Newark Beth Israel-Partial Care Program — Local services in Newark

i stayed here jan 26-feb 6th 2023.awful childrens psych ward. when i stayed, the back area where there was a “dining room” supposedly, was closed off. this meant we had such a small area to walk around outside of our rooms if we wanted to. they give you menus to fill out in the morning. i never got what i asked for at lunch or dinner, usually only breakfast (if i was lucky). for a week straight they gave me the same roasted chicken while my roommates got everything they asked for. that made me feel bad, i didnt know why i was the one not getting what i wanted. the food was decent though, probably the only thing about this place that wasnt horrible. i was on my best behavior (for someone in psychosis). the nurses were rude. not all, but most. not so much to me because i was scared of them and so i never objected to anything they said. you could tell they’d never struggled mentally. i would complain of a serious pain in my chest, because that is truly what i felt, and they would tell me, “okay, we will have medicine for you, go back to your room” and then 2 hours would pass and nothing. they claimed that they didnt want to give me medicine and wanted me to wait it out because of the risks of becoming addicted. why didn’t they tell me this instead of having me wait, hoping they would give me something to make me feel better? what is one Benadryl or Tylenol going to do? its not like they’re handing me the bottle and saying “here you go”. during my stay there was no going outside. it was so cold inside, even with two blankets i couldn’t stay asleep. then they would flash a very bright flashlight to do checks, which i get is necessary but so annoying. also, there was definitely inappropriate behavior going on between patients, also some cases of bullying, but they didn’t do anything. all they really cared about was their chinese takeout and whatever they were watching on their phone. oh and i almost forgot, when i first arrived i was placed in a freezing room with NO toiletries. no toilet paper or paper towels. there were profanities written all over the gym mat that acted as our “door” to the bathroom. heavily disturbing things. i get we’re in a psych ward but seriously? you cant spray paint over it or something? both rooms i stayed in had this problem. we had two classes every weekday, called school, which you HAD to get out of your room to participate in. it was the worst because it was all 1st-5th grade level activities. i would volunteer to read just so it could go by faster. i wanted to be able to do my actual schoolwork, but they provide you no access to the internet or even a laptop with nurse supervision. they would print me out assignments my teachers sent me that required the use of the internet? they paid no attention to anything at all. the only form of entertainment we had were a few board games which other people got taken away for all of us, and materials to draw. one TV was in that room also, but usually it was childrens cartoons or sports. if you wanted water you would have to get out of your room to get some poured into a foam cup for you, and sometimes they had eyelashes or hair in them (EW). i dont understand how, because they appeared to be packaged in plastic. on the topic of gross things, the shower was a nightmare. you couldn’t shower whenever you wanted, it was a one hour window in the morning and a one hour window at night. the showers were GROSS. clumps of hair on the floor, rust in the corners, water barely warm. the medication Abilify that they put me on was the worst medication i have ever been on. created more problems for me than i even started out with. overall a very unprofessional staff and just a nightmare of a hospital. i wish i could go back in time and just have waited a few more hours at monmouth medical, even though i had already been there for about 30 hours until they made the decision to send me to Newark Beth Israel. please, please, please do not send your child here if you care about them. ESPECIALLY dont if they’re su*cidal, they just might off themselves upon...

this hospital is absolutely disgusting and traumatizing. the hospitals main focus is medicine, the nurses are rude and unprofessional and simply dont care. a nurse named dimitri, A MAN yanked my hair and then called 2 other male security gaurds to grab me by my hair and drag me to my room as i was screaming to be put down. not only was pulling out my braid not good enough during the process of that but but he proceeds to spit on me and laugh as i was in my bedroom crying, they also drugged me (which i did not consent to) and after i cursed her out threatened to give me more as an even greater punishment. speaking of security gaurds, the security gaurds of the unit kicked my mother out and called her ignorant all because i was terrified and started crying. we then had another nurse destiny that would gossip about staff members to us and often say in front of us “im gonna kill myself” underneath her breath as a “joke”. the nurses aren’t empathetic enough and there is no 1 on 1 therapy. we have 1-2 groups a day that dont help with what were going through and on the weekends we have none. we sit & eat in our boring rooms for hours and sometimes just end up sleeping all day. no the food isnt good. the showers are disgusting and has rust in the corners and are rarely ever cleaned. the staff pick and chooses who to inflict rules on and will even punish you for wanting to self harm or self harming in general while your there by taking your clothes away. outside is depressing as were caged in because were on a roof top (understandable) but felt like we trapped with nothing much to rlly do because we weren’t actually on ground with space or grass so we played with the...

Psych ward for children was pretty awful the staff is scary and get angry easily. There was one good staff member there. One staff member got angry at me because she misunderstood my English and made me cry so hard I got sick. Another told me "how dare I" complain about my very abusive parents. The same staff member also talk about punishing her son and if I am remembering correctly she used corporal punishment tho I'm not sure exactly. If you are traumatized and get sent there they will keep you from killing yourself but other than that it's a waste of time. If your main response to trauma is to fawn you will be doing that the entire time, you will be on edge the whole time, I don't recommend going there if you have any kind of trauma disorder such as PTSD or DID because the staff will trigger it constantly, you will be in fight or flight and a high state of anxiety the whole time. You will basically be in the, I'm in danger and have to survive this feeling the whole time which will temporarily distract you from suicide, I saw them hold down and sedate a clearly mentally disabled six year old for being slightly upset. In short go somewhere else. It is not an environment that promotes...