North Star Behavorial Hospital

Do not! I mean do not take your children here. We had a family member (adopted) go there and their councler was GOD AWFUL! The councler is doing illegal activity and letting our family member who is adopted by us go out on public outings/stay the night at the bio family's house when the bio family abused our adopted family member and has been known to give her them drugs/alcohol. And then proceeded to not tell THE PARENT WHO HAS LEGAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD! THATS ILLEGAL. They don't help anything they cause more issues than what you start out with. They will tear your family apart. They are all about money and could careless about any child's interest. Your best bet is to go to a out of state treatment facility where there is better care and less drama.
9 years ago (21-11-2017)

This is my review of North Star Behavioral Health, while being there three times. (Last time I went was about 3 years ago) I will try my best to not be as biased as possible. First of all, the staffs there a 50/50, most of them talk garbage, gossip about pass patients, have favoritsm (Which I really hate favoritism), and most don't really care about the patients inside the building who need help. While some staffs actually do care and put as much effort as possible. Second, the food. I mean the food is not bad, but it could be better. Finally, the experience. My experience there for the first time was a yay or nay. The second experience was pretty good. The third Experience was a 50/50 honestly. I don't really want to write my whole experience since it'll be too much writing and too much of a long review, so keep that in mind. In conclusion, North Star Behavioral health isn't really recommended because staff there, treat some people unequally and you are forced to take meds (which is pretty garbage if you ask me), and more which might make this review too long to read.
9 years ago (23-09-2017)

Wish I could give 0 stars. I would say that there were "horrible" services, but no services were provided to begin with. I wish I could report this facility for all that I witnessed during my stay, but unfortunately the time has passed for that. I will not be wasting my time with anyone affiliated with North Star again. Horrible people. We were put on a re-focus for weeks and all I was given to eat was cereal, with no milk, for breakfast, and little shreds of lettuce, with no salad dressing or anything else, that came with a spoon. How useful. Rights are violated daily. Physical, emotional, and mental abuse are a very real thing at every location. Staff are not qualified to be working their positions and don't care where you end up, as long as it's away from them. I was told I would be transferred after a week and ended up waiting nearly two months. I can recall countless instances of staff actually drinking from flasks behind the windowed desks and buying cigarettes from one another, all right in front of adolescents struggling with substance abuse. Not to mention, I sent in many formal complaints, just to watch the janitors empty the notes we made into the trash cans. The staff claims that they do room checks "quite often," but every time I walked into a different room where there wasn't a staff member, kids were crushing up their medications and snorting them through silk straws. Oh, and just a tip: locking kids with various mental disorders behind magnetic doors for days on end is not effective. This place worsened my depression significantly, regardless of how I tried to make the best of it. I was also in a neck brace for my whole stay, after being brought to the hospital just DAYS after a severe car wreck. Staff checked vitals sporadically and most of the time didn't even document them. What professional adults you have working for you, North Star. There were also many fire hazards. Since I'm talking about this, do I even have to mention the only dryer on the unit literally blowing up due to the staff's lack of noticing? Did the fire department come? Yes... 30 MINUTES LATER. How can you even consider this a behavioral health hospital? The staff are literally more unstable than any patient there. Moral of the story: if you care about your kid, do not send them here. Dramatically worsens everything. I'm going to get back to my successful life now. One that I have made apart from the experiences I shared at this pathetic facility. The only "thank you" I owe to this repulsive organization is for opening my eyes to never come back. Enjoy destroying futures! It's what you're best at. Delete this comment and you will be reported. Thank you.
9 years ago (02-05-2017)

Wish I could give this place 0 stars. ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. DANGEROUS. Do not send your child here.
9 years ago (06-09-2017)

my sons doctor was great. they were mor conservative with meds than his previous doctor though.
9 years ago (11-05-2017)