By Anonymous: 2021 I was sent to North Star in 2021 for feeling suicidal and depressed. I came into treatment asking for help, instead I received the opposite. Throughout my time there, I was in countless predicaments no child should have to witness, let alone go through themselves. Every patient was prescribed meds by their [...]

By Anonymous: 2007-2008 My parents were told that HHF could help me with my Bipolar and behavioral issues. There was a lawsuit a few years back regarding the school nurse. The school psychiatrist had left her a signed blank prescription pad, and the nurse would illegally prescribe medication to students. I was put on tranquilizers [...]

By Anonymous: 2016 My experience at the Deveraux Glenholme School in Washington, CT was nothing short of traumatic. I still remember the day on February 1st, 2016, I was only 12 years old. Now, almost 19 I still have nightmares every night. I’m not gonna make this too formal because there’s just so much to [...]

By Anonymous: 2012-2016 I was placed here for Asperger’s Syndrome, ADHD, and an uncategorized bipolar disorder. I was not allowed a phone; I was only allowed a few websites. When I was in trouble for impulsive behaviors I could not control, I was restrained unfairly and bruised or scratched. I was placed in a walled [...]

By Alexandra: 2004-2007 I have so many things I need to say about Island View. The staff practiced a form of psychological warfare that was cruel and destructive to every child that came in those doors while I attended. My first day I was given a pap smear with out my consent by a nurse [...]

By Ari (Part 2): 2019-2021 I entered the troubled teen industry on April 27, 2018 when I was thirteen after a suicide attempt. After two weeks in psych and a short stay at an RTC in California, I arrived at Uinta Academy on June 27, 2018, a few weeks after I turned fourteen. I was [...]

By Anonymous: 1987-1989 I was sent to Heritage School directly from a psychiatric hospital when I had just turned 15. I am 49 now & still have nightmares. I know this is considered one of the “nicer” schools. I know it is very expensive. My memories are disjointed, but specific incidents are clear even all [...]

By Hann: 2021 Trigger Warning: suicide, self-harm, eating disorder, restraints Hi, my name is Hann (any pronouns) and I would like to share my story of being a victim to institutional child abuse. I would never wish the trauma I went through on anyone. I would consider this time period the worst time of my [...]

By Anonymous: 2016-2017 I’ve been scared to write a review for years, but I can no longer just sit here and not say anything…. I want anonymity because I am scared of YouthCare Utah. I simply cannot stay quiet about this place. I have been a discharged patient for several years and at first I [...]

By Anonymous: 2018-2020 I wasn’t sure whether I was a victim of the troubled teen industry or not. My experience was not as terrible as others but I then realized that comparing traumas is detrimental to anyone’s mental health. It takes away the ability to allow yourself to face what you went through, because you [...]