G. Werber Bryan Psychiatric Hospital

“As a clinical counselor interested in working with this population, I recently toured Bryan and was incredibly impressed by both the program and its leadership. The tour was led by Mac Caldwell, who generously shared his knowledge and insight into the work being done there. Mac demonstrated a combination of clinical expertise, empathy, and leadership. His deep understanding of the population served by Bryan was evident throughout the tour, as was his genuine compassion for the patients in their care. He has a unique ability to balance strong clinical skills with authentic human connection, creating an environment that is both professional and deeply caring. The campus, programs, and overall culture reflected Mac's effective leadership and commitment to excellence. My visit left me even more inspired to work with this population and appreciative of the meaningful impact Bryan is making in the community.”

“My wife spent more than 3 months there in 2007. She had been dumped from one treatment facility to another, finally ending up at G. Werber. She was undiagnosed, or misdiagnosed all over the lowcountry. Psychiatric hospitals are not always what we'd hope they'd be. Sometimes ever places that look great do not provide effective care. The doctors and medical staff as I recall were decent enough. I remember the actual buildings most vividly. Undeniably they were stark. The staff there undoubtedly have their work cut out for them ; to treat patients that nowhere else could help. And to care for those, like my wife, who are not financially able to pay. I know support staff sleep there while on duty. Maybe the clinical staff do too. What I am certain of, this is the good part, is that when my wife got out there was a treatment plan in place, she was given resources to use and now, about a decade later she is pretty good for being bipolar with meds, and a support group. Werner G Bryan is state run. Look to the politicians for money to fix the buildings and insure staff are well trained, thoroughly screened, and paid enough so their job matters. GOD bless those that still need help. There is hope.”

“This place is horrific, I will forever be traumatized from witnessing other patients having a complete psychotic episode and the nurses chasing them to give them an injection of haloperidol or risperidone then putting them in the room where I assume they are then monitored, the patients said that’s where they were. I don’t what that room is like as I wasn't there for anything like that. I was a patient in February of 2013 and for privacy reasons I am not using my real name. I was sent to Bryan for trying to unalive myself, which is probably the last place a suicidal patient should be sent. I was threatened by patients who said I was trying to steal their husband and they’d get me so I needed to watch my back. The doctors if they want to call themselves doctors abruptly pulled me off my anxiety medication after leaving I ended up being sent to the ER straight from my primary care doctor because my heart rate was in the 150’s (27 year old, healthy woman, healthy weight, no high BP or any other negative contributing factors) I was at risk for a heart attack or worse. Those of us who’ve been patients or have family who were patients leaving reviews and spreading awareness is the only way we will ever get a system that’s very obviously broken fixed. It’s really sad that some of the most vulnerable in the overall population are subjected to treatment (or lack of) so horrific.”

“The employees were extremely rude and those on duty throughout the night in the area of the patients would actually sleep. I couldn't believe what I witnessed by their behavior. I was there in 2015 & had no idea of to actually complain to about this. Thank goodness I found this site. The state really should look into the treatment of the patients & behavior of the employees.”