The Brook Hospital – Dupont — Attraction in St. Matthews

When I was a kid, I’m grown now and have my own children, and I will say that if you have kids, especially under the age of 11, don’t send them here. I’m not mad at my mom because I knew my mom was doing what she thought was best by the doctor that told her to send me there because I did have some behavioral issues I had ADHD and didn’t know how to sit still had a temper. I’ve blocked a lot of it out, but the things that I haven’t blocked out was that they diagnosed me bipolar disorder just because I would get mad once in a while and This was in the earlier 2000 but later on it was discovered that I did not have bipolar disorder. They just doped me up so much that it was like I was on heroin and at the same time. I remember being about Maybe nine years old and I was a little more developed than a lot of other kids my age so I did have breast and I remember they made me go into a room with a I had to strip down my underwear. I could not wear my bra. They had to look over my body To I guess see what scars or birthmarks I had So imagine being eight or nine years old, just developing your body and having to stand in front of a strange female while looked at you, I was not allowed to cover breast I had to turn around and if I had a scar or if I had a birthmark, I did have a couple marks on my breast. So I had a point that out to them and they had to get close and look there was not two women in there. There was just one got sent there about four times I think maybe five I don’t remember my mom. I think I was ashamed.. but this place is just evil. They would throw kids if they were bad in the guess she would say padded room, Just for simply denying that they didn’t want to eat breakfast or didn’t want to participate in activity because they were embarrassed and they would give them a shot. Sedative was in the syringe. I have no idea I remember my cousin being there with me at the same time and he didn’t want to take his medicine because it made him sick and gave him a shot in the butt pale and kinda lifeless. There was a roommate that I had that would steal my clothes and I was allowed to have a stuffed animal from home and I had two of them because I won Like this prize box for being very good And one of them was very sentimental to me because my grandma had gotten it for me and it would always I came from the arts and crafts room one day. She had my pants on and I will tell them In my clothes and stealing my stuff and they wouldn’t do anything about it. I know a lot of people probably had worse done to them there. This is all I can really remember because I’ve walked a lot of it out but What really triggers me having to stand in my underwear in front of someone that I didn’t know and Being forced to take medicine that made me zombied, but I would sit there and pick up my skin like I was on crack thinking that there was bugs on me. And being labeled as I having bipolar disorder when I don’t have it and still trying to get it off all my medical records. And like I said this was in the early 2000 so I can only imagine how much worst it’s gotten. Of course there was a couple of good workers there. But I still would never suggest you and your kids there or...

This review is for the pediatric brook hospital in DuPont. I have two boys who have been in and out of every psychiatric hospital in Louisville (and one terrible one in Indiana.)

They have been to these places since they were 5-6 until now (8-10) because of mobile assessments being requested from their schools (because JCPS can’t seem to teach special needs children without psychiatric intervention.)

This is the ONLY hospital I will agree to send them back to. The second best hospital was Our Lady Of Peace, but it still doesn’t come close to this one.

At this hospital, we met with the entire care team, including the doctors, once a week. This is huge, because every other hospital I’ve been to, I have never been “allowed” to even speak to the doctor treating my child (they were always too busy to speak with the parents.) I would usually only be allowed to meet with the social worker once a week.

In contrast, The Brook’s doctor and care team seemed really interested in my children and very clearly just wanted the best outcome for them.

They were not too quick to put them on some kind of sedative or medication.

By comparison, a hospital in Indiana called me within 5 hours of admission to get approval for a heavy tranquilizer on my 8 year old. Another hospital put both sons on exactly the same dose/same sedative medication, even though they have completely different behavioral problems and different diagnoses.

The brook didn’t want to put my sons on just any medication. They waited until they had all of the information and ultimately decided that they didn’t actually need any medication, which I agreed with. This has never happened in ANY of the five or six other hospitals they have been to. To clarify, if they had said that they DID need mediations, I would have still appreciated the fact that they waited to really evaluate them.

When I would drop things off for my kids-clothes, toys, books, etc. my sons would get them the very same night or the next day, without fail. Didn’t lose anything!

Again, by comparison, the hospital in New Albany kept my son’s shoes and sent him home barefoot!! We still haven’t gotten those back.

The New Albany hospital also never gave him the books and comfort items that had already been approved-I dropped them off on his second day. They never gave my son any of it during his entire 4 week stay.

When he was discharged from the Indy hospital (again, barefoot as they couldn’t find his shoes) and the things I dropped off were returned, half the stuff was missing.

This never happened when he stayed at the Brook-they were very careful with the kid’s comfort items and made sure the kids got them right away or they were returned to me right away if not allowed. I really appreciated this.

I would absolutely recommend this hospital to other parents.

I know leaving your child in a hospital is absolutely terrifying. I know.

This is a great hospital that really put me at ease and made my children comfortable. Hopefully we won’t need to go back, but if we do, I would ONLY agree to the Brook.

I’m confident that my children (and yours) would be very well taken...

I was not impressed at all. I arrived and all my belongings were immediately taken. I will say the staff were very friendly at the front desk and in intake. They decided that my level of care would be inpatient. I was upset and didn’t want to be there as no one really does. They force you to undress when you’re on the unit. I get safety measures have to be taken but as a grown adult it is quite uncomfortable to strip down into your underwear in front of two other adults you don’t know. I was freaking out by this point. I signed myself in but was put on a 72hr hold after refusing a “skin assessment” aka strip search and asking when the soonest I could AMA would be. I was admitted by a doctor who I didn’t meet until day 5 of my inpatient stay. When I got to my room the room hadn’t been cleaned. There were dirty linens on the bed, dirty socks on the floor, the toilet had poop stains and hair on it and toe nail clippings laid on the floor. I had to ask for cleaning supplies to clean before I could even use the restroom and I was given disinfectant wipes to do it myself. The toe nail clippings stayed there my entire 5 day stay. 24 adults were forced to stay in a tiny day room with one tv which led to high stress levels and constant arguing. Staff allowed problematic patients cause an uprise of the whole unit until patients were literally running up on each other. Some Techs were extremely rude and fed into arguing and fighting. Techs had inappropriate conversations about baby daddies and what not in front of clients and kept stating “that’s why I don’t like working on this unit.” When I finally saw the doctor I was still on a 72 hour hold. I begged him to let me go and he kept saying tomorrow and I’ll make sure I come see you first thing in the morning. He didn’t make his appearance til almost 5 pm that day. I told him I couldn’t make it another day. He agreed to let me go AMA. He told the social worker he was quite worried about me hurting myself on the way to my sober living. The social worker told me he could see I was in a reasonable state of mind but he has to go with what the doctor says. The social worker told my sober living he would get me a cab home. When it was my time to leave they said are you going to call your ride. I had to order a Lyft which cost me $18. With no job and not being able to work that is quite expensive. In my opinion it was a waste of time and just a place that cares about your insurance money. If the doctor was that worried I would hurt myself wouldn’t it be a liability to let me go?...