Oceans Behavioral Hospital — Amarillo

“I can’t begin to express how thankful I am for this facility and the help I received. If you give it a chance it’ll make a difference in your life. The instructors were amazing. I want to specifically thank Jennifer lead tech, Daylee, Nina, Maesha, Ashlyn, nurse Olu, Jay, the female custodian, Sierra.. thank you so much for everything yall did for us. I spent my birthday here and the staff went out of their way to make my day special. Specifically Jay, and Jennifer thank you. I met some pretty amazing people, both staff and patients who touched my heart.”

“I went in for help with depression and anxiety, not knowing what to do. I spoke with this doctor who completely turned everything I was saying around and made it seem like I was literally crazy with schizophrenia. That was not the case at all. I had no symptoms of that. I was literally depressed and just needed help and they made it into something it wasn’t. I wasn’t allowed to leave, I could not AMA out. I could not speak to my family. Worst place to seek help. If I could give an eighth of a star, they’d be lucky to have it. Run from this place, try anywhere but this place.”

“They barely have time to talk on the phones to their loved ones everyday. You have other patients in the background yelling at other patients to give them the phone. My mom went in there voluntary and was just there to lower her meds. After they had lowered the meds she sounded fine and was ready to go home. Then all of a sudden they make the decision to add on two medications that she doesn't need whatsoever to make her kind of sedated for no reason. It went from hearing from her at least once a day for a couple minutes went from that to not even hearing from her for 2 days and each call she sounds more confused and more drowsy. Whenever she is discharged I will come back to this review and change my rating if I think I should. But as of right now I would give zero stars if I could. Because she was fine once they lowered her meds and that's all she wanted to go there for and she was voluntary. After adding the new medication she sounds completely out of it and confused. If you have other options to bring your loved one to please go to the other place I would not trust bringing a loved one here. Also whenever you try to get in contact with this hospital to check on your loved one to get any updates nobody will answer and it'll go straight to voicemail. I have tried every number listed on the numbers they give you to get into contact with such as a director for the nursing station or someone you can get in contact to know more about your loved one. No one has answered any of those phone calls and hasn't even called back.”

“Professional and carrying staff helped me through some of the most difficult times in my life. There is not enough space here for me to detail the gratitude I have for those here at Oceans.”