Peachford Hospital

This is the worst hospital you could ever go to. I came in seeking help from depression and PTSD and left more traumatized than I did coming in. The nurses are extremely rude except for 2 who seemed to genuinely care. This hospital is strictly for people with schizophrenia or bipolar to get back on their medications. There was no individual therapy. Fights breaking out everyday. My nurse practitioner basically hit on me. The psychiatrist sees you for 5 seconds and doesnt actually care. This place is a prison not a hospital and needs to be shut down.
Apr 9th, 2024

Excellent
Apr 9th, 2024

I was admitted to the adolescent unit in April of 2020. I had a fairly good experience. Any involuntary admittance is obviously not fun, but the treatment I received helped me very much. At the time the food was good and the nurses were very kind and understanding of each persons situation. The only downside was the psychiatrist I dealt with did not really seem to care. I understand that he likely had many patients. He would always wake me up at 8 in the morning and immediately ask me if I had any thoughts of hurting myself. That was odd because I had just woken up and had not even had time to think about anything yet. Overall it was a beneficial experience.
Apr 4th, 2024

PLEASE READ IF YOU FEEL YOU HAVE BEEN WRONGFULLY TRAUMATIZED BY PEACHFORD I am a future RN and as a future RN, I would like Peachford to know my experience under their care. In October of 2023, I voluntarily admitted myself into Peachford. I was dealing with a lot of issues and I originally wanted to go to a normal hospital. I wasnt eating for months and hadnt slept in the last 5 days. My mom suggested to go to Peachford since my medications SEEMED to be the cause of the problem. Surely a psychiatry unit would be best to handle that. Boy was she wrong. My physical body had an undiagnosed stomach ulcer that was directly related to the medications I had taken before my admission to Peachford, but I did not know this at that time. The symptoms I was having appeared as mania. They were not mania. I was in pain, I hadnt slept for 5 days, and I wasnt able to eat due to the undiagnosed stomach ulcer. When I arrived, I filed out paperwork, spoke with a nurse and was placed in unit 8. This unit was meant for people who were a danger to themselves or to others. Which was not the case for me. Doctor K refused to allow me out of the criminal unit I was in, which created a depression I didnt have before I entered their hospital. I felt I was being held hostage. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He then said I had to take medication or he wouldnt let me leave. He thought giving me meds was a safe discharge when actually those meds were causing more pain in my body. He told me no one was taking me seriously becaue I was being seen as someone who was refusing to take their Med. And I told him that was not the case. I loved my meds but they were causing too many physical symptoms. The doctor stated his goal was for a safe discharge. At that point, I knew that was not going to happen. I knew that safe discharge was not intended for me. It was intended for him. I ended up shutting down. There was nothing else I could do. I could feel my body shutting down and I knew what was happening to me had nothing to do with my mind. I was in the wrong place and my body being sick was being used to determine I was mentally ill when I was actually physically ill. I needed to go to a hospital. I needed rest. I asked for an AMA and was told I would be held hostage even longer if I did that. Eventually doctor K Released me to the normal unit. Saying you of all people deserve to leave this unit.. Doctor k, me of all people didnt deserve to be in that crazy unit in the first place. I needed help. I needed sleep. I needed peace, love, and support. Not meds and humiliation. There was no way I was going to be able to eat or sleep there naturally. I did not want to eat or sleep with the help of meds. I knew my body needed a natural process for recovery. Not meds. I needed an IV and rest. By not getting what I needed, Peachford further perpetuated my issue. This in turn, gave Peachford MORE incentive to hold me there longer. At this point I was so traumatized from my 5 days spent at the other unit. All I could think about was dying. I was so angry. And I had never felt like dying before. But I knew if I did anything, said anything that they could use that to keep me there longer. So again, once I got to the new unit , I just shut down. Doctor K, you traumatized me, for no reason. I hope I am forever engraved in your memory so you never make this mistake again. Especially to someone who voluntarily walked into your unit asking for help. I hope someone reads this and someone says something. Thats the only way change is made in hospitals. If I could click zero stars, I would. Oh, and if that red head nurse practitioner is reading this, you need to go back to your therapeutic communication lesson. The only change that occurs is when we come together and share our stories. You can reach out to me on Facebook as Liv Rose. PS: DO NOT VOLUNTARILY WALK IN TO THIS PLACE. THEY WILL TREAT YOU LIKE A CRIMINAL.
Apr 9th, 2024

I was locked up in Peachford for 1 week in 2017. This mental hospital made my mental illness worse and made my mental illness into insanity. I did not receive any mental or behavioral help. I asked for help repeatedly and instead the worthless doctors and nurses ignored me and ran away from me like little kids. I was treated like a criminal. I was disrespected, mocked, embarrassed, constantly yelled at like an animal, attacked, and ignored. My valuable time was completely wasted. Peachford ruined my life and is one of the reasons I will never live in Atlanta again. I almost died because of Peachford Hospital. This place needs to be reported and shut down. This place is an insurance scam that forces you to be locked up for 1 week. They do this to take all of your insurance money. And when they do that, they also charge you from the hospital themselves. Dr. Adefisan is a terrible doctor. He asked, "Are you suicidal? Get out." He only spends 10 seconds to talk to his patients. I said I wanted to go home. And he yelled at me with full volume, "No you're not going home!" And physically shoved me out of his office with his own hands. When I asked for help I was completely ignored. The worthless doctors and nurses didn't listen to me. The nurses walked passed me and didn't say anything ran away from me like little children. They ran into their office like little kids instead of helping patients with serious problems. Very unstable, violent insane people are locked up in Peachford and the nurses and doctors do absolutely nothing and walk passed them ignoring them. They run away from helping patients. The nurses run away like little kids. They ignore their patients no matter how insane they act or how violent they get. The doctors and nurses spend all their time on Netflix on their phones and gossiping and making fun of the patients and disrespecting them like they did to me. Do not go to Peachford for actual mental or behavioral help. They will take your insurance money, ignore you, lock you up for 1 week to take your insurance money, force you to take very high dosage of drugs without warning about side effects, and release you in much worse condition than before. The doctors and nurses at Peachford should not have entered the medical field because they don't help anyone but themselves. They collect a paycheck and that is the only thing that is important to them. They treat patients like evil terrible criminals. And patients who want a solution or want to improve their lives will instead be ignored, abused, disrespected, and treated like a criminal for having serious problems in their lives. I am healed and good now. Mental health books, actual competent professional psychiatrists, helpful YouTube videos, exercise, working a job, and mental health websites are much more effective at healing from mental illness. Peachford is like a prison. It is a terrible place that will make you worse than before. This place needs to be reported for hospital negligence and shut down. This place needs to be investigated. Especially Dr. Adefisan and all the terrible nurses should be removed from practicing any form of medicine. They have damaged ruined and killed lives, not helped them in any way.
Apr 4th, 2024