Tag Archives: delaware
When “Patient and Family Relations” Becomes Part of the Harm
The original harm was devastating. What happened afterward taught me just as much about the system. After the psychiatric abuse, I contacted the hospital so-called Patient and Family Relations Department. I expected a process that was interested in understanding what … Continue reading
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Tagged delaware, healthcare, hospital, medical harm, Patient and Family Relations, patient harm, psychiatric abuse, Wilmington
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My Best Ever Hospital Experience
In the past few years, I had too many awful hospital experiences here in Delaware. They are a stark contrast to those I previously had in Virginia. Twenty years ago I had a severe gallbladder attack. The pain was intense. … Continue reading
How SEIU F***** Over Trauma Survivors
Several years ago, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) put up a website saying that they were looking for stories from people who had been gaslit, threatened, and otherwise abused by Universal Health Services (UHS), America’s largest psychiatric hospital chain. … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse
Tagged Behavioral Health, delaware, DOJ, exploitation, fraudulent billing, lawsuit, Mental Health, psychiatric hospital, SEIU, UHS, Universal Health Services
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ChristianaCare Funneled Me to the Cuckoo’s Nest
On this day in 2018, I informed ChristianaCare hospital intern Dr. Crystal Kucuk through the patient portal that Lexapro she had prescribed a few weeks earlier, “makes me very drowsy and lethargic. When I take it in the morning, I … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Healthcare, Mental Health
Tagged abuse, Behavioral Health, black box medication, ChristianaCare, delaware, Emergency Room, ER, hospital, Lexapro, Mental Health, Psych ED, Suicidal ideations
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ChristianaCare Didn’t Care: How a Hospital Harmed Me Over and Over and the State of Delaware Condoned It
When I entered a ChristianaCare facility seven years ago today, I asked for help with severe Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, the particularly persistent kind of PTSD that results from chronic abuse and neglect, particularly during development. I had no idea … Continue reading