Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center:The Department of Psychiatry — Local services in New York

Hey the workers over in the psychiatric ward are not that professional and they’re on their phones way too much and leaning on the wall not to mention the group activities that i participated in weren’t enough, I think we need more activities as well as a place for patients to go for nature walk, I was in that Facility for 16 days and it was horrible.I also think It needs hygiene patrol/police for some of the patients not to mention a team of doctors approached me to help me but it felt very disoriented so we need more structure as a team in the facility and a park ,a park so patiencecould go for a walk and get fresh air have some outside activities inside the building and next time I would love if I could be debriefed on how long I would be staying here and the rules on how long I could be kept here since I was recommended by the cops not mention the doctor tried pulling a quick one on me with signing some papers it felt forced felt like I had to do it just to leave that painful facility so please I do not want anyone else to have to go through that or go through it again so please have a park we’re patient can go for a nature walk or please put a fake park in the building and keep the ventilation on with out that patience would that patience would feel like there suffocating just like I had…yours truly military vet btw and please let the other public facilities do some thank you guys so much…..❤️⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️ wait and not to mention I had to sleep in a chair on my arrival next to all sorts of people with also sorts of problems which if I had drapes and people there to monitor me as I sleep not to mention beds...

The people who work in the childs psych unit are very very unprofessional. They take allotted time away from you with your child because they have shift changes at the start of visiting hours. They are apathetic and obviously grossly under qualified for the work they are allegedly doing. Our child is in crisis and the level of ego in this place really needs to be investigated . The doctors there will not give you copies of medical records that you request. You are at their mercy and they know it. Someone with some humanity and authority needs evaluate the staff..they are just miserable there and it gets transferred to...

Holy ish this is awful, it's extremely hot, humidity at its highest, and that's outside!!! You would think any emt, police or DOCTORS! would get someone to turn on the central air conditioning, and to make matters worse in the CHC section all but 3 elevators work. Picture this: you pass out and get a stroke or a heat stroke, WHILE WAITING TO BE CALLED BY A NEUROLOGIST!!! Or if you've had a heart attack while WAITING TO SEE A CARDIOLOGIST!!! you see the irony of that? This place can be added to a verse of Billy Joel's "Blond...