to a mental hygene. I am an addict. They claim to be a duel diagnostic hospital. This could not be further from the truth. The patients for the most part, are mentally handicapped. Patients have SEVERE mental health disorders. I was treated worse than any human being should ever be treated. Besides the process of a mental hygene, being shackled and chained and held in a holding tank at the police station for 7 hours, the treatment given would be cinsconsidered less than human by most. This is not the way the mentally I'll should be treated in this country. The staff behaved like children. Blatently talking about the patients as though we could not hear. The things they said to one another was insulting and hurtful. The food was inedible and unrecognizable. I opted for the vegetarian diet, and was served a frozerburnt veggie burger every meal following my request. 24 to be exact. This is after I requested going back to the normal meal plain. I asked the nursing staff to note it. I asked my case manager to note the change as well as my treatment team and therapist. I was asked to go to group therapy several times with fellow patients. However the majority of them held the IQ of a 9 yr. Old. I was denied use of my phone to handle financial matters and denied internet access to help find placement upon discharge. I was leaving g the hospital homeless,but agreed to long-term substance abuse facilities. My case manager did minimal work in helping me transref to a facility that could better adress needs. This was the WORST experience of my life and would not recommend this facility to anyone and by no means would I consider having a family member placed here.

So far so good, My son has been to several places for his mental illness. Seems they are taking it seriously. A non profit for mental illness is rare. Bravo!