Wheelchair-accessible entrance
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Brunswick Hospital Center in Amityville
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Amityville, Suffolk County, New York, US
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Wheelchair-accessible toilet
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Toilets
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Appointments recommended
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Phone: +1 631-789-7708
Site: http://www.brunswickhospitalcent...
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Opening hours
- Monday:Open 24 hours
- Tuesday:Open 24 hours
- Wednesday:Open 24 hours
- Thursday:Open 24 hours
- Friday:Open 24 hours
- Saturday:Open 24 hours
- Sunday:Open 24 hours
Comments (124)
I went there for 18 days and the staff there yells too much for people that get triggered cause of that it is not good. The food may be late and sometimes not even good. The so called therapy groups are not even helpful at all. Plus there is too much drama there.
I was there in in like the end of 2019 ( and starts of 2020) and i felt worse genuinely i had so many panic attacks and they would just give me medicine to stay asleep so i won’t start crying or something
If you want your blood stolen from you, then try this hospital. They’re thieves and they do organ harvesting. Just evil people.
Expect them to give you your prescribed sleep meds so you can sleep at night? Nope! The pain meds they promised when you twisted your ankle? Nope! Actually being able to talk to a psychiatrist? Nope! Properly titrating you off your antipsychotics so you dont become a paranoid mess? Nope! Actually treating patients? Nope! Using your legal name instead of your deadname? Nope! Helping you find stolen property? Nope! If you get sent to this nightmare factory, do whatever you must to get out ASAP. Youll be healthier on the outside.
I would genuinely give this place zero stars if I could.THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO TREAT PEOPLE WITH DEPRESSION. Being the youngest person in the unit was hard enough since I was 18, but they just made it gradually worse for me everyday. I cried so much and not one nurse tried to help me, they merely treated me like an animal, I was not able to sleep for countless nights, and the food was atrocious. We were only allowed to go out once a day for less than 5 minutes sometimes. I went in not on medication and they basically forced me to start taking medication for depression without consulting me about it at all beforehand. They basically just forced me to shut up and take the medication without telling me anything about it. When I told the nurse I was nervous about going on medication she merely told me You dont take your medication, you wont get discharged. Then after my Awful experience, I tried getting in contact with the psychiatrist who prescribed me the medication so I could get a refill, and after various calls to both the hospital AND her number herself. I STILLL have never gotten a response from Dr. Veronica Ogula. And as a result of this atrocity of a facility Im still struggling to find a new psychiatrist to help me refill my medication.PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR LOVED ONES HERE. THIS PLACE IS INCAPABLE OF TREATING PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESSES.THEY TREAT YOU LIKE AN ANIMAL !!!!!
Its a beautiful respectful place you just have to go there if you are mentally struggling with something and get your life together back on track its a good place to go for those that are lost in the world that we live in and may God bless everyone in the hospital with good health each and every day Jesus Christ name I pray amen
Was at Brunswick when I was a teen and its not part of South oaks like Google review suggests its two different hospitals located in Amityville both great places Brunswick wouldnt let us sleep before bedtime and they keep you very busy all day its ok to rest guys 😂 I was here in like 1996.
I wish I could give 0 stars, a close family member of mine was having an adverse reaction to medication THEY prescribed. Only people I could get through to were two ladies in admitting, I explained what was going on and they kept telling me they couldnt help and wouldnt answer when I asked to speak to the nurse on duty. Then proceeded to keep hanging up the phone on me and transferring me to extensions that go nowhere, the two women in admitting on Wednesday 12/15 in the night shift are awful and dont care about other people just their paychecks...
Had a loved one who was admitted here for 2 weeks and came out yesterday with only one prescription which has not been helping him he was manic while he was there for 2 weeks and when he came home yesterday he was still manic , they need new people here cause the workers here don’t know what their doing he had to get readmitted today
It was one of the worst experiences of my life. I didn’t feel safe. Nobody even asked why I tried to hurt myself. It was not a place to heal, there were many violent clients. I barely saw the doctor. There were men who disrobed themselves in the common area, a fight in the lunch room whereas folks could not exit. It was so loud at night I could not sleep. The staff was cold & unfeeling and did not know how to talk to my family about suicide. I left with more trauma than I went their with as a young woman at the time.
The way patients have to call outside if they don’t have quarters is a service that charges $31 for the first minute. Highway robbery.
Disgusting place. Staff did not help at all and attempted to cover up an injury that I received on the premises. Food was spoiled, stale, and they did not respect my dietary needs. Put a 12 year old kid on 200mg of Wellbutrin and took them off after 2 days because they werent kicking in. Dr. Kahn put me on sleeping meds after 1 night which caused me to pass out. Obviously I would have trouble adjusting to a new environment and I have never had sleep problems before. I interacted with my social worker about 2 times in the 2 weeks I was there. She did not help in the slightest and acted as if she didnt want to be there. I was not allowed to use feminine products without a doctors note.It seems that they are very outdated and go by some psychology protocol from the 1950s. Definitely needs to be shut down as it only makes peoples lives worse. They would rather drug the kids up than give them actual therapy.
Scary place; Evan Housel was nice though. Andrew Heart was great and I loved Gina!
Mental health and care is a process . people post negative things, they act like they can admit themselves in the facility and be healed change has to come from within we all have ups and downs we deal with, no one is perfect but the dr has a case load a mile long most times and the patient is just responsible for themselves, patients too have to be proactive in the type of care they receive. we all have to do our own due diligence when it comes to a relationship(DR -PT). take accountability always remember when you point to finger at a person there are 3 pointing back at YOU. I am a nurse I do not work there Im am not paid to say anything about this facility. Im just commenting.
Communication with patients family is almost nilWas never told of discharge date after asking for a warning to prepare for the next phaseThey dropped her off at home and that was itWorst experience of all time and this is number 6Place should be turned into a dog park
I was one who was just discharged from this places adolescent psych ward after staying for two weeks. I DO NOT recommended anyone get sent here even if its the only ward with an open bed.Was transported to Brunswick after staying at Outpatient Pediatric at Good Samaritan Hospital. I was depressed and suicidal due to family issues and Good Sam didnt have a psych ward for children. Before coming here, I had friends who went to Brunswick at one point in their lives and none of them had good things to say about it. Heck, while I was being transported even the nurses in the ambulance warned me. First time looking at the place, it looked like at one point it was abandoned. It looked unreal; like straight from a horror movie. Inside was small and cramped and looked just as horror movie-ish like the outside. In fact, it looked like something out of a dream or nightmare.Good Things about the place:-The kids there were great. I could relate to a lot of them and I could felt like I could talk freely about them.-There were two really great staff members.-This place also taught me how NOT to run a psych ward, since in the future I want to be a therapist.-You only get to stay here a maximum of two weeks. You only need to do more in a more severe case.Bad Things about this place: The place is FILTHY. Dust all over the closets, rooms, shelves, and hallways.-The staff (except for two of them) were extremely unprofessional. They get unusually impatient really quickly, especially two of the female nurses (Buffy and Mary). Mary found an old poem I made about how depressed and suicidal was and she used that to her advantage to get a ton of information than I was comfortable saying. She also calls all of the children cutesy names as a facade. Buffy has a severe attitude and when we ask her too much stuff she gives out this full out speech to tell us to stop being needy.-The food here is worse than normal hospital food. Brunswick served expired dairy products, moldy bread, raw/undercooked chicken products. -Apparently here, medication is the only cure because there is no therapy and activities and only medication. This one patient who was there was given more than 200mg of medication in the matter of 6 days. If it doesnt work, the doctor doesnt wait until you get used to it a just builds up the dosage until you literally become a zombie.-The staff are neglectful. They either talk to each other or go on their phones.-One of the staff members there called a patient with separation anxiety manipulative and she only cares about herself-The social workers are never there. When you ask for them, they never get to you and just leave. I literally had to get a new social worker who was more professional (hint more) than the old one.-Severely limited family visiting time. We only got visiting on two days of the week (Monday and Friday) and you only get to see and talk to them for 15 minutes.-This place gives the patients a better reason to kill themselves. Nearly the entire unit told me that when I asked them how they felt about it. The patients with eating disorders were only starving themselves more. The kids who self-harm found new ways to do it and the staff dont do anything other than saying stop and shaming them.Overall, this place was the closest to hell on earth well ever get. There was no proper therapy or any form of help other than a pile of pills. The social workers are never there and the staff are nowhere close to professional. I came in bad and came out worse. This is even worse than South Oaks and thats saying something. Even if this is the only place available, do not put anyone in this places adolescent psych ward.
HORRIBLE HOSPITAL, they continuously draw blood from black patients and run illegal test!!! BEWAREEEEEE
If you have any other choices don’t come here. It make a condition worse. The nurses is not trained, they treat their patients very violently. This place is like a jail. Dr khans will yell at patients and the only thing he will do is give you medicine that make you numb and you can’t even said a complete sentence after taking the meds. Everyone hate their social work Olivia. They give me ptsd. I have my first panic attack at this place. I’m not in a fight or anything and I’m just having my first panic attack then use just pin me down and poll me in to my room to give me shot. No matter how much word is said I can never finish my terrible experience at this place. After I got discharged I went to another mental hospital in a week.
Like many other with experience at Brunswick Hospital Center and writing reviews here, my family member left more traumatized than when she was admitted to The Brunswick Hospital Center. In the 12 short hours she spent at Brunswick Hospital, my daughter was treated horribly and unprofessionally, denied food or water, and also had her bag containing personal items and a pair of $300 Bose headphones, conveniently stolen by some corrupt staff member, before she left in fear of her personal safety. Multiple efforts to hold the staff accountable for this obvious crime of theft were callously blown off, or fell on deaf ears. If you truly care for your love one, heed the warnings given here in the comments section, and seek more professional help anywhere else possible. The New York State Department of Mental Health, and Suffolk County Prosecutors should definitely open an investigation into this facility. UNDER NO CiRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU SUBJECT YOUR LOVED ONE TO THIS TOTALLY UNPROFESSIONAL AND CRIMINALLY COMPROMISED FACILITY.
If anyone says this is a good place to have your family stay it’s a huge lie. Most of the staff is rude and dismissive including everyone who works in management. By far the worse experience of my life. They do not believe in patient centered care and there is no quality care. The food quality will make you sick. The goal here is to over medicate all patients
Recently completed a 10-day stay at Brunswick. If I could give less than 1 star I would.For starters, my doctor (Veronica) was awful. I saw her for about a total of 15 minutes over my 10 days there. Veronicas patient care philosophy is one-size-fits-all: Put patient on Abilify and wait a week, no matter what that patients needs actually are. She is also extremely uncommunicative, and prescribed me the meds without telling me A) that she was prescribing them, or B) Any information about the meds. She did this to another patient too, so this is definitely a habit of hers. I have never had a more horrible doctor or mental health practitioner in my life.An important thing to know about Brunswick is that it is NOT a treatment facility. In their own words, Brunswicks specialty is containment and stabilization, which means you sit around doing absolutely nothing all day while they collect your insurance money. There are usually a few groups each day (ranging from zero to two each day lasting 40 minutes each), put on by art therapists. These groups most commonly consist of coloring pages. Very rarely did they consist of anything resembling actual therapy. The art therapists are very kind people, but what they do is not treatment. There was reportedly an option to sign up for one to one therapy, which I attempted to do persistently and got exactly one session over my 10 days. Because there is nothing to do and no treatment being offered, Brunswick is an incredibly stressful environment. I ended up spending most of my time pacing the hallway until my blisters had blisters.If you are transgender, AVOID BRUNSWICK LIKE THE PLAGUE. Several staff members are actively bigoted against transgender patients. I saw transgender patients being misgendered on purpose regularly by one staff member (Rochelle). I saw a different staff member (Shaquira) reveal a transgender patients personal information (birth name and transgender status) to other patients unprompted like it was juicy gossip.I admitted myself voluntarily, hoping for help with my suicidal ideation. I left Brunswick even more suicidal than I went in. I have never had such a stressful experience in my life. They actively made me worse. DO not go here, do not send your loved ones here.Some positive notes: I have heard from every patient who has him that Dr. Khan is the best doctor and that he genuinely cares about his patients. If you are randomly assigned him as your doctor, your experience may be more positive. Staff members Lorraine and Diego are awesome, theyre the best and deserve a shoutout!If anyone from Brunswick is reading this, here are my suggestions to improve Brunswick:- Fire Dr. Veronica- Increase the amount of groups / hire more therapists and make them consist of actual therapy instead of coloring and bingo- Give your staff a sensitivity workshop on working with transgender patients in a respectful manner
It doesn’t help you get better only a couple staff actually care about the patients the other half is mean and rude and unprofessional
For my second stay at Brunswick it was a stay of progression and promise of a brighter future. My first 6 years ago was one necessary for my stability and well being.During this second stay, I was fortunate enough to have interaction with management on a level never experienced before, especially when it comes to my healthcare.I have been frequenting hospitals since I was 19 years old. I am in my 30s now and the measures by many of the staff here, far exceeded my expectations and were exactly what I needed for a master re-set and guidance to move forward on the right path.If you are looking for a hospital, and you are looking to improve your mental health in any form -Come to Brunswick with open arms and be ready to share, they have care and Mike is advocating for you.
If you care about your loved one in any way, shape or form PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO BE SENT THERE. This place is like something from a horror movie. They will lie to you and tell you that your loved one is doing well and making progress. That they received your delivery of personal belongings and made sure that your loved one got them. They ask to send quarters for the pay phones that do not work and my guess never had. Thank God my loved one is alive to tell the stories of what went on there. Please think twice before allowing anyone you know to go there.
The Security Director at BRUNSWICK HOSPITAL has over stayed her welcome. You can tell by the way she talks to people. She has a very condescending way about her.
I attended the female adolescent facility in 2019I was over medicated and that affected my weight (I gained 20 pounds in 3 weeks) I now have an eating disorder and struggle with my weight till this dayI felt more depressed in there and I only saw the social worker once which was when I was admitted to the hospital and the same goes for the therapist whom I only saw once as well because she joined group.I encountered Dr.Khan twice to discuss my meds and situation and it only lasted 2-5 mins which led to my misdiagnosis.The food sometimes had mold but I still shoved it down in fear of being held there for longer (that is what the nurses used to say)Certain nurses were rude and at the time their attitude towards me did affect me considering my self esteem was extremely low and I was severely depressed and manic.Patients found ways to self harm and some would starve themselves.So overall not great but it could have been worse
Was at this hospital when I was a teen my experience was good I was here for 7 months then I went to sagamore childrens center both facilities were great I got the help I needed Brunswick had a commissary back then we spent most of our time outside we went in trips every Thursday we were even allowed to go on weekend passes with family I remember my first time going to adventure land thanks to Brunswick nice place
Just wanted to thank Brunswick for helping me out in a time we’re I couldn’t help myself Carlin 2 Specifically but even more Specifically Ms.Rochelle when I was at my lowest she always comforted me when I didn’t feel safe within myself Ms.Rochelle has a very special way of doing her job and I always knew once I came there and returned home the problem that lead me there may not go away but if it does happen to occur again I will have better tools to either fix the situation or deal with it so it will not have to lead to another hospitalization. And maybe it will but Rome wasn’t built in a day right ? I’m so greatful to this day I literally thank the ground I walk on for having the chance to meet such a heart of gold because no matter what that situation is she always know how to get me out of such a dark place it’s like she has such a way with her words and she always chosen them very wisely because I’m the type of person who did not wanna admit that medication is my life at least for now so she use to always tell me the medication is there to help you not harm you its there so it can help guide you to smile and live your life to your full potential like I know you can then from there on i have been working and living on my own so its like it became easier day by day within myself to take my medication like I’m supposed to so now as days weeks months an years goes on my hospitalization gets less and less because I always keep in mind what I was taught by very special people so once again thank You Ms.Rochelle & Carlin 2 for doing such a AWSOME job
Place is awful I been here when I was 8 Im 20 now but due to the horrific conditions I still remember vividly how poorly the child unit was. Staff was awful food was awful it did the exact opposite of rehabilitating people.
My 18 year old daughter went there and it was horrible. She was left terrified surrounded by middle aged men and some really deeply disturbed people, sharing a room with an angry crack addict and nobody saw her for days!!! The psychiatrist was not there. She had no treatment...it was like One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. I was fighting to get her out. It was like a scam. They said something about when your admitted on a Monday or something about certain staff not being there and unable to be evaluated for release until Friday. It is seriously horrible and needs to be shut down. It was also dirty and broken down looking. Talk about depressing and my daughter said they just kept slinging more mattresses in rooms to take more people in. They dont care about patient well being. I was fighting all week to get her out and witnessed an elderly couple who were trying to get their daughter out. Like me they were never able to talk to the doctor ever!!! He never or seldom seemed to be there.
Do yourself and your loved one a favor: stay away from here. My mom spent 1.5 weeks here--majority of time in group-- no diagnosis; no improvement. She actually got worse where she is now leaving the house at 3am to speak with a spirit outsid .
Hard to get a hold of social worker and people who are supposed to help you get better to leave the Hospital. One of the people I stayed with found a bug in her good. Another guy three threw up after eating the food. On two different occasions. The did not watch closely a young woman on suicide watch, as she almost drank cleaning liquid. Other patients stopped her. Some of the staff are great!!! Very caring and open and down to Earth. Others lie and dont listen.On the other hand, I see how difficult it is/can be for the psychiatrists and social workers.
WORST EXPERIENCE EVER!! I was a patient in this hospital and it was TRAUMATIZING! Hey discharged me the day after I said I wasn’t ready to leave because I was suicidal. Physical fights happened 24/7 and was not broken up until almost 45 seconds in, constant drama and disrespect by staff. I would seriously recommend south oaks if anyone is in need of a hospital because they ACTUALLY know what they’re doing. This place should really be shut down!
This place is terrible on many fronts. Full disclosure: I didnt stay at the hospital, but I had a family member who did, and my rating is based on my own experience of talking to staff, social workers, mental health professionals (nurse practitioner, physician assistant), and many visits to the facility.Its readily apparent the place is poorly managed. It looks rundown, like no one has given an ounce of pride to the establishment in a decade or two. Getting in touch with someone with some authority (social worker, doctor) is like trying to get in touch with an elected official. And releases were signed, so its not as if the hospital was protecting the patients privacy, theyre just extremely hard to get a hold of.The place looks like a psychiatric facility youd see in a movie. Its pretty dirty, rundown, with broken fixtures. The payphone the patients use to call family and friends are terrible. They crackle and distorts the voice like youre talking to an android. It happens, phones breaks, but the fact its not repaired is symbolic of the place as a whole. Ill even give the facility the benefit of the doubt and assume the phone broke the day my family member was admitted, but thats still nearly 3 weeks.The thing I was most surprised about is the philosophy of treatment of the hospital. Most of the time the patients are just sitting around, especially on the weekend when theres no therapeutic activities happening. During the week they have a visit from the doctor (nurse practitioner or physicians assistant) for a few minutes --my family member never saw an MD or DO. Theres also the occasional visit from the social worker.The most frustrating thing about the facility is the lack of communication between all of the mental health professionals and staff. One person will say hes not taking medication; another will say hes on medication. One person will say the medication hes on will takes weeks to have a desirable effect; someone else will say the medication should work immediately.We personally witnessed a form of psychological abuse taking place during visiting hours. There was a patient having a breakdown, which consisted of screaming and throwing objects around. There was a couple staff members who were laughing at the patient; they found it amusing. This was even more disturbing that they were laughing in front of visitors --if they behave this way in front of visitors, how do they behave behind closed doors? To be fair, however, there were some kind and dedicated staff members.If you or a loved one has a choice, I would avoid this facility at all costs. Im aware that sometimes there isnt a choice. If you dont have a choice, just do your best to advocate for yourself or your loved on because this place isnt going to have your best interest in mind. Its like a cold, dark factory on its last legs. Theres this creepy detached feeling about the facility, and the only way I could describe it is like they dont think of their patients as human beings (a person with a name, history, good qualities and bad qualities), instead its like they think of the patients in terms of their patient number rather than their name (patient 12345-6, diagnosis X, allergic to Y).
Went here many years ago when I was a teen before google or facebook its like 1996 anyway my stay was not that good not that bad its in the middle I remember being forced to play sports in the summer which I hated the commissary was OK they had snacks and even soda but between school and sports you were constantly doing stuff and when your on a ton of meds you need rest we were not allowed to go to sleep before 10 pm. Lots of rules and wake up early we ate well and were not abused but boy did they keep you busy..
After dropping my son off at nassau medical center, I received a call from brunswick hospital socialworker, samantha, that my son was transferred there without my knowledge the same day. He has been there for almost a month, and i still have never heard from dr. Agit. My son signed papers to allow him and his socialworker to speak to me. I have tried at least 10 times to speak to the dr. His mailbox has been full the entire time. I call the hospital back to leave a message. Never has he returned my calls. Today when i went to visit my son, i was told he was being discharged on monday. When were they going to tell me? The lack of communication is horrendous.Shame on you dr. Agit.
Don’t send anyone there. You never hear from the Dr Joseph or Social Worker Sam on what they are doing for the patient. Not professional at all. They send them home after 2 days on Medication (if it’s the right one) then their back at hospital the same day cause home tooo soon. Bad place
As a young kid in 2016 I was the youngest in the system at 12 or 13 I didn’t know really what was happening, I was depressed and when they put me in this place it didn’t help, I met a couple kids that I wish I had kept in contact with but other than that the facility itself was horrible . All they did was make you feel as if you did something wrong , it felt like juvy and there was so many restrictions and consequences on things for no reason , I was in there for being depressed and it felt like I was being neglected and had consequences for it . I thought they would help but I was simply being stuffed with medication and treated like a criminal I did not deserve to and nor did any of those other kids were , when I was there they didn’t even let us outside for fresh air I was stuck in there for a month with no outside contact and DR.Kahn made it his mission to make people stay longer if they act out by prescribing them even more pills apparently I was diagnosed with A.D.D because at a conference with Dr Kahn and my parents I kept looking out a window , he then asked me why I kept look out the window , I simply replayed “ it’s because I haven’t seen a window without a gate in a while” I guess he got mad because he extended my stay 2 weeks . But the staff them selves are great , especially John , but there just doing there job .
Great facility for your loved ones who need help. The location is just peaceful! The staff are very attentive and empathetic to the needs of patients. U see how much team work there is in this facility, which is rare. Kudos to the awesome staff! ❤️ Also keep in mind that the negative reviews are from a year ago so focus on the now!! So much good can happen in a year!!
They harvest blood and organs and lie to people . Don’t bother
My mom was here for a week. Please do not send your loved ones here if you want them to get better. My mom is schizophrenic and was off her meds for months. She assaulted a stranger and this is why she ended up here. She was discharged today, although I was speaking up against her being discharged because during my visit I saw no change in her behavior. They claim she was taking meds and seeing a psychiatrist everyday. My mom claims she never spoke to a doctor. I asked to speak to the doctor because most of her doctors asked to speak to her family since my mom is in denial of her condition, we are the ones who have to shed light about her real symptoms. I never got a call from her doctor. Tonight she is having visual and auditory hallucenations and acting aggressively towards all of us, the same exact way she did right before she was admitted! I knew this was a BS hospital! The staff is overly nice but my mom is not better at all!!!!!! She had better discharged at other hospitals, where they actually waited for medication to fully kick in. I’m reporting this hospital to Medicaid and DOH because basically they took her insurance money but did not treat her, or help her, and discharged her prematurely, even though her family strongly advised against it. They just wanted to clear a bed for another patient to collect their money. Now my family is scared of another tragedy happening, but if something happens to my mom or to my family, I’m holding this hospital 100% accountable!
Worst place to send your loved one who needs help to. This is an outdated facility. Young girls are mixed with grown men. The showerstalls are dirty with soapscum. The staff,day and night are mostly rude and do not care. They definately overmedicate and if you dont comply you have to go through the system.When we asked Dr.Tutu about his assessment during intake and I questioned his assessment and asked him to explain to me wat it means,he told us outright that he doesnt have to explain anything to us.Not professional at all if you can even expect that from a place like this .....the receptionist is very friendly but doesnt make the experience any more pleasant.I understand that there are rules to be followed by the staff and doctors but there is no compassion from the staff which should be expected when you work in this kind of field. Fights frequently brake out between patients. All in all, we were lucky to get our loved one out after 3 days which is not the norm....I suggest that before you make the decision to send somebody there to pay attention to the reviews. There us no helpful therapy or care in this place.i wish for everybody who is dealing with any mental illness or other to find the light at the end of the tunnel and live a happy live in the future.
My daughter was hospitalized at Brunswick Hospital. I must say it was well worth the commute in comparison to her previous stay at the hospitals in the city. Dr.Khan and Dr.Salvo were extremely instrumental in helping my daughter overcome her deep depression & anxiety. This is has been by far the happiest I have seen my baby feel in a long time . A+ to this small private facility in Long Island. Without a doubt I recommend anyone seeking treatment for their teenagers to have them treated at this hospital .
This hospital was awful. The doctors dont care and the social workers are beyond useless. The nurses are more concerned with paperwork than patients. I was there a week and only saw my doctor ONCE. They all ignore you and violated more than a few of my patient rights. They are neglectful and abusive to those who dont speak up. This place needs to be investigated and shut down, or it needs a major overhaul. DO NOT send anyone you care about there.
The employees in admission and reception were great. I had to admit a family member and they made me feel comforted and supported, which is hard to do during such a difficult moment. Every time I went to visit they were very helpful and the experience overall was a good one.
Brunswick Hall Hospital is by far the worst hospital in Suffolk County NY. I worked for them for over three years and the hospital is disorganized. The employees spent more time flirting with female social workers and nurses rather than care for the patients in need. In fact, some employees have made verbal threats to the patients by suggesting to meet them in their bedroom, in order for the employees to be physically aggressive with the patients. There are no cameras to monitor the employees entering the patients’ bedroom. The Chief Quality Officer is the biggest walking contradiction at Brunswick Hall Hospital. He is fully aware of what is going on at the faculty, but has done nothing to resolve the matter with the employees, thus putting the patients at risk. In my professional opinion, Northwell and Stony Brook should consider investing in Brunswick Hall Hospital and leveraging a hostile takeover of the hospital, because it is an unsafe working environment for both dedicated employees and vulnerable patients.
May I just tell you my mom has been in the hospital in Brunswick Amityville and this Psych hospital today was truly amazing. My mom is straightened out with her Dementia and Nicole SW and nurses were amazing today. From a nurse/daughter perspective. TRULY AMAZING AND I CANT THANK THIS DR AND SW ENOUGH. She will be following up with them monthly because I wont bring her any place else. A few bumpy roads but truly they fixed her. On behalf of Phyllis Harrington. Maranda ZocchiGritz.ps might be a 4 hour trip for us but so worth it to keep my mom mentally healthy.
The doctors here just run patients through the system. My mother was released after a week and has exactly the same delusions as she had before going in. I understand that some of them are fixed delusions, but she is still talking to the air and inanimate objects. And the social workers just told me that because the doctor said so, she has to go.
My son was there and treated horribly. His so called psychiatrist was a NASTY woman. She was nasty to me as well. He was not given any treatment that he needed because nobody really bothered to find out what it was that he actually needed. His doctor argued with me regarding one of his diagnoses, saying he didnt have what he actually did have. Brunswick doesnt even deserve to be called a hospital. Its a dump!!! Absolutely disgraceful!!!!
I went here myself and my opinion is that the hospital needs working water fountains. Better food because I myself threw up on several entrées. The staff could be more aware of patients needs. And also more hospitality needs to be shown to patients. I was allowed smoking breaks but was given Indian reservation cigarettes that gave me a migraine I believed were probably laced with a chemical that caused the reaction. The hospital also tried to overdose me on the medication I was taking for my condition after I informed them I already had taken equivalent amount. I had to take a needle and the person who administrated the shot shoved the needle in my arm with full force. Then a lady took my blood and did the same exact thing. I was placed in the legacy unit. The unit is to small and has no fresh air break unless you are a smoker which I believe is unfare.
Definitely outdated but not the worst. Some doctors were clearly more present than others but they know what theyre doing pharmaceutical wise. Night staff could be better but they have more groups per day than other hospitals.
Forget this hospital! I call it The Amytiville Horror Hosp. In my opinion this place is the thrift shop of hospitals. Equipment is outdated, walls are dirty,beds.are so cheap they give people backaches,staff is rude and racist, closets,restrooms are always locked so u have to go searching for staff, pain management is nonexistent. coffee is never hot, staff think theyre correction officers, very limited phone time and on and on and on. Its better to suffer @ home for what whatever condition u have. And Im being kind.
This hospital, if you can actually call it that with a straight face, was the worst hospital I have EVER been in. I am disabled, have had 2 strokes prior to my experience here(I was 18 and on my own as my Mom who was my only family had just died 6 months before) . One Thursday night I was getting up from a friends bed and pulled something in my left knee (my weak side) Got into bed and went to sleep. Woke up the next morning experiencing a lot of pain in that knee. Called an ambulance, they brought me there. Turns out that I had sprained my knee. Now, when you sprained your knee they tell you to Stay off it and let your family take care of you. I told them I had no one to help me over the weekend (I only had an aide M-F).I begged them to keep me through the weekend and send me home Monday. Did they listen? Of course not! By Sat. night the knee was feeling better. But sometime Sun.I must have bumped it or something (fending for myself), because it was swollen to double size and hurting so bad! Somehow, as bad as I was hurting, I managed to hold offon calling my Homecare Nurse as long as I could (I managed until 5AM). Again, ambulance called. Taken back to Brunswick. An orderly took me for X-Rays. Every little jolt killed my knee. The guy kept bumping me into walls! There was fluid in my knee. That night doctor came in to see what the fluid was. With one hand he grabbed my knee hard. With the other he Jabbed the needle into my knee. I of course was screaming in agony. I needed a cooling blanket on the lower half of the bed for my feet (I also have Erythromelalgia). A nurse came in with it after the dr. left. The nurse insisted there had to be a sheet over the cooling blanket. With one hand she harshly jerked up my legs, so she could put the sheet, leaving me once again screaming in acute pain. Needless to say, I made sure to call one of my Drs. at Stonybrook Hospital to get me transferred there the next day because there was no way in Hell I was spending another night there. If you care at All for yourself or your loved ones, Avoid Brunswick Hospital like the PLAGUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓🖓✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋☠☠☠☠☠☡☡☡☡☡☢☢☢☢☢☢☢☢☢
Dr. Kahn is NUTS. He obviously takes things way too personally and seriously. Hes mean and belligerent. Threaten patients by flagging them if they dont follow his ways. And misleading patients about when they might get discharge... How disingenuous he really is. He is one very sick doctor who seriously needs psychiatric help too. STAT.
DO NOT SEND SOMEONE HERE!! this is the worst place for someone dealing with mental health issues they do not help with anything and the staff is so rude to the patients and guardians. the food was not edible and they served burnt backed beans.
The place was ok nothing out of this world but there was a patient named Scarleth Lemus who is liar she actually came out in better shape than she was before she went there.All people that complaint about this place are ungrateful and should not be admitting there again.
Imagine going to hell and coming back out. The experience was traumatizing and the staff kept feeding me lies while I was in a state of mania. I was confused and horrified. I didn’t understand why I was there or why I couldn’t be left out. I did need to be hospitalized, but not in such a damaging place. I would rather die than go here again.
This place is horrible anyways stan TXT and BTS
My family Member was a patient. And was very pleased with the attentive staff. The nurses were very nice to her. It seem to bring up her disposition. I would recommend this facility for Just that reason
My brother is at this hospital for more then 10 days. He got worse today. I discovered he had an untreated laceration above his eye and the other eye bruised. They never notified or call me the next day about his injuries!! working on transferring him out. PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!
This place is a mirror image of of “one flew over the cuckoo’s nest!! Horribly outdated and horrible night staff!!!! “Legacy ward,” is like a prerequisite for prison...chock full of baby boys trying to flex their nuts to be tough guys. That ward is the antithesis of a therapeutic environment. I’ve heard less screaming and fighting in jail than I did in Legacy!! Far from safe, and even farther from healing. This place needs to be condemned!!
I thought I would never hate a hospital more than Stony Brook Hospital.I was wrong.
This place is horrid and as long as you got insurance they will make up any pseudo science diagnosis thats fake to keep you very long......If they fill you with meds to keep you docile your lucky cause then you wont notice the bugs horror and grotesque food.Inedible mush slop.Keep your kids and parents away from here..Its a prison and an experience that wont be forgotton in their lifetime.In a bad way. So hustle to shrinks in your area.They all do same day appointments if its urgent.
Dr. Khan is an excellent psychiatrist who knows his medicine and is phenomenal with his patients. His specialty is adolescence.
That place was terrible 😣 the nurses were very rude and the social workers were useless I never ever wanna see that place again. I don’t know 🤷♀️ what people see in that hospital but it’s not a good place to go to.
They over medicate you, they hand out medications upon medications to all the patients which drugs them up and makes them act crazy and than diagnose you upon what theyve turned you into. The hospital will try to keep you there for as long as possible making up all sorts of problems to get your money.
Staff were nasty and i developed an ed while i was there but besides that it’s fine ig anyways stan bts
In light of the previous reviews I was inclined to write a review.I am happy to say that my experience has been nothing but pure professionalism, respect and great care. There are issues in every hospital setting however, my concerns were addressed and handled expeditiously. Thank you.
During a rough time for my family, the staff and Dr’s at Brunswick were supportive and informative for my daughter’s care. Their bedside manor was what my daughter needed.
This place is so bad I was there in the kids ward and they did not care about us yelled at us and me and other kids felt like we was being put in harms way EVERYDAY WE WAS THERE there is ONE staff that looked out for is and made us feel safe they put you in bad place more than you already are
Its a great hospital, but I wish they would allow your parents to bring food for you.
So I was waiting for my food for like a hour and they bring me this
Left that place even more depressed and suicidal than when I went in. Even the PAs tell you that you have to fake it to make it out of that disgustingly filthy place. Its all about money there, they you as long as your insurance pays, stuff pills down your throat, turn you into a zombie and send you on your way.
The I witnessed muhammed a nursing staff member sexually touch a patient upon complaint was transferred to another section.all patients are kept for as long as insurance lasts and complaints ate met with threats by staff with 60 day stay by Suffolk police bogus reports of suicide.scated is the best way I could describe my stay of 13 days.therapy consists of coloring books and guitar and organ playing,thats it.
Terrible I went there and the staff are mean the food is terrible they have bugs there its hard to make friends there because the staff dont allow u to the beds are hard the rooms are cold I got sick three times there and the doctors lie to u about when u go home what medicine they give u .u can barley go outside to get fresh air school is only to hours out of the day which sucks u have to share a room with three people that are crazy did drugs or try to kill themselves or others the the nurse are always on there phones and when u get a vist u only get to see them for one hour
A family member was there, the doctors were great.. This facility is perfectly run, I definitely would recommend it for anyone that I know personally or for a family member!
My experience was not as bad as I anticipated, I got the help I needed and am feeling a lot better about myself and my feelings in general have been pretty much positive
The worst hospital ever, that have my wife, and staff tells me that she will call me back,b3or 4 hours later nothing. I hate it. Never recommend for anyone
Former patient the childrens unit is terrible some kids slept on the flooyr threw up from food my family didnt want me there tried to force blood work couldnt go to 5he school because I wasnt on level 2 it was very bad and 10 minute showers they rush u out of them even if u still have soap on u
I was abused at this hospital. Patients are abused there all the time. My social worker Tara was even abusive to me and broke the HIPAA law. This place needs to be closed down today.
BAD SERVICE THEY DONT EVER PICK UP THE PHONES IVE BEEN TRYING TO REACH A RELATIVE THERE EVER SINCE THEYVE BEEN ADMITTED!!
Do not EVER go here! You’ll leave more scared then when you first arrived
This place is a joke and needs the fbi involved . Must be shut down and arrest its supervisors and managers for neglect and abuse. Most workers are on drugs. I will be suing this place
This place made me wanna kms even more
Why is this place even open still?
Excellent service! The staff is kind, friendly and professional. Excellent for the healing process.
The doctors there’s make up Diagnosis just to get paid and keep patients in their.
Worst hospital in the world. They give no care to anyone and do not follow HIPA laws.
This hospital is racist they put needles in everyone you cant do anything without getting yelled out so overall my stay was terrible
Do not go here worst hospital ever youve been warned...
Great facility and the staff is very nice and respecting and helpful
Great customer service and friendly reception/admission staff!
Horrible place I should have sued them for the way I was treated and the drugs they put me on horrible I hated this place the people I met there drug addicts
Just to go other places if you have a choice
Worst mental health hospital.Kept me against my will in 2012
Lack of oxygen. too many goliras :0
Horrible, and not worthy of one star. Minus 1
The food was so bad
This Hostipal become my nightmare
Loves this place one of the best in the world
Staff & Doctors really care!
Horrible place its like a prison
This establishment has been closed for years
Need to be looked at how it’s run
This hospital is not closed!!!
Dont read my name
To many Mexicans
This hospital is closed
This place is horrible
They took tons of my blood
Don’t come here, they steal bloood. And stole my clothes
Poor professionalism and care. Majority of staff was unhelpful. I’ve never had a hospital draw so much blood anywhere I’ve gone before.
Horrible experienced
#DKLMG
Total reviews rating 2.1
124 Reviews for Brunswick Hospital Center 2023:
Review №1
2022-01-18Overall my personal experience was exactly what I needed. I had no idea that I would be sent away so the first night was definitely a little scary. I’m more thankful for the people that I met there. I was the first time I was sent away to an institution so I don’t have anything to compare it to. All of us there had our own story and it was comforting to know that I wasn’t alone. The staff was OK some better then others. There were some situations that I truly didn’t agree with like with JESSICA. Super sweet, definitely having some battles but they kept her locked in her room 98% of the time. I strongly disagree with this, and really depended on who was watching her. Some nurses were nice and would let her come out and participate but the majority of them just locked her in her room and were on their phone. I honestly wanted to retaliate and do something about it, but selfishly, I was scared that if I did- they would keep me longer and maybe put me on stronger drugs.My social worker was amazing Alex. I know from other people that they had Brie and she was completely inconsistent, disorganized and unprepared. I suppose I got lucky with my psychiatrist and social worker because I did hear some horror stories from others.
Review №2
2022-06-08This experience will forever scar me. It breaks my heart the way they treat our love ones and us the family members with such disregard and disrespect. Brunswick Hospital is a modern day prison. As a matter of fact individuals in jail have more rights than patients in this facility. No visitation AT ALL ( which is against their Civil rights under the NY State law for Department of Mental Health.) Everyone has a job to do and they all just work out of routine. NO COMPASSION NO HUMANITY, ZERO RESPECT. The staff dangle the patients opportunity for discharge over their heads as way to keep them in line. Little do they know....I reported the abuse and mistreatment of my love one to THE JUSTICE CENTER. THERE WILL BE AN INVESTIGATION. Notes were taken , names written down, time and dates. #ChangeIsComingTO GOD BE THE GLORY🙏
Review №3
2022-05-04The only good I think this place did for my child was make him feel like he was locked up for two weeks. Home was foreign to him when he got home. They kept his things. I could not go visit him because he was in the adult ward, but he’s 18. They need to change that rule for Mental health patients. I could only travel there to drop things off for him. While talking on the phone to my son a fight broke out. Girl was in the background screaming like she was in a horror film. My son describes the food as slop. Like everyone else here. And I was horrified at all these reviews. SMH I hope we never have to deal with this place ever again. And by the looks of all these comments I’ve read, looks like there needs to be a class action suit against this place.
Review №4
2022-05-19I cannot stress how dissatisfied I am with this place. The conditions here arent exactly good, the attitudes are horrendous. I was admitted when I was 14yrs old, and even though its been three years, I cannot forget how harshly kids were treated and how horrible the attitudes were from the staff members to my mother, who spoke no English. Little to no translation services, and no patience. I called back three years later to kindly ask for my medical record, but the front desk just transfered me to an automated voice message and hanged up on me when I tried to call back.
Review №5
2022-03-18I hate giving this place even one star. I fell down the stairs in Brunswick and no one even cared. I had to call my ACT team to get me help. then I saw Dr. Kahn he told me your not hurt. I hurt my wrist and they took a portable x-ray. It wasnt broken but badly sprained and bruised up. He also confronted me about calling the justice center to make a complaint saying maybe we need to keep you for a long time. and that you better not make anymore. Everyone who works here is not caring at all. This older man was thrown to the ground in the male shower room and had to go to ER. He had a large gash in his head from the violent male tech that threw him. I saw it with my own eyes. Very scary place!-
Review №6
2022-04-30If it were possible I would give this place zero stars. For starters, the food is terrible. When I was there getting my PTSD treated they gave us bread with mold on it and expired milk basically on a daily basis. When I couldnt sleep and politely requested melatonin (a natural substance) I was told no, meanwhile other patients have gotten it(occasionally they would give me the melatonin if I begged enough). The beds there feel like concrete to the point where it was more comfortable for me to sleep on the floor. And there are still even more issues with this place.
Review №7
2022-05-26I had a great experience at Brunswick. Dr. Veronica treated me back in February when I was in Carlin 2. She was a gem and treat me like her own. I havent had this experience in other psych places. Even my mom who is not easy to impress, seemed to be more than satisfied with Dr. Veronicas treatment of me. She changed my medication and now its on point. Wouldnt wish for anyone to be in a psych hospital, but if you come to Brunswick make sure to ask for her.
Review №8
2022-03-07This place made me feel like was going crazier.Something pulled me and made me fall in the women showers!People kept saying they was Jesus!The light in the halls was shut off on the men side.My roommate would hover over me while I slept and put her hair on my bed sheets!I got into a fight with the nurses!The voices in my head was more intense in this place. This place plays tricks on your mind.
Review №9
2022-05-02I went there when I was 16 from my experience it did look really hoodish but honestly most of the nurses were very kind except Dr. kahn and this blond women with blue eyeshadow. But for the most part I really enjoyed it there it was pretty fun and I made some friends
Review №10
2022-03-15I told the doctor i was having trouble staying on task and he didn’t say anything about that, he just prescribed me more meds. i honestly liked the getaway from my family and that was the only thing i needed but at that came conflict with other patients and how dirty they are. kids wouldn’t like other kids and it made me feel so trapped in a place where i’m supposed to get better. the nurses do not know how to take care of people with mental illnesses or even know how to comfort them, the kids comfort more than the actual nurses. nurses would sit and talk,sleep, and go on their phones while watching us and ‘taking’ watch hours. i can’t say the same for all nurses, some of them are very careful and understand how it feels, on the other hand the others just want us to leave and as well for themselves.