1 /5 Mr. H: All these hospitals are just in it to make money off of people with mental illness. It’s called exploitation.
Anyone with a problem in addition to mental illness never gets a solution to their problem. Oh no, I got passed off to another place that will bill my insurance so money can be made and continuation of the exploitation of the ill because that’s the American system!
That’s the only reason they exist. No other reason. If they aren’t just in the biz to make money why don’t they offer free services?
They didn’t help me with my homelessness. They don’t care.
I was discharged by Vista Del Mar to a crisis residential treatment program called Central Star in Sylmar.
Do not go to Central Star unless you want personal things stolen from you and your constitutional rights violated.
Maybe it will get even worse because it is a slippery slope and condoning theft can only lead to worse crimes.
I went to central star looking for help and that’s not what I received. I made the assumption that it would be staffed by complete professions and that was a huge mistake on my part.
I came here to get help with my depression and my homelessness. I am currently living out of my car due to rent being more than I can I afford. I ended up traumatized by a place that is supposed to be helping people.
Central Star is designed to be a place that you stay at for a week or longer and according to the rules I brought personal things such as my cell phones and my chargers and cables that go to them. In addition I brought clothing and toiletries.
I met with several pleasant staff therapists and started the intake process. I was told by a therapist Ami that my suitcase would not be searched or itemized unless I am present during it. As it turns out that did not happen. My suitcase was searched without my presence and my rights were completely violated.
I looked through my personal things which were now in plastic containers on a counter and my phone charger to my iPhone 13 was missing and presumably stolen. It was not in my car and I had the USB-C cable in my suitcase so why would I not bring the USB-C charger?
One staff member even took the liberty to rip my backpack to find my key fob to my car. The policy of this criminal organization, sorry I mean facility, is that all residents parking any cars there must turn in their keys so that in case the car has to be moved a staff member will take the liberty to steal anything in your car, sorry I mean take the liberty to move your car.
I don’t know about other car owners but my insurance doesn’t cover someone driving my car other than me or someone who is also covered by my insurance.
I was also told that they need to itemize my personal belongings in my car as well! This is of course to itemize things they want to steal from my car since it’s fun to victimize those who are suffering in life and vulnerable. And since my USB-C charger was stolen, sorry I mean misplaced (in someone else’s pocket), I think it’s a safe bet that things in my car would go missing too.
Needless to say I had a serious problem with my Constitutional rights as a patient being violated.
I always thought that those who commit crimes (for example, staff members at Central Star) and become incarcerated are the ones who lose their Constitutional rights and not those who are ill and need help. Apparently residents here have no Constitutional rights and it’s policy of Central Star to steal things from them.
After I received my medication back, that they surprisingly didn’t steal, I left immediately and never plan to go back again. At least now I know where to go if I want my things stolen from me and to have my Constitutional rights violated.
I’m also going to watch my bank account in case my debit card number was stolen.
Long story short: all these places should be shut down completely.
