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Ridgeview Institute, a private hospital treating people with addiction or mental health problems, has earned a national reputation for care and service. Since 1976, more than 90,000 people have turned to Ridgeview in crisis, in despair, and in hope.

At our two quiet campuses in suburban Atlanta, patients and their families find the highest-quality treatment, grounded in the experience and compassion of our clinical leaders and staff.

Through a comprehensive array of programs, we serve youth, young adults, adults, older adults, and professionals who need intervention, and women affected by eating disorders.

Every program at Ridgeview helps the patient acquire both the courage and the skills to begin a new life.

Address: 3995 S Cobb Dr, Smyrna, GA 30080, USA
Phone: (770) 434-4567
State: Georgia
Zip Code: 30080


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UPDATE , 10/23/17: It's been a while. I'm realizing while in the hospital, I was so out of it, I didnt realize where I was, and they slipped me new pills that made me pass out constantly. I thought they where the same as what I was taking currently, but looked different. Anyway, I dropped my hairbrush under the bed, and I crawled under to get it back. I looked up, and there where carvings, and writings. I remeber our saying "Give me razors and Give me an hour alone!" There was even BLOOD! Dead bugs and more. When my parents decided to send me here for 6 days, it didn't seem bad. The kids where nice, and food was decent. But the staff was constantly screaming, and some made "Adult jokes" toward me. They always shine lights at you at night every 10 minutes, you get almost no sleep. You are forbidden to speak to the opposite gender, and staff is closed mined to transgender patients. (at least for what I saw) They lock you in a crappy room all day, you might play with a fidget toy for a while if you are lucky. I had depression and self harm issues, and acted on impulse. This only INCREASED these problems. I had bad paranoia and anxiety inside the "hospital" (it was more like a prison) and afterward. I am always scared to do anything bad with the fear of being locked up again. Overview: Ugly , rude and short tempered staff. Building in horrible condition. You rarely see your doctor. I was yelled at for crying. You MUST PRETEND TO BE 100 PERCENT OK for ANY chance of getting out. Very little sleep. Bad beds. No trust. Food gets worse everyday. I could go ON AND ON AND ON about that "treatment" PERSONALLY, I was screwed up in the head from this, but your child may have a different experience.
9 years ago (25-10-2017)
I was a patient at Ridgeview in the women's trauma and eating disorder cottage. Most of the staff were pretty great. They were really sweet, helpful, and understanding. There were a couple of the staff and a nurse that was not, however. They would be very rude to patience and say things that patience there really don't need to hear such as "People with eating disorders disgust me. There are starving people in other parts of the world." Or "Y'all are too emotional for me." This stuff is not helpful for people trying to recover. Like I said, though, most of the staff was really nice. The food they brought up on trays was OK, but sometimes gross. The cafeteria food, though, was better. The beds were as hard as rocks. The showers had very little water pressure. There was a bunch of inconsistencies. This is probably the biggest complaint I have and that I heard from other patients while I was there. The management really needs some work. One shift would do one thing, then another would do something different, and the third something else. Nothing seemed to be on schedule either other than smoke breaks and that is only because the smoking patients probably would have revolted if they weren't. Haha. They do have some therapy and classes during the week, but I feel more therapy, perhaps even one on one therapy, is needed. There was a short group in the morning to just check in, a process group to process what happened or feelings, and either a class or creative expressions (Art therapy). And that was it. The best therapy I got from being there was really being able to talk to the other patients about their experiences and know that I was not the only one. So, overall, not a horrible experience, but it could use better management and more therapy. There was way too much down time.
9 years ago (26-07-2017)
When I first came to Ridgeview I loved it. Then we lost our evening nurse, she was replaced by a sneaky little racist. See I worked on E- West an all female unit, I worked second shift. The nurse on E -west likes to make racial remarks about black people hair. She even offended some of the patients. The nursing manager is even worse, she is definitely a bigot!!!!! Now I did have the chance to work on all the units. And I never ran into any other racism at ridgeview, only on E-west. The nursing manager stated to me one day to go sing "Dixie" which is very offensive and racist towards black people. Ridgeview institute as a whole besides the unit E-West is good. But I will never be anywhere near a place that is racist. I mean if you don't have anything good to say, keep it to yourself.
9 years ago (05-10-2017)
I was 17 and thrown into a facility for the 5th time and I was lucky enough to end up here. The staff for adolescents have been through situations themselves and they use that to help the kids that come in. Some take their jobs a litte more serious than the kids like because they treat it like the kids know better. But if we knew better and didn’t have problems and things wrong with us, we wouldn’t be there. I was there for 9 days and it was worth it. The only place I got help out of my other visits. But it’s also a matter of who has this problem and who wants help. If you don’t want help, you will definitely not get it. They focus on those that truly seek help. And those that don’t want help, they get less treatment. I got out a few weeks ago and I’ve been really feeling better. I wanted to see how the help effected me after being out a while before I gave feedback and it’s also nice to handle yourself outside of the facility because they helped you enough and the way you needed it. But like I said, you will not be helped here if you don’t want it. The help they provide can only be accepted in by ones who want it. If you are dealing with something and don’t want out of it, but someone gives you there perfect opprotunity to get out and you say no, then it is on you. This place is wonderful. Nicest place I’ve been so far. So thankful. Bless this place.
9 years ago (19-10-2017)
My experience with the doctors here was phenomenal I had a gentenic medical episode and I was able to be back up on my feet in no time! I am now able to go to work and school. All I need was some #Praying for a full recovery. And I agree with the above comment The Snacks were yummy Mmmm Good!
9 years ago (23-08-2017)
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