Lakeside Behavioral Health System

DO NOT GO HERE YOURSELF OR ADVISE ANYBODY TO GO HERE AND GET HELP. I was put here when I was 17 and was acting recklessly, doing drugs and got committed for about two months. The «doctor» I had assigned to my case would lock the door when we had our sessions, touch my legs, and tell me I was sexy and that my parents made one hot kid. He also asked for my Facebook login username and password, and was being very threatening so I gave it to him. I heard him talking in the other room, looking at all my pictures and saying which ones I looked really good in. They also have this thing called CR where you have to sit in your room for 24 hours without leaving and I got punished with this WHEN I LOST A GAME WE WERE PLAYING IN GROUP. Are you serious! The only reason I got to leave was because my insurance stopped paying for it after two months. Needless to say, I got 1000x worse after I left this hellhole.

Lakeside is only interested in two things: your money and their power. In terms of money, they set up a «treatment» plan for my minor son that was designed for only one thing — to milk my insurance company. In terms of power, when we complained about them milking a minor problem for money they shut us (the parents of a minor) out of the process completely. I didn’t realize it was possible, but when we consented to in-​patient treatment then Lakeside had the authority to stop consulting us and just do whatever they wanted. Only after we were on the eve of legal action to stop their unethical and abusive practices did they relent. Miraculously, our minor son was «cured» by Lakeside rather than go court.