Rivière-des-Prairies Hospital

Looks like a really ominous prison and not a mental hospital. Everything is locked inside and out. Went looking for a bathroom and found nothing but a bunch of children in a locked balcony and security in the park.

I came to this hospital once. Never again and i do not recommend sending anyone here. I came for my depression, suicidal issues and extreme body dysmorphia. Your only goal is to get out of there as soon as possible. You feel as if you have no escape whatsoever and you are watched 24/7. I felt miserable. The staff lies, alot. I feel like they distorted alot of what i said to my parents to make me seem crazy to keep me there longer. If anything this place made me alot sneakier and secretive. I feel like locking us in our rooms most of the day just isolates us and makes us feel worst. Never in my life have i gotten so much medication that really didnt feel necessary. You feel like your in a prison with no type of contact with the outside world. I understand that safety is important, but you can't take EVERYTHING away from us. My pens were taken away out of fear of me mutilating myself with them, in that case have someone supervise me while i draw instead of just raking it away. Please just stay away from this place as much as possible.

I went there in mid 2019,I was only 9, and honestly i came there for being helped with stress and helping to control myself but only came out with a trauma. They lied to my mom by saying i would only stay there for a week, then when i asked them they replied with a « your gonna stay here the time it takes » i really endured a lot but this is something, the emotion i felt.. it was like rage mixed up with sadness and betrayal but couldn’t do anything to help it. This place is like a jail, this is the worst place i ever went, hope they changed that system.

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Came here for my anxiety and trauma, got out with worse anxiety and trauma. You will get treated like a lab rat, the staff doesnt actually care about you and your only goal will soon become 'getting out of here as quickly as possible'. Only positive thing is that I'm a better liar now. I also got diagnosed with BPD there but they never actually told me, they just told my mother. During the middle of the night, nurses will make sure you're sleeping by getting in your room and pointing a flashlight on your face. They'll try to censor you if you swear or say your opinions on certain things, they even took away one of my psychology books because I was reading to my roomate about schizophrenia (which she had). They also said that my anxiety wasnt that bad because i didnt ask the nurses for my meds, but they never actually told me i could ask for anxiety meds, and even if they did, i have ANXIETY, I wouldnt walk up to a condescending stranger and ask for pills. You'd be treated way better at Sea World as an orca and you should definitively avoid this hospital at all cost. I was hospitalized a bit more than three years ago and i still have panic attacks and nightmares about being sent back there. Now i literally cannot tell anyone how I feel because i am terrified of being hospitalized once more, which stops me from getting actually better.Sorry for the long review, but this had to be said.DO NOT GO TO THIS HOSPITAL

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I stayed at this hospital in late 2020 for about two weeks. After reading other reviews i can very easily relate to quite a few of the people here. If you do decide to go there be prepared to be treated badly. I was about 11 when i went there. They told me i would only stay there for 3 days which somehow turned into 2 weeks. They would lie to my mom to make it seem like i was crazy and ungrateful. I felt like most of the people that took care of me and the other kids there were unqualified. They made me feel unheard and made me doubt myself a lot. I dont think anyone should go through that especially at this young age.

Literally an asylum for children. Very unprofessional and manipulative environment. It's not even free to visit your loved one if you want to park close by. Don't believe everything they say, they will change and distortion whatever your child have said or will say, and everything said will be considered as an extreme problem. They will try to keep your child as long as possible to repeat the same unprofessional actions that leads to nothing but more problems and waste and incredible amount of time. If you can avoid this place please try to do so at all cost. Your child will gain nothing but trauma and will lose trust in phycologists, psychiatrists and anyone with a similar profession.