This treatment program closed in 2018.
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- Has anyone been here recently that would be willing to do a full review? Maybe it’s not as bad as it used to be?
I met with my dietitian today, and she has decided we (meaning treatment team and I) need to start looking into impatient/residential. This is one of the places she mentioned. So I’d love to hear if it’s improved any. Thanks!
Couldn’t agree more. Horrible treatment here.
Alyson is right. This place was terrible. The staff didn’t focus on my issues and ignored my requests. The art therapy and clerical “experts” were quacks. My psychiatrist never had any time to speak with me about my issues. They insisted I go to a heart doctor who is apparently in the middle of a big billing fraud lawsuit with former patients! This Dr. Right lady is a first class nutjob. I asked to see someone else, and they said I was letting “my eating disorder control my decisions.” This place kept me drugged up on hardcore medicine I would NEVER take IRL. It was like a scene from Jacob’s Ladder. Made my problems harder to resolve later! AVOID, AVOID! They want your money here and are banking on sick peeps.
Inpatient is more of a pysch stabalization. The day program is completely different.
Well first off there were no other eating disorder patients in the inpatient part of the program and the director said that there was earlier in the day. I was 23 at the time and I was roomed with a girl who was in her 40′s and she was not struggling with an eating disorder. She had overdosed on pain pills and tried to kill herself. Another thing was the whole floor is mixed guys/girls. It was more of a Psychiatric ward. It is really uncomfortable. I was really upset when my family left and the nurses did not seem to care at all and would not talk to me. Also I told them I felt dizzy and that they probably needed to check my blood pressure but they didn’t seem to give a crap. I wish there was a good place in Texas. I would recommend going to either Laureate in Tulsa Oklahoma or ERC in Denver. I have been to Laureate and it really helped me and the whole staff cares. If you have any other questions let me know. I hope this helps.
I was just there recently. It is now an official eating disorder unit in itself. It is pretty, but that’s about the only nice thing I can say. You were locked out of your room from 8am-10pm. Didn’t matter if you didn’t feel good or just needed an hour to be by yourself, they wouldn’t allow it. Dieticians were mean and horrible. Never had any groups, except process where the same 2-3 girls talked the whole time and eventually, I could tell their story word for word. At meals, EVERYTHING was a eating disorder behavior. The dieticians were no help and were in your face constantly. I didn’t find them friendly at all. The was NO, one on one tharapy. You might have a class or two a day, but it seemed none of the classes were taught by anyone who had a clue. Girls were purging still, hiding food and we were always being threatened to be kicked out for non compliance of the rules. None of the nurses were trained on how to deal with peope with eating disorders. We basically sat around all day. Art therapy was a joke and everyone refused to do yoga. The teacher wouldn’t even do it. And I swear, it seemed like all the nurses and staff knew what to say was, “and how did that make you feel?” No one wated to talk and if anyone did, it was the same girls telling their story for the 10th time. I never got to talk although I wanted to. I’m actually talking to my insurance company about how bad this program is. I would avoid it at all costs.
Any current reviews?
I am looking at this place do you know if its still like this? Was dr pennington your psych? I am trying to decide between here and riveroaks in new orleans like asap would u be able to contact me?
Oh don’t go to River Oaks that place is scary. I’ve been to Dallas Presby twice. It helped but yet it also made things worse. The minute they realized they pushed me to a breaking point they couldn’t get me out of there faster. And guess where they sent me? Yep to River Oaks. The minute I got there after flying out there they said my insurance wouldn’t pay for treatment there so basically I lost 1,000.00 dollars for nothing. I’m looking into treatment as well. Dallas Presby just moved to the 4th floor and gas there own fatality now, so I hear. Good luck
would you mind possibly share some of the other objectives?ideas listed under FAQ) ( It would be great to get more information. thanks!
I’m sure it’s helped some people but River Oaks is horrible, in my experience. I have been there twice. Once in March 2011 and recently in March 2015. This review is my 2015 stay.
1.The psychiatrist in charge of EVERYTHING, is condescending, has zero compassion, made me and other patients feel like we were terrible for being there, and actually insulted a patient in front of all of us, including staff. My second stay, he lied to me about when they could submit my waiver for more days so it never got sent, my stay got cut extremely short and I left there worse than I came in. One good thing about him is that I told him I didn’t want my meds messed with unless he contacted my outpatient psychiatrist, so nothing was changed.
2. Weight gain- The weight gain protocol is SUPER strict. 0.5lbs per day. If you lose, you get put on “warning” where you have to drink and ensure with a meal and a snack of your choice. The next day, if you haven’t made up for it, you get put on R&R… you’re put in a wheel chair and not allowed to walk anywhere or push yourself. You’ll get warned if you do and if you move around “too much” you get a supplement. On R&R there are supplements at each meal, no visitors, and no phone calls. So if you ever get put on Warning, tell the person you talk to that night that you may not be in contact with them the next day. You don’t get to know your weight until you get into the goal range. They won’t tell you the exact number but they’ll tell you you’re in the goal range they set when you get there, that you do get to know and it’s usually a 5lb range.
3. Getting Weighed- The weighing protocol is waking up at 5:30-6am after getting BP taken. You have to “void”. The door does have to be cracked but they at least turn their backs, it’s not like they look at you or anything. Then you change into a hospital gown and go to the room where they keep the scale locked and get weighed backwards.
4. Food/nutrition- You will be assigned a dietician that you see twice a week. The meal plans are individualized and they do the exchange system. You’ll be told how many starches, fruits, fats, dairy and protein you need. Then desserts once your meal plan is upped. Then you get a menu and it tells you how many of each exchange the items satisfy. You’re only allowed to choose the same item so many times a day and if you choose the same snack or meal all the time, they’ll make you change it because they want that exposure. Once you’ve been there a couple weeks, you go out to lunch one day each week, unless you have TriCare, they bring something back for you because you’re not allowed to leave the unit, ever. Sundays are cooking days where people volunteer to cook a meal and dessert. The meals we cooked were really good but other than that the food isn’t horrible but it could be better.
5. Passes- Do not exist for TriCare patients. They believe if you’re well enough to leave the unit, you don’t need to be there, it was very detrimental to my recovery. For other insurances- After a couple weeks, you are kind of told to request a pass. At first it’s just a couple hours on a weekend. Then it expands to a few hours and then whole day passes. You fill out a sheet of where you’re going to go, ideas of where/what to eat for meals and snacks and treatment team usually approves it.
6. They encourage discharge into their partial/day program but I was unable to do that so I don’t really have anything to say about it.
Your description of River Oaks is 100% accurate. I was there in 2013 and was abruptly told that my insurance wasn’t going to pay any more because they felt I needed to step down to a lesser level of care after only 3 weeks. So I booked a flight that day and left with no aftercare therapist or doctor or appointments period. Of course I relapsed immediately and 4 years later I’m terrified to do it all again. I’ve been to Dallas Presbyterian so many times I’ve lost track. I don’t recommend it or River Oaks in New Orleans.