Smokey Point Behavioral Hospital - Marysville (WA)

2 /5 Alex Weir: I’ll start with the positives- the people (other patients) I met were great. I made friends I expect to be lifelong friends. The patients really take care of each other. A couple of staff members were great. (Aurora, Brittany, Abraham, and Ru are fantastic.) For the negative… there is a lot. This is *not* the place to go if you want any individual help or really any help beyond meds. I saw my social worker twice and didn’t actually have much time to talk besides just answering questions she was required to ask. I saw my provider most mornings but it was just a 30 seconds or less check in. A lot of the staff were awful. The lack of help they give patients I truly believe is unethical. A man threw up on himself in the cafeteria and we, the patients, had to help him and clean him up while the staff just stood around watching. This same patient was SO overly medicated that he could barely stand, he was constantly falling over or needing to lay down just because he was so ill from his meds. He kept asking for them to lower his meds but they kept saying he’d adjust- all while he could barely function and was told his release date was in a couple days. He throws up often, has an open wound that staff have neglected to care for, and is a fall risk. We truly were worried that he would die while on the unit. A friend needed his insulin and was denied it for 3 hours, he literally could have died in that time. I witnessed him incredibly patiently and kindly ask them repeatedly for help and they kept pushing it off. A new patient came in very unhinged and tried to solicit sex from multiple women before threatening a lot of us with physical violence. He was moved to the more intensive unit after this but we were told after that there was an error with the paperwork and he was supposed to be on the more intensive unit originally anyways. This was a major oversight and put many of us in danger- especially the women on the unit as our unit is a little more lax so if he got someone alone he could have done something really scary. The groups honestly were severely lacking. They are far too short and give very basic information- anyone who has been in therapy would know the info already. There is no individual therapy or care so the very least they could do is make sure that groups are better to help patients go home with some more knowledge. THREE different people’s phones went missing while I was there. One was found eventually, one still is missing, and the 3rd I never got an update on. Personal belongings going missing while they’re in the care of the staff is really worrisome. We aren’t allowed to keep these items with us, the least they could do is make sure those items are kept safe. The staff also gossip with patients about other patients. It’s super unprofessional and very concerning, they are not HIPAA compliant in the least. This should only be a last resort option for people who need to be kept safe from themselves if there is nowhere else to go.

1 /5 Tom Fuller: First and foremost, nurses are top notch and to good for this place. Under staffed and treatment team makes decisions without involving the patient. This place does not follow through with the patient and their promises they make to patients, they put a high stress load on their patients and nurses and in my opinion are completely all about money. They put dangerous , Delusional psychotic patients on the same unit as people that are just there to get treatment for their depression or substance abuse problems, and I want to reiterate. It’s not the nurses it is management nurses are kind, compassionate, and understanding, but they have no control over what Management does. Also providers do not spend more than five minutes with a patient. This facility does not care about their patients at all. They care about money.

5 /5 John Stump: I dont know where to begin at the moment but all I can say is Well done. Youre doing it right. I voluntarily came in a month or so back for one reason and came out in amazement after 8 days. Every one of you are angels in my life and will always be. Including your head honcho who I had the pleasure to meet. And I still look back and laugh at that interaction between the two of us. And without laughter and Hope and Faith. What is there! From all the police department including the chief of police. Your whole community is doing it right. Eyewitness things that left me in awe. In the last 2 and 1/2 months has been quite a ride in my life. And Ive had a lot of rides. And I left wanting to work there. Thats how much in all I was! I wanted to be part of your organization and Ive worked for many large and small. Im not going to give you my resume all I wanted to do was give you props. How everyone was handled with love. Priceless What I find really interesting is that I was taking a drive that day parked away from everyone and everything and was minding my own business. Praising and worshiping our Lord. With my dog in Eden.. Thats why I drove there Ive been in the Skagit valley area since I was six. Im 61 now and I have had an adventurous and prosperous life. But the whole experience including the experience of meeting a very like-minded individual who I continue to converse with Is priceless. The whole group of individuals that I came to know including the beginning teachers that were teaching us in group. Still amazes me to this day. Perfection in action. By the way whoever you share this with well know who Im talking about when I say.. My dog glacier says hi. And I am her Shepherd and the whole ordeal was handled with such gentleness. All of it. I know that you have career opportunities available but my path is taking me somewhere else right now. But just know I have a testimony now that includes all of you. And maybe someday Ill bring glacier in to share what she has to offer. Gods will be done Thank you infinity squared In one last note. And I find this very interesting. You know the things that make you go huh. I was the proud owner and operator of Pacific Northwest shepherds based in Bellingham Washington. And some of Arlingtons police officers purchased some of my babies so they could be trained. And that made me feel proud that my babies were going to be loved and trained properly. And I know my babies live and were 95% of all of them are . And I didnt have to vet very hard in those transactions. But I did with many and turned many away. Because when you raise a German Shepherd they need to know who alpha is. And they werent ready I told them to learn and study about the breed before taking on that challenge that wonderful challenge. And to look back at the connection is mind-boggling Keep doing what youre doing at least in my opinion.. You have changed my life for the better. And I applaud you

1 /5 Kailey Anderson: i was a patient here and i was on my period. i am very allergic to most pad brands but for some reason don’t have issues with tampons. they refused to let me use tampons and i had to use a washcloth like a woman in the 60’s and it was painful too. absolutely unbelievable and insanely unprofessional. demonstrates a complete lack of caring for patients and their wellbeing and heath