Spring Harbor Hospital Developmental Disorders Treatment Program

Spring Harbor Hospital has wonderful Staff and Medical professionals. Compared to some other psychiatric facilities I feel they give their patients a lot more rights choices and respect. All the staff I have met truly want to be there and make a difference.

Fix The Injustice.There is a lot wrong with psychiatric hospitals in general but their adolescent unit at Spring Harbor was absolutely the worst unit that I have ever seen.Issues- They abuse people with eating disorders.- They are understaffed. Less staff means less support for the patients emotionally and with daily activities like getting their toothbrushes.- Everything is dirty and gross.- Some of the staff will shame people for their varying illnesses and symptoms when they are meant to be supportive and fully unbiased. They have favorites and will make fun of the other patients for their issues.- They do way more restraints than other places.- They sometimes hold mentally ill children responsible for property damage.My experienceA few years ago I was an anorexic person. I was very sick. I was sent to the ER. They said that I would be going to Spring Harbor because they are good at treating eating disorders. When I got there I immediately was told that they are not meant to treat eating disorders. This first posed the question Then why am I hereWhen people are anorexic and sick their stomachs shrink and they stop metabolizing food properly. Their bodies arent used to nutrients anymore. During my psychiatric anorexia treatment I was forced to eat so much food that I became physically ill. If I didnt eat the extreme amount of food then I would potentially be forced to got to the ER get a feeding tube andor I would be forced to sit with the leftover food and stare at it for a hour every meal and be verbally pressured to eat it.I ate the excessive amount of food as a sickunderweight person even though I was in too much physical pain to function. They gave me refeeding syndrome. I tried to tell my doctor there but I was dismissed. Eating alone was emotionally hard. Then they made me associate it with physical pain.

I stayed here in February of 2020 for about a week and its taken until now for me to have the courage to write a review. My experience here was awful. Some of the nurses and technicians were nice but the doctors were horrid. They made me feel unvalued and like a mental patient rather than an actual person. The communication between the doctors and me was basically non-existent. They wouldnt say much to me and answer my questions and wouldnt show any respect to me. This place literally felt like a prison. The outpatient services mental health classes thing in Biddeford across from Rileys Bakery did way more for me. I got literally NOTHING out of Spring Harbor. If I knew how bad it would have been I would have stayed in the emergency room. Spring Harbor was a horrible experience that just made my mental health worse and intensified my PTSD. This place was awful and I can only hope that things have improved since my forced stay here. If I could rate lower than one star I would.

I just got out today and Im gonna say they gave me better help than the last place I was at. I dont think their the best in the world but their not the worst. The staff were a little bit annoying but other than that. No bad thoughts for them.

This place was great Except for that one tech guy who just wouldnt stop with the apples. He filled socks up and threw them at me but other than that 1010 would recommend to my whole family 3

One staff psychologically abused me via methods such as gaslighting and invading my room. Two staff joked about violating my patient rights specifically my right to not be experimented on.Based on other reviews their incompetence is dangerous. This place needs to be shut down.If you want a good hospital try Acadia and St. Marys.would give 0 stars if I could

I was put here in the 5th grade tour place is supposed to help people it didnt help me iv never seen a hospital as bad as yours I was treated like I was nothing there your place is disgusting the tables are covered in gum under them one of ur staff watched me shower for crists sake Im now older and realize how bad it was I hope that anybody who has to go here doesnt go through the same thing as me and Id like to say the first day I was there some kid TRYED to attack me you treat kids like there not people I will never recover from that trauma

I wish I could give zero stars. I would be locked in the Quiet Room for days to the point where I didnt know what time or day it was. I was poorly fed if at all and the medications they actively shoved into my throat made me worse. It seems that things havent changed since my stay 2002 and thats shameful. I still have night terrors of these people shoving me into the quiet room when I desperately needed to know what day or time it was saying it didnt matter and I needed to stay in my place.

I have described what was done to me in a previous review. A review on google is not the place for what I have to say about the torturous abuse I have suffered leading to the wrongful involuntary commitment based on lies political profiling and the false accusation and framing of crimes. In my case one of the now many crimes I have been falsely profiled as having committed was actually perpetrated by a psyc-tech named Ryan Ferguson. Ryan Ferguson used to work as a pizza delivery driver for the Portland house of pizza. I also worked there as a driver. About three of the six drivers were very enthusiastic about their recently acquired open carry gun permits and started openly carrying hand guns to work. Ryan Ferguson was the only one to draw his weapon from his holster in the back kitchen of this restaurant and proceeded to show it off as if he was a child doing show and tell in school or a gun salesmen trying to make a sale at a gun show. He then attempted to hand the gun to me while I was folding a stack of pizza boxes. I didnt accept it. I told him to put it away it is not appropriate to do what he was doing with a firearm at work. He then was very insulted and in his frustration took a step back and aimed the gun at my head. This I will not stand for. I used a pizza box to disarm this terrorist. Ryan Ferguson then ran out of the back door into his little red fiat and sped away. I brought the gun to the general manager named Craig gave it to him and told him to call the police because Fergi was going postal and I dont know if he is coming back. Craig was sitting in the office that is set up like a security guard station. He had to have seen the entire event on the security camera feeds that were on the screens he was sitting in front of. Craig didnt call police or do anything. The next day Craig called a quick meeting for the delivery drivers and told the guys with guns to leave them in their cars and never to bring them in the restaurant. After this incident my entire life has been destroyed by what can only be described as a group effort by many different people. Some I knew and many I dont have any personal connection to at all. A gang a cartel a political group a religious cult of torturers. A year and a half later a family member invited me to stay at their place until I find an apartment. They then lied to Portland police claiming I was suicidal A lie police then illegally abducted me not arrested. Forced into Maine Medical Center. Illegally held against my will. Illegally forced to be medicated. They skipped the psych evaluation that all their actions are supposed to be based on. Nurse Emmons who just happens to be the aunt of one of my old high school friends with security guards at her side woke me up one hour before the psychiatrist was going to do a evaluation and illegally involuntarily ordered a psych emergency so she could drug me and transport me to spring harbor hospital. A psych emergency is when a patient is freaking out and becomes a threat to themselves and others. I was asleep the nurse knew what she was doing was wrong. That is why she had two security guards and a syringe full of a sedative to wake me up in the morning. They illegally drugged me and transported me an hour before the doctor was scheduled to arrive to do an evaluation to determine whether they think hospitalization was necessary. At spring harbor a Dr.Brendan Kirby took the lie that they used to justify involuntary commitment which was a third party claim that I was suicidal and changed it to the lie that I was brought to the hospital because I was threatening friends family and coworkers with a gun. The next day Ryan Ferguson walked in and worked as a psych tech. I was not crazy. I was not suicidal. I am not a domestic terrorist. I am not a sex offender. I have been tortured and terrorized by stalkers terrorists police landlords gangs nurses teachers doctors firefighters veterans secret service agents Maine DHHS agents IRS agents my family and former friends.

Why are doctors allowed to deny a patient a patient advocate here Why are medical staff allowed to meet with their patient without anyone else present to ensure a proper diagnosis is found and proper treatment of the patient is actually taking place I was horribly mistreated here and my voice is drowned out in what I could only assume are false reviews trying to pass off their mistreatment as patients who are just crazy. It is either that or unfortunately these reviews are from real patients who suffer from real mental illness and they still suffer from the illness because they hadnt recieved proper care from the medical staff at this hospital. Where is the justice in this This hospital needs to be investigated by law.