Chestnut Health Systems

"Lost friends to death as i left chs housing. After they grieved a supportive person in their lives. Now Im finding the articles of their death. Chs doesnt give therapy afterwards. I feel stalked daily after coming here"

"My child has been a patient of Chestnut for several years. The first NP Ashley was great but once she left to work somewhere else we were given a new Nurse Lori Sparr, to prescribe medicine… She has no idea what she’s doing. The medication she prescribed my child caused hallucinations & made the depression worse, but instead of trying a different medication she wants to keep upping the dose more and more each time making the symptoms even more terrible & extreme. It makes absolutely no sense. I told the nurses line over the phone that I wasn’t comfortable with him using this medication anymore and that we want to try something different. The nurse said that she will talk to Lori Sparr , but can’t see us until the next appointment which was two weeks away. When you have a child on psychiatric medication, you don’t wait two weeks when they are severely depressed and hallucinating… You see them right away. That’s common sense. They didn’t tell me how to wean him off the current medicine or what we should do in the meantime.. . That is completely unprofessional and dangerous. We went to a different doctors office to get a second opinion and now my child is on a new medication and thriving. Do not use Chestnut!!! They play around with psychiatric medication and don’t seem to care about the devastating effects their choices have on children who are in their care. I will be filing complaints with whatever offices I need to including the better business bureau."

"This place does not deserve one star. They are the worst. They miss scheduled appointments with no call to reschedule. They have left my sister hanging several times. Today, my sister had a scheduled phone appointment and they didn't bother calling. My sister called the office and left a message, but they never called back. My sister has mental health issues. My sister was in need of medicine to help her sleep. She's anxious and has been up for 2 days straight. Chestnut needs to be shut down. Rebecca and Ashley need to find different careers. Clearly, they don't want to work and/or help the mentally ill. I will be filing a complaint on my sister's behalf with her Medicaid Insurance and the State."