G. Werber Bryan Psychiatric Hospital 220 Faison Drive 3210, Columbia, SC 29203

"It's a mad house, cop on staff did nothing to help when a woman I was there with got hit, just because she laughed in the face of another patient. Seriously, they can do better. I'll be honest, if you go there and have no insurance you're looking at 12 grand in fees for a two week stay. Don't sign the paperwork, just go somewhere else for help."

"I worked for this hospital for a couple of months and it tore me mentally. As somebody who personally struggles with depression and anxiety, it irritated me that hardly any staff cared about the patients mental health and helping them get better. I highly recommend finding another mental facility if possibly instead of coming to this one because you will not get the help of care you actually need."

"This place is horrific, I will forever be traumatized from witnessing other patients having a complete psychotic episode and the nurses chasing them to give them an injection of haloperidol or risperidone then putting them in the room where I assume they are then monitored, the patients said that’s where they were. I don’t what that room is like as I wasn't there for anything like that. I was a patient in February of 2013 and for privacy reasons I am not using my real name. I was sent to Bryan for trying to unalive myself, which is probably the last place a suicidal patient should be sent. I was threatened by patients who said I was trying to steal their husband and they’d get me so I needed to watch my back. The doctors if they want to call themselves doctors abruptly pulled me off my anxiety medication after leaving I ended up being sent to the ER straight from my primary care doctor because my heart rate was in the 150’s (27 year old, healthy woman, healthy weight, no high BP or any other negative contributing factors) I was at risk for a heart attack or worse. Those of us who’ve been patients or have family who were patients leaving reviews and spreading awareness is the only way we will ever get a system that’s very obviously broken fixed. It’s really sad that some of the most vulnerable in the overall population are subjected to treatment (or lack of) so horrific."

"Never been here before but based on what I’ve read from the clients it does not sound very good. This is why I wanted to educate anyone reading this. Mental health is significantly important. I’ll start by saying I suffer from an anxiety disorder. It runs in my family on my mom’s side. An anxiety disorder is where you brain constantly misfires thinking a threat is around. The primitive part of your brain over reacts because something is wrong with your Amygdala in your brain. It is genetic but the environment can bring out genetic predispositions. Anxiety disorder is an umbrella term there can be many anxiety disorders such as OCD, generalized, social etc etc. Everyone has anxiety however everyone does NOT suffer from it constantly for no reason that is the difference. Growing up my entire life I knew I was different but it was all my anxiety disorder. I have OCD and not the clean kind but the thought kind many autistic individuals have. I also have rare physical disorders that coexist with my mental disorders. The brain is an organ like any other. Everyone goes through a rough patch but not everyone has a FAULTY brain. Please educate yourselves on mental health for the sake of those committing suicide and suffering everyday of their lives and being openly ostracized and discriminated against by society. We are in an age of unlimited knowledge at our fingertips- ignorance is a choice at this point."

"My wife spent more than 3 months there in 2007. She had been dumped from one treatment facility to another, finally ending up at G. Werber. She was undiagnosed, or misdiagnosed all over the lowcountry. Psychiatric hospitals are not always what we'd hope they'd be. Sometimes ever places that look great do not provide effective care. The doctors and medical staff as I recall were decent enough. I remember the actual buildings most vividly. Undeniably they were stark. The staff there undoubtedly have their work cut out for them ; to treat patients that nowhere else could help. And to care for those, like my wife, who are not financially able to pay. I know support staff sleep there while on duty. Maybe the clinical staff do too. What I am certain of, this is the good part, is that when my wife got out there was a treatment plan in place, she was given resources to use and now, about a decade later she is pretty good for being bipolar with meds, and a support group. Werner G Bryan is state run. Look to the politicians for money to fix the buildings and insure staff are well trained, thoroughly screened, and paid enough so their job matters. GOD bless those that still need help. There is hope."