South Sound Behavioral Hospital

"I went to this facility looking for help during a bi-polar crisis. I arrived with my husband at 8:30am on a Tuesday morning. There was one person ahead of me at the time. I was greeted with "how can I help you" from a woman that has no business having the position of greeting ANYONE, much less people who NEED to be carefully and patiently informed about their intake procedure. 31/2 hours later I left after realizing this psychiatric facility caters to addiction and detox which is where the big money is!! Another great WA state institution:)"

"If you care about your loved one, as many others say, do not send them there. I stayed there a couple years ago and the staff was incompetent, lazy, and uneducated. Staff and patients usually love to gaslight you because they have nothing better to do. Creepy doctors will push your room door open at night every hour or two and look at you. I feel i was misdiagnosed because they didn't care. At least there was one patient who had the decency to be nice to me :)"

"Some of the staff are great and some need LOTS more training. They booted me out into the world without setting up an aftercare plan for me and people who were admitted after me recieved beds and transportation to aftercare/inpatient. It was a stressful experience and left me in a vulnerable position. Mixing substance abusers with people who are suicidal and Schizophrenic is not too great. They made me remove all my new piercings but when I got into my unit I counted more than 5 people who had many piercing still in. They discriminate for sure. Please do not send your loved ones here!"

"Unless you would like your loved ones to be humiliated left in terrible conditions, possibly chemically restrained, not properly assessed as well as ignored by staff until they have to challenge their legal rights? Do not send your loved ones here whatsoever!!! If you have a loved one that claims they want to be admitted freely for help do not admit them there!!! GET THEM TO A BEHAVIORAL REHAB!!! NOT A PSYCH WARD!!! DO NOT BE FOOLED!!! THEY WILL TRY TO ILLEGALLY DETAIN YOU!!! Bless both social workers for having human decency and empathy!!! Your loved one is not safe here!!"