Forest House Adolescent Unit 2020-11-14 Person 2 5 0

i was in forest house for a crisis admission, and honestly it was really hard. the only good part was some of the people i met there. i was admitted at 5am and left to sleep. a doctor woke me up at 7am and told me they would give me therapy, put me on medication and that i was on 15 min checks. when i woke up later on, i was sitting in my room alone for over an hour before i was checked on. i was not given any meds or therapy. i was promised support at home from a social worker and was again given nothing. i had one individual session with a support worker, who i was meant to be making a safety plan with, i cried and couldn’t come up with any answers so it was all made up. Dr Z was one of the most patronising, lying and unhelpful people i have ever met in the mental health services. she told me i had no mental health problems when i have since been diagnosed with depression, anxiety and borderline personality disorder. i had a cpa where me and my mum both cried and i said i felt unsafe to go home and my mum didn’t feel like she could take care of me, yet i was sent home that day anyway. my mum had to be on 24 watch with me. they didn’t help me at all, in fact, they made me feel more hopeless. and all of the support offered in my discharge plan didn’t end up happening. however, the food was fine, there were some decent activities and some staff were nice, in particular, rosie, nigel, farrah. i wouldn’t recommend it, but obviously you don’t have much choice generally, so i’d just say push for the support you need. sometimes it’s just not enough though, i was completely honest and open and still didn’t get anything i needed.