They did way more harm then good. They even mistaken me as transgender, put me in an anger ward rather then a suicide/depression ward, and put me on drugs despite never contacting my family about it. Staff were incredibly abusive and heartless and they broke some kids arm while I stayed there. Got food poisoning from their "health food" which was barely a meal and already way expired so I ended up vomiting every day in their bathrooms. If you want to do good, keep your kids away from here.
Great inpatient experience. Rude outpatient staff, would not recommend the outpatient program. They seemed more interested in money than helping me and their attitudes did not help my depression.
I went in a few months after my 20 year old son passed away. I thought my life would be better if I was with him. I had myself in such a depression that I stopped eating, started isolating, well than I was sleeping I was up for days. So I thought it would be a great choice to start buying meds off the street to help me sleep. My Family seen me at rock bottom and called 4 winds. Well at that point I had to be medically cleared by Saratoga MHU. That place was a nightmare. They shot me up with Haldol, Ativan and Benadryl.Well of course it knocked me out. I woke up the next am to a bunch of old timers in MHu. If it wasn't for my sister fighting to get me into 4winds I would be dead. I was in rough shape when I arrived by ambulance but greeted by a nice elderly lady that waited for my ambulance to arrive. I was then brought to my unit where I locked myself in my room. Jimmy came in every hour and finally got me to come out of my room and join a group. I can honestly say Jimmy is by far the best. Yes the beds suck, some of the staff suck but I wasn't there to make them happy. I was there to get better. I was released 10 days later and I felt great and was on a great regimen of meds. I then did the outpatient program and I have nothing really good to say about that.
Pretty good. They lied about the pictures of the rooms, people have written on the walls and window ledge. They are pretty drab and the bed was uncomfortable until I got the mattress topper which you should ask them about. They were really nice but didn't really help with my issues except for the decision about me staying or leaving this planet. I still self-harmed after and they didn't really work on that and my therapist kind of disregarded some of the things that were botheting me. Individual therapy is little to none here and it is basically group therapy. I hope they fixed the rooms and conditions up a bit since us in the Freshwater unit complained about the rooms. It was like a retreat for 2 weeks, which I needed but wasn't really a permanent fix. They didn't really make the transition back home to the hospital that smooth. Nicki, on the Freshwater unit bought me a glow in the dark bracelet because I told her I was scared of the dark. When my small radio kept cutting out, they gave me their radio to sleep to. Miss Tracey was super nice to me and the other nurses, especially Miss Liz-Liz L. gave me a sticker sheet while everybody else got one sticker for taking their medication(s). and Miss Liz, or Miss Cheryl were nice to me too. They had a bingo night with prizes. You really can connect with the other people on your unit there. Patients were really nice, especially two in particular. My therapist and teacher were nice too. However, this is just a good place if you need a retreat, not to be cured completely. They didn't really help me with my self-harm, which I have stopped now.Good luck and may you feel better soon. Remember you are beautiful and great.-Merie
You'd do better going to the ER. As someone voluntarily admitted as a young teenager, I would caution parents against taking their children there. Of course this is just my opinion, I'm not a doctor. Be aware that if you try to remove your child from their care after admitting them they may threaten to call child protective services. This may be policy and perhaps warranted but just FYI. They wouldn't tell me when I could go home, I only saw a therapist individually maybe twice in the 7 days I was there and groups seem to be run by staff who may not always be adequately trained. It's my personal feeling that all they did was traumatize and drug me. I feel I would've been less traumatized, exactly as drugged, and perhaps had more competent treatment in a real hospital. Take it or leave it, just my two cents.
Four Winds Saratoga is a US Hospital based in Saratoga Springs, New York. Four Winds Saratoga is located at 30 Crescent Ave, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, USA.
Please contact with Four Winds Saratoga using information above: Address, Phone number, Fax, Postal code, Website address, E-mail, Facebook. Find Four Winds Saratoga opening hours and driving directions or map. Find real customer reviews and ratings or write your own review.
Find Hospital in Saratoga Springs