Reviews of Saint James Behavioral Health Hospital (Psychiatrist)

Sonya Lynn Barbin

No star REALLY

Hannah Briggs

Apsoullutly horrible place ! Years later and I still have PTSD from my experience here!

Heidi Rubley

They should be closed. They do not dispense meds like they are prescribed. They do not notify the family if a patient is brought to the er and....they let my patient be overdosed yesterday!!! They need to be shut down. Horrible facility!!! When I called them about taking my patient to the er, they tried to cover themselves by blaming the hospital and said that they don’t have to notify anyone. My patient is there because of mental issues and can’t make decisions on his own and has early stage demencia!!! He told them he didn’t have his home meds, so instead of calling and asking, they just gave him the meds. He fell at home twice that night, I had no idea they gave him his meds twice! Very unprofessional and uncaring. It’s all about the money, they could care less about the patients. If you love your family member, do not send them here

Marcus Anderson

Terrible. Patients do what they want, when they want with little to no supervision. The patients are given full control as if most patients are mentally unstable. Showers, food, and change of clothes are only presented once by the staff and most staff do not keep up with the patients records and conditions. Just an unprofessional and uncaring facility.

lyssa dubourg

Just got out worse place ever get your loved ones out any way you can

starbucks Queen

Very helpful

Alaina Plant

Most of the medical techs and nurses - not ALL, but most - are down right awful. They curse at the patients, talk down to the patients, and generally treated us like toddlers. The staff assumes everyone is completely senile and unable to think for themselves or process their surroundings. Instead of stimulating our minds and - ya know - working to rehabilitate us, they just sit us down in front of the TV for 12 hours straight and only provide us a handful of word search printouts and some 3rd grade level sudoku puzzles as entertainment. I was only offered a chance to choose a book from their library they keep locked in the back once they realized I could actually read and wasn't an idiot after me revealing I have a B.S. in Mathematics and a M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction in one of my sessions with the therapist. A lot of the techs was too lazy to provide us with the proper toiletries at shower time, so they had us using watered down shampoo as body wash, shampoo, and conditioner. Needless to say I developed a nasty PH imbalance from introducing those fragrant perfumes in such a sensitive area. Only ONE amazing tech actually went above and beyond for us by supplying us with name brand toiletries purchased with her OWN MONEY (Mrs. Sylvia you're a sweetheart). I had to fight to get the nurses to stop pricking my fingers to check my blood sugar every 6 hours because they assumed I was diabetic SOLELY BECAUSE I TAKE METFORMIN. Nevermind the fact that I have never been diabetic in my life and was only taking metformin for weight control due to metabolic syndrome. I also had to fight even harder for the "privilege" of having a pillow to sit on, being allowed to lay on my side for 20 minutes throughout the day, and even receiving my zanaflex muscle relaxer that was prescribed by MY ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON...ya know...because I had just recently had laser surgery on my lower back literally 2 months prior to my stay at this God forsaken "hospital". The only positive things I have to day about St. James is that there was genuine care from the psychiatric team and my social worker. They were the only staff on hand to actually listen to me and were even the ones who made sure I received proper accommodations for my well documented back problems (my surgeon uses the same medical record keeping portal as St. James, all they had to do was pull up my chart with the click of a button). So, in summary: STAY THE HELL AWAY IF YOU CAN AVOID IT.

Hope Bourg

I think the only reason i got treated decent from the others was cause of my personality. Otherwise, i would never want to wish anyone to be sent there.

Megan Guillot

Horrible place! They rip food out of your hands. I lost alot of weight and almost died in there!!!

Demented dollie

Horrendous! I must have commented three times on how bad this place is,but every time i comment it is removed.

Taylor Cason

Most of the techs are not there for the people and only the money. You can see who the good guys are. There is no rec, outside time. You are are stuck in a small room all day on uncomfortable metal padded chairs. Not allowed to walk the halls. People are treated like rats....screamed at, talked down to and talked about. Please do better. They need you to do better.

Rootie Bayham

I was in for the shock of a lifetime and the idea I was soo shocked in the condition I was in is saying a great deal. We were forced out of our beds at 6 am and sent thru a mill of basic test like temp, bp and "how many times did you poop, are you wanting to harm yourself or others questions in front of everybody in hospital". We were not given our supplies to wash our face, brush our teeth or anything more so unless you woke up on your own way before call out or begged for special treatment, you appeared like you belonged there if only by defaulf. Ok, so wake up & check up done it then it came time for morning medicines so your sent thru a line up and stuck taking the meds they determine you need and it's not necessarily what your suppose to be on........ With me they failed to give me my Suboxone I take for my long term pain management and am not suppose to just suddenly stop because your pain levels spin outta contol and your body goes thru a harsh withdrawl. Complementing my being denied one major everyday med I was also given my Methotrexate every day instead of once a week and the meds nurse got angry when I questioned or refused to take all of them.... It goes without saying I was good and physically sick while I was there for focus on my mental illness treatment. We were allowed to have a handfull of smoke breaks but they were rushed 1 cig worth of time and that's what we had for being in the outdoors where we had some space to streatch our legs, move around and get some sun/fresh air). Worst of all, came what was the larger majority of the time, if not in bathroom were made to stay in a large room about 25 x 30 width about 30 people deep. All 30 having a range of mental health illnesses where some were loud/hyper/unable to settle.....some were very depressed having been recently suicidal and withdrawn/trying to sleep in those hard metal folding chairs/begging for some peace. Then there were the some who were extreem cases of different/most disruptive but not sane enough to be reasoned with or hold hardship against for it/ very impactfull on the space. Basically, we were required to be supervised at all times and were handled by 2 to 3 techs who couldn't keep up with the group and then let anyone else bee off alone o their own. They couldnt let us be in our rooms, be outside smoking when we wanted or be out of the room/space everybkdy else was in cause they would get fired or worst. That said its horrible cause beaing hearded like cattle into this room where a small tv was on an one wall, a table was in the room, stocked with grade school markers and zeroxed pictures from a color book, puzzle book and such. Hours on end, day after day....it was a nighmare you couldnt escape from and its hard to bave faith the youll be getting any better when the hospital stay was.more like punishment than any kinda dignified place to begin accepting management, try at getting help and feel like you would if you were in a serious and professional place where what you have isnt who you are like in the world outside those doors. I met some really dedicated and caring professionals while I was there so theyre not to blame for a system thats legues bnehind all other types of healthcare. I really wish all of these facilities would undergo a change for standardization, analysis of what must be done better and minimum requirements hiring program to bring in coordinators and specialist while they use the sitters for individuals requiring that service aside from the general population. Saint James doesn't get low reviews that indicate something special, they are all low because mental healthcare is yet to undergo a standards setting that is acceptable to society in general. Hope they improve and use the reviews for starting the process before theyre forced to do so!

Teena Bordelon

Terrible place.