Knoxville Center for Behavioral Medicine

(One star, only for the daily activity/"group therapy" persons and also for some kind staff as well). Horrific experience after I voluntarily admitted myself from UTH (another form of hell). I didn't get to speak to a single therapist for my entire stay. I was told for a week straight that my clothing request was pending. They did not have my seizure medication on hand, and if my husband hadn't brought it in and demanded that the nurse come to retrieve it from him personally because of immediate distrust because of other lost items... I would've had ANOTHER brain injury without my medication, or I would've died. They put me on medication that I was not aware of and were not to be taken with my current epilepsy medications. Staff were too busy and understaffed to be able to help everyone most of the time. Co-ed facility for an abuse survivor is THE WORST AND DOES NOT HELP TO CALM YOU DOWN WHILE YOU ARE BEING HARASSED/STALKED BY OTHER PATIENTS (MALE PATIENTS OF COURSE) AT ALL TIMES. they expect you to participate even when you feel unsafe wearing paper scrubs-oh and witnessing a female staff member get attacked by an unpredictable male patient on the way back from the cafeteria. That patient was not moved to a different location after the attack, so everyone was on edge and I started refusing to participate.. There's only one day a week that you can have visitation, and there's only one phone to wait in line for in the facility. The plumbing was horrendous. Only one out of four water fountains worked and one flooded the floor next to the staff center.. my sink in my bathroom was leaking into a huge puddle that I almost fell on. The drain was so clogged so I showered in a puddle of filth. You have to ask staff anytime you want a hairbrush or to brush your teeth... Oh the list goes on. The next time I feel like I need help, I would rather just not ask for help if this is where I would end up next time around. DO NOT GO HERE IF YOU ARE DISABLED WITH SERIOUS HEALTH CONCERNS AND MEDICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN EVERY DAY. DO NOT GO HERE IF YOU'RE A FEMALE WITH ANY PAST MALE ABUSE!!! THIS IS NOT A SAFE PLACE FOR ANYONE WITH C-PTSD/PTSD OR ANY SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS!!!!!

if you or a loved one are thinking about coming here… DON’T. this is a place where people are supposed to go to get better and feel safe. My mom was a patient there for 2 weeks. Within those 2 weeks my mom got sexually assaulted and the nurses did nothing about it. the man that did that remained in the room right across from her. He would also lay in his bed naked for everybody to see and again the nurses did nothing. The nurses will treat you like a dog and act as if they hate their job, they do not give a shit about you and are very disrespectful to the patients there. My mom was calling me crying, saying how she wanted to come home every night. This was a place she was supposed to get better and feel safe instead it was the complete opposite. That was her experience in Adult 1 at this facility. If you seeking help please seek it somewhere else because this is one of the worst ones you can go to and you will absolutely not get the help you need.