St. Joseph's Hospital Psychiatric Care Center 4918 North Habana Avenue, Tampa, FL 33607

"Worst experience ever. Was Baker acted and sent there in July of 2018. Was told either cooperate or they would make me stay longer was forced to eat their food take their meds etc. Was never given any clothes I came in a t-shirt was not given underwear or any clothing to wear. In addition I didn't get some useless sundries till my last day as I was leaving. They overcharged me for medication I never even got. The psychiatrist was a joke as long as you smiled and put on a face you would get out of there otherwise he would make you stay forever. I didn't ask to go there I was forced air and now they are trying to hassle me for payment. It was a disgusting useless hospital the nurses and staff didn't care and I was told I could not leave on my own phone as there were security guards to make me stay. Just like when I left the hospital at Morton plant a cop was standing there who told me if I didn't cooperate he would make me go I never asked to go to any of these places so why should I have to pay.their so-called rules or mission statements were not posted or anyting I think I only saw some of that stuff going up once I was leaving. Since it was a co-ed facility there was access for male and female patients to go to either side and since I was half-naked anybody could have came in and hurt me more and they did nothing. They just said either cooperate or stay. I found the staff the doctors and everyone there to be useless and uncooperative. The only nice part was the kitchen staff who seem to be accommodating and pleasant when you were trying to get your food even though it's only scantily dressed in a t-shirt or night shirt without anything else on and they would not provide anything. If you ask for something it was a problem or they ignored you. Don't let yourself or a loved one or anyone go to this place it is horrible."

"This is just another worthless hospital. My brother was there today for we don't even know because they would call us back when we called them to ask questions after he called us from there. Our brother suffers from bi polar schizophrenia and has 7 different voices in his head. They released him without even calling us back. He is now on the streets and we don't know where he is. The system has failed our family. The psychologist evaluated him one day and released him after he called and threatened us for thinking we put him in there when we didn't even know he was there till he called us all. If you think your loved ones can get help here you better pick a better place for them is all I can say."

"I've been here a couple of times when I was about 17 for depression and anxiety issues. I don't feel like being here really helped out my cause and it honestly felt like I was at a daycare more than a place that offered any actual treatment and help. The first time I was in there for a really long time and the thing that annoyed me was they could never pin-point exactly what issue I had so I was locked in here for close to about a month. They also take away all of the things that you may possibly hurt yourself with and you also couldn't have electronics. I made some good friends in there the first time but the girls that were patients tried to flirt with you and play with your emotions. The nurses really should have monitored us more when it came to that and there was a fight almost everyday when I was there. The thing that also annoyed me is they never gave you any chance to rest or sleep and you only got 1 nap a day and that was in the afternoon. The rest of the day you were stuck on a boring routine trying to "get better". I guess the only good thing was the food from the hospital was actually pretty delicious."

"Worst experience of my life. I was baker acted and the staff belittled and made me feel inferior. I was 16 at the time in a single room with 6 and 7 year olds. They made us sit in “group therapy” and talk about why we were there and why we aren’t getting out and why we need to be better. It was not encouraging or therapy, it felt like we were being mocked. I could only get a drink during the times we were scheduled to eat. I was dehydrated most of my stay. I saw the “doctor” once for 15 minutes and that was enough to prescribe me for 3 different medications. I wound up having a terrible reaction to the medication and I passed out in the lunch line. I hit my head on the floor and the nurses who came to help kept insisting I didn’t hit my head because it would’ve been more paperwork. I am 21 now and it was by far the worst thing I had ever experienced."

"A few years ago, a staff member made us go around and say why we were there (already a red flag. That stuff should be private), and I said I overdosed on Benadryl and got high. The staff member burst out laughing then proceeded to tell me that you cant get high off of Benadryl, like I was a 5 year old who he was belittling because she didnt know any better. Funny, because Ive been high on Benadryl about 5 times. You can 100% get high on Benadryl. I thought it was absolutely pathetic that 1. He made everyone share their personal information 2. He belittled me and laughed at me in front of everyone and 3. He was just absolutely wrong and knew nothing of my situation and yet acted like he knew everything. There was a nurse a few years ago who lied on all the doctors reports, said that I was acting all depressed and always hid my meds under my tongue. I still stand behind my original argument that those were absolute lies. I never just moped around like that nurse said I did, and I NEVER hid my meds under my tongue, ever. I was literally yelled at by a lady one time for not participating in dodge ball. Oh, Im sorry. I didnt know I was baker acted to play dodge ball. That lady rudely asked for my name so she could report me later. But I said my name loud and proud because I knew I was leaving later that day :) Most staff here sucks. See above."