Top Ranked Drug Rehab Centers In Newport Beach, CA

I love it here! The staff are very friendly and I enjoyed my time here

This place traumatized me. I was initially at an ER for medication management, where I voluntarily chose to be moved to a mental hospital. I was told the facility would be roughly 1–2 hours away it ended up being 4 hours. As soon as I had access to a phone, I called my spouse. We talked about how far I had been sent and how difficult it would be for him to visit. He did some research and found several facilities much closer to home that had open beds before I was placed. I was never given a choice. Once admitted, basic respect and dignity were lacking. We had to ask for every essential item tampons, pads, towels, toothpaste and staff often acted like we were a nuisance just for asking. Their attitudes were rude, short, and dismissive, even when it came to medical questions or basic support. The psychiatrist (Alikhan, Mir) assigned to me spent just 2–5 minutes with me, usually standing in my room, often walking away mid-conversation. Nurses admitted he was only on-site for about an hour each day despite the facility having over a dozen sections. I wasn’t included in decisions about my care or medications and was expected to just accept whatever was decided without question. The most distressing part: I agreed multiple times to take a calming pill, but staff still forced an injection on me. I was surrounded by several staff members, held down, had my pants pulled down, and was injected against my will while I cried and begged them not to. I’ve experienced trauma in my life, and what they did was deeply violating and dehumanizing. No compassion. No consent. Just force. Later that day, I was given so many sedatives (pill, dissolvable, and injection) in such a short period that I collapsed sideways onto my hip and needed an X-ray. I was never warned that this could happen, and I’m still in pain. I came here for support and stability. I left more shaken, hurt, and mentally exhausted than when I arrived. If you’re looking for compassionate or trauma-informed care, this is not the place to find it.