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Absolutely appalling was very ill with withdrawal from benzodiazepine told to shut up and get on with it despite seizures. The staff here are an absolute disgrace.They scream at patients medicate when not supposed to and did nothing in respect of a male patient masturbating and making lewd and suggestive comments in public. They laugh at patients misfortune and there have been a number of suicides as a result of the conduct in there. I'm aware they cannot help everyone but complicity intuitive and over medicating patients is another matter. Thankfully the mental health commission recently paid them a visit.
I spent time in this hospital as both an adolescent & an adult.. I can safely say I would rather have been in prison. I have been within many different services & hospitals. I was shocked at the treatment (or LACK there of) I received here.. I was often brought (or FORCED) in for 2 week stints, with 0 actual intervention for what was going on for me. I saw a psychiatrist 1-1 maybe once or twice throughout each admission, (usually just for admission & discharge). These psychiatrists RARELY ever changed or adjusted ANY of my medications… I asked to meet with a psychologist many times, I was told that it would not be necessary. In the adolescent unit there are little to NO therapeutic groups, our day usually revolved around proper schooling.. which I did not find helpful as I could not attend school on the outside world due to my struggles. In the adolescent ward, they had one landline phone, as we were not allowed our own. This phone was for the whole ward, I was often denied the phone. As well as my conversations on it with my family members being listened in on by staff! In this ward there is little to NO privacy. I was often not allowed any of my belongings (even after my 72 hour care plan had played out, for no reason). A lot of the nurses were incredibly rude & unhelpful to young struggling people.. although there were some kind nurses that I will give credit to. In the assessment ward, there is no therapeutic groups AT ALL for patients. As a patient there you may meet with a psychiatrist once or MAYBE twice a week, no other professionals. I did not find this helpful. I found my consultant in this ward to be condescending, rude & quite frankly clueless in terms of my case/care. Whenever I was discharged from this hospital (usually after 2 weeks for less), there was no intervention that had been done at all. They had simply locked me up for some time & sent me back into the community. Only to have to return, as there was no other place to turn. These wards within this hospital are like an actual prison environment. It was not the mentally unwell patients that scared me.. but rather the treatment of staff - along with how these poor patients were also treated by staff! The use of seclusion & forceful medication needs to seriously be looked at by powers above in this place.. it is simply disgusting. The only helpful part of having had an inpatient stay in this place, in either ward.. was LEAVING! (Although I was not any better off having been in OR out..) This place left me with more damage than when I came in.. it is appalling that this place can be called a hospital!! IF YOU CAN GO TO ANY OTHER PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL FOR HELP - DO!! IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE NOT TO GO TO THIS HOSPITAL - REFUSE!!!!!
I was one of the few patients locked up at this disgrace of a Hospital, instead of their main job to be taking care of their patients it's on treating patients like prisoners and with no respect. Let me start off by saying that most of these patients are not "mentally ill" they are just vulnerable children who get forcefully sent here by their CAMHS doctor and sometimes the Gardaí. I was sent here at this Hospital for 2 weeks by my useless CAMHS doctor and it got off to a bad start with the Nurses invading my privacy by listening to every word I was saying to my mom on the phone and repeatedly asking if I "need anything". These Nurses need better training and they need to know how to do their job properly and respect people's privacy. Dr Kim Hopkins is also a massive liar and she lied by saying to my Dad that they order McDonalds for their patients when in reality that's completely not true and the doctors and the hospital forces you to eat what they make for you. Even these doctors aren't any better than the nurses. I even witnessed some Nurses recording videos of their patients playing outside without their consent and verbally abusing them for no reason, such a disgrace. What's even crazy is that Dr Ian McClelland said to me that he doesn't think I need to be in hospital but yet he still kept me for 2 weeks in Hospital for absolutely no reason when I was completely fine the whole time I was there. This Hospital's aim is to make children's mental health "better" when in reality they make children's mental health worse and they don't care about your mental health at all. It's a horrible place to send your kids at, they're gonna be treated with no respect at all and they will be completely traumatized than ever before. If you truly love and care for your kids then take my word for it and DO NOT send them here.
Do your children a massive favor and stay away from this absolute prison of a "hospital". The inmates there are so rude and the nurses don't do anything to stop their behavior, and speaking of the nurses, the nurses are also very bad and they don't know how to do their job properly whatsoever. They have 0 respect for their patients privacy and they continuously knock on the door unnessacarily every few minutes only to check if they're "okay" and they do this even when the patients are speaking on the phone. What's even more ridiculous is that the nurses expect their patients to "tolerate" the continuous door knocking and to be "okay" with it. The nurses also film videos of their patients without their consent and they also verbally abuse their patients. If there was an option to give 0 stars then I would give this place a 0 stars instead of 1.
This hospital is an absolute disgrace. Very vunerable people in here and the way they are treated is appaling unprofessional staff no people skills and just disgusting towards people who are seriously ill and put there to be cared for. I will be going to all Td'S and i will be filling and offical complaint about this place on behalf of everyone who has been mistreated at some of the lowest points in their lives .. shame on every single one of you. Please dont go near this kip. The amount of people.ive spoke to and stories iv heard would make you sick. No compassion what so ever. Do us a favour and employ prosfessional caring staff to care for the people admitted i stead of letting them leave when you know dam well they are at risk of suicide.