Welcome to the new Mental Health Residential Treatment Center Discussion Forum! The rest of the ED Treatment Reviews is devoted to discussing eating disorder treatment centers, but this is a new forum and resource page on EDTR devoted to finding quality mental health residential treatment.

You can use this space to help yourself or others find mental health residential treatment, ask for recommendations for mental health residential treatment, post reviews, make a post your recommendations about good treatment centers, make a post of places to avoid and why, share resources, vent about the industry, discuss admissions, discuss insurance, whatever! This forum was created at the request of many community members, so this is YOUR space!

Note: The page itself is under construction, as is the Mental Health Treatment Centers spreadsheet linked to in the comments. But, the comments/discussion section is open!

*Feedback and suggestions are welcome.*

Please be sure to follow all of the site guidelines and rules when posting, so that this can remain a safe and helpful public resource. In addition, here are some general guidelines to get us started:

• Discussion and interaction are desired! Remember, you can post anonymously or under a pseudonym or initials, or just use your first name or middle name. Most people do this.
• Disagreement is fine and often necessary, but be respectful and kind when voicing disagreements. We are all in this together! When replying, always give others the benefit of the doubt. Comments that bash or attack other posters will not be approved, or will only be approved with that part content redacted. If what you are writing might make the other person cry or feel bad about themselves, or might make them decide to never come back (or would make you cry or feel bad about yourself or decide to never come back if someone said it to you at a time you were making yourself vulnerable), try rewriting it to be more compassionate before submitting. Remember that we are all at different places in our recovery journeys, and people just starting their journey probably won’t word things the same way as someone who is much further along.
• Don’t just say “don’t go here” or “go here” without explaining why you are making that recommendation, so that the person reading can decide for themselves that it wouldn’t or would be a good fit FOR THEM.

• PLEASE use Trigger Warnings in your posts when relevant. You can find a common list of trigger warnings here: The list is organized first by how the trigger warning is often written in internet shorthand, followed by a broader explanation of what/when/why that trigger is used. Not everything applies to EDTR, so hopefully eventually we can make our own list. (For example, that list includes trigger warnings for ED, but talking about ED is a given on EDTR so don’t worry about doing that 🙂 ) .
  • As the author of the guidance explains, “a trigger warning is a consent button for content… it’s a few lines of text that says, “Here be dragons.” Then you, the intrepid internet explorer, can decide: Are you prepared? Did you remember to heal your party before proceeding? Did you repair your armor? Perhaps you were not looking for dragons, but an inn.” 
  • At the same time, PLEASE don’t avoid posting just because you aren’t sure how to use trigger warnings or whether something needs one.  I’ll add them or redact as needed. Feedback welcome!

• Please avoid recommending programs that are part of the “Troubled Teen Industry” or TTI unless you have been there yourself. Here is some general information about the Troubled Teen Industry: *TW for link* What is the ‘Troubled Teen Industry: Frequently Asked Questions. *END TW*
  • If you are a parent you may ask for recommendations, but avoid recommending TTI programs without the consent of your child and their affirmative agreement that it was a helpful program for them and they are fine with you recommending it to others.

• TREATMENT CENTERS AND TREATMENT CENTER STAFF ARE NOT ALLOWED TO POST HERE (or anywhere on EDTR!).

YOU GOT THIS!