This place was ok. I went here in October 2025, for 5 days. The only bad thing i would say is, you wait in the admissions room for hours- I could've took a nap. I was in hospital clothes, and shoe-less for half the day too. I got my clothes on my 2nd day, and i was honestly on a roll after that..? The staff was okay, not good enough to remember their names though. The food was honestly amazing. Loved the mac-n-cheese. They gave me extra blankets for when i was cold, a new shower kit, let us close the doors, go in each others rooms, hug on our last days. The type of care was okay. They kept a lot of things confidentical, and it was annoying honestly... Like you couldn't tell me when i'm going home? And they got my mother's phone number wrong, i couldn't call her for 3 days!! If you showed any sign of weakness, it "gives you more days" ?? Who says that to a mental patient? I loved wearing pajamas everyday, and slippers- Best part. read more

6ish weeks of therapy. Emotionally unregulated Director of program Calandra Bennett. Triggered my first panic attack in years from her aggressive outburst stemming from her own misunderstanding and repeated Peachford admin errors. Manipulation, Corruption. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS in bills and after collecting my medical records - 0 progress notes from therapy sessions outside of "did not attend x day". Not a word. Peachford will tell you policies and expectations during your assessment then change them without notice during treatment and retaliate against you. They will degrade and talk down to you to protect their own errors and interpersonal predispositions. Protect yourself. Protect your peace of mind. Don't pay these people. Isaiah was an amazing therapist, I benefited from group therapy here. He's probably one of the best out there. He exhibits soft skills Calandra can benefit from like: emotional regulation, empathy, and professionalism and was the only reason I was hesitant to share my Peachford experience through this review. read more

I was locked up in Peachford for 1 week in 2017. I never should have been locked up in the mental hospital. Peachford Mental Hospital made my mental illness into insanity. John's Creek did not listen to me for 30 seconds or 1 minute. I was not a danger to myself or other people. Because of them I was sent to Peachford. They sent me to Peachford so that Peachford can steal my insurance money. I said, "I want to go home." The African doctor who has horrible English speaking skills yelled at me, "No! You're not going home!" The doctor yelled at me with full strength and full volume and physically shoved me out of his office. The doctors and nurses completely ignored me, treated me like a criminal, yelled at me, embarassed me, did not tell me when I was going home, they withheld information. They locked me up for 1 week to steal my insurance money. I said, "Someone help me and listen to me." They ran away from me like little kids and ran into their office and completely ignored me. Very violent insane people physically fight each other and the hospital staff do nothing. Insane people screaming the entire day, 24 hours, especially at nighttime when I'm trying to sleep. And the staff did nothing. They did not tell me what medication I was taking and what the side effects were. They gave me the wrong medication. Peachford locks people up for 1 week to steal your insurance money and then charge an insane amount of money after that. That is what they did to me. Do not go to Peachford. YouTube videos, mental health books, exercise, having a job will help your mental health. Peachford will make you insane and commit suicide. This is the truth. I left Atlanta permanently because of Peachford and John's Creek hospital. I have permanent and severe trauma and psychological damage because of Peachford. I lost all hope in my life because of Peachford Mental Hospital. Peachford has to be reported, investigated, and shut down. Peachford has caused people to commit suicide. Peachford ruined my life and many other people's lives, and caused many tragedies. Everyone needs to report Peachford for the lives they ruined and the tragedies they caused. Many tragedies in the future will be caused because of Peachford. Please. Report them. read more

Peachford was the third and most recent facility we have experienced for mental health treatment. We have been so impressed with the care we have received and results we have achieved from their diligent and competent staff. read more

I was forced here for going to an ER with a panic attack. I was then over medicated and fell off a bed. I then stopped breathing. That's right I stopped breathing. They were then forced to take me to a medical hospital. And that was the only way I got out of here...... this was in 2013. Afterwards I had to relearn walking talking reading. It was a nightmare. I am now a licensed clinical psychotherapist who is almost done getting her PhD.... I now have clinical expertise that demonstrate exactly how corrupt this place is. This place will get shut down.... It's coming read more

Saw a lot of bad reviews so decided to leave a good one, I went here in 2023 and I genuinely though it wasn't bad I compared it to laurlwood psych ward because I went there as well (they put guys and girls together for minors at laurlwood).The staff was helpful, supportive and nice people, I think they did care for their patients just by how they operated everything. read more

Highly unethical treatment of patients, no interdisciplinary communication, patient neglect and institutional abuse, refusal to correspond with concerns family members. Seeking legal advice currently. Numerous complaints to the Department of behavioral health and developmental disabilities department. read more

I went here for about 5-6 days in 2025. worst experience of my life. you wait in the admittance room for HOURS, the food is soggy, and the people there just do NOT care. the first night there i had to go without a pillow and the dress code is HORRENDOUSLY STRICT. you could NOT show a sliver of skin. the workers have a bad temper and blame everything on the teenagers! one worker even admitted to me that they don't care about their job, they only come here for money. the advice they give is selfish, too. the only thing that was okay, was that the other teenagers have similar troubles and you can share experiences. even then, the teenagers are horny and sexualize everything. all they do is want to date you. overall, that place was hell. read more

Horrendous care, my mother had been admitted several times and just recently attempted suicide and they let her out less then a week later just so they can make room for other people. absolutely a waste of space and money, do not go here. f###ing idiotic. read more

So terrible. I was in the girls youth section. (13-17). Nurses were neglectful, gave people the wrong medication, were extremely rude, did nothing when a girl tried to hang herself from her shirt in the hallway, played weird music that talked about suicide and self harm that triggered a lot of kids, constantly yelling and just dehumanizing us. I hate how many people they put you in one unit. Way too overcrowded. Doctors were super unprofessional and just acted like they didn't care. They kept me longer when I told them I felt better. Super aggressive when waking us up in the middle of the night to draw our blood for some stupid reason. Everyone knows that when someone gets sent to Peachford, they're down for an adventure (not in a good way). This place has a terrible reputation. Even the other mental hospital I went to, said that ur pretty much doomed if u get sent to peachford. Please do better and treat your patients like humans. read more

Worst place to go. Staff is so rude on the phone i hope they all lose their jobs. My brother called me 12 times and they refused to let me talk to him and even tried to say i was a horrible brother and he didnt wanna talk to me. He called me 12 fuckin times and also called me from northside duluth before they admitted him and said he was worried based on how the representative was. Do not ever let your loved ones go here read more

ZERO STARS. Dr.K , nurses in Unit 6 and the case manager Shelnise. All are playing games without my childs release. They are least cared about the patient. They are playing games with law and ignoring law 100%. Patient cannot be withheld without adult consent or patients consent after 72 hours as per Georgia law. These people are least bothered about following laws and meeting time lines. read more

When I was admitted here a couple of months ago, the nurses wouldn't let me have the shampoo and conditioner that my dad sent in for me to use when I would shower. I have noticed that the "coping techniques" that they would provide/suggest didn't really work. Also. the adults that were working with the teen girls (the unit I was in) seemed to not really care about those of us who would get overstimulated and overwhelmed by the other girls being unnecessarily loud, me for example. I ended up crying at one point from the other girls screaming and yelling at the top of their lungs. The staff here is terrible. They really need to hire staff that will actually give a sh!t about the patients. read more

The care is awful, this place is nothing but a scam. Very rude and just don't care about to help, just very demoralizing.

If I could give this place zero stars I would. Not only did they not put me on medications for FOUR DAYS, but when they finally did, they gave me the wrong medication. On top of that, one of the nurses yelled at me for taking the wrong medication. I should be able to trust the staff to give me the right medication. When I was discharged, they gave me someone else's medication and gave me no antidepressants. DO NOT SEND YOUR LOVED ONES HERE IF YOU LOVE THEM!!!!! This place literally fucked me from beginning to end. I wouldn't wish this treatment on anyone. Shout out to nurse Liz for being the only staff who advocated and cared about me. Everyone else needs to be drug tested or their performance reviewed. read more

My brother was a patient there, dropped off some nice clothes and they literally stole them. He never received the clothes and they said they "lost them". If you have a family member get sent here it's only going to make them worse. read more

i was admitted there on march 9 and i left on the 12th. 3 days. out of those 3 days, i expected help. all we did was sit in the day room and if we could, we would color. the only time we left was to go to the gym, the cafeteria, or if there were code ones. code ones symbolize aggressive behaviors and attempts of hurting others. if that happened, we would stay in our room hallways for hours. there was always fights and arguments. a girl passed out from the food and was unconscious for hours. they only called the ambulance after an hour of no response. also, when i was admitted there. i was sent in a individual room and waited for over 3 hours just to get assessed. by the time i was assessed, i waited another hour to go to the unit. once i got to the unit, i had to take off my bra, and lift my clothes. afterwards, i had my i'vs taken. i finally slept at 2 am only to be woken up at 6 am for some blood work. the nurse was very aggressive, took 2 viles of blood, left a huge purple bruise, and almost made me pass out from how much blood was gone. mind you, i hadnt eaten since around 5PM the day before. to sum it up, if any hospital tries to admit you or your kids here, refuse. staff do not care and are very lazy about getting things done. read more

Better treatment of patients Improve cleanliness No neglect Better staff Food change Keeping an eye of staff for inappropriate behavior read more

Absolutely horrible! DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER!! Run away...as fast as you can. Seriously. They care nothing for patients. Nothing. They degrade them and humiliate them any chance they can. And for seeking help? They punish the patients. Who are the patients? KIDS. Little bitty kids, too. Ridiculously unethical. My daughter has had the same blood-soaked underwear one for more than 3 days. Disgusting. read more

DO NOT BRING YOUR LOVED ONES HERE!!! PLEASE read this if you are considering. The staff egg on the patients, quite literally cuss at them, invalidate them, go as far to say, "none of ya'll should be in here, just get your sh** together." This is just one example, staff will put their hands onto patients, they will say its to hold them back but yes I have been in here and yes I have seen staff swing on patients. There is a box to put complaints in that is FULL of papers and nothing is EVER done. Patients will get "booty juiced," (a shot they stick usually in the side of your butt to make u tired/sleepy, but I've seen it been used to where it knocked a girl out cold.) one girl was asleep for 2 days after she was booty juiced 6 times within 2 days. You might say well what did she do to get booty juiced? How would you feel if you where sent somewhere with no clothes to wear a hospital gown and mesh underwear, with bright lights shining above constantly, rude staff, violent patients, sitting in the same place for over four hours, not aloud to move because the patients where misbehaving so now everyone is stuck, if you want your face wash it has to be approved by your doctor, otherwise none of your own shampoo conditioner, deodorant, tampons, hairbrushes, body wash. And half the time they don't provide you with this. They provide you with a single soap dispenser in the shower. Now on top of that there is constant screaming from the staff and Patients, crying, and girls passing around blades or saftey pins or anything sharp they can get their hands on so they can all cut themselves. Patients have been jumped infront of me, sexual harassed by other patients infront of me, physically abused by staff infront of me, tell me after all this and being stuck here for at least three days would you not get "booty juiced?" Patients find ways to be very sexual with the other patients, patients will get in full on brawls with other patients. One day there where 12 different fights that broke out and we where all sent to our rooms for the rest of the day, and had to eat on the unit. The only reason I remember all these details is because I literally, logged my days on pieces of coloring paper while I was in there because there was nothing else to do. The "groups" that are done is literally them taking attendance and as long as you say your name and how your feeling you where marked as participating. The groups last about 30 minutes at most and it is really just the group leader talking or us filling out a work sheet about how we feel. Besides that we are forced to sit in the "day room" where girls use hospital gowns as blankets and sleep on the floor since we aren't aloud to sleep in our rooms unless its night, but try to sleep at night when your first night you get woken up to someone actively drawing your blood, and then the nights after that every 15 minutes a staff comes in a shines a light in your face to see if your, "still breathing," you are not aloud to shut the door and the hall light is always on so if you need the dark to sleep then your out of luck, your also only aloud 2 blankets none from the outside usually some girls actually did get away with bringing their own blanket, mattresses that fell like gymnastic mats and pillows of the same manner, and they keep it absolutely freezing. You also never know who your roommate is, one of my roommates asked me, how I would rather die and gave me two options when Ieft the room and asked to switch roomates, they said no and so I proceeded to tell them I wont be sleeping there which they then threatened to "booty juice," me until a different staff sorted things out and let me sleep on the floor in the hall. Point is, the staff are rude, verbally and physically aggressive, the food is awful, you will get not sleep, (unless your booty juiced of course,) the patients will be very violent, I mean you cant really blame them. Just please don't bring your loved ones here speaking from experience I am so much better now, (no thanks to peachford, they quite literally made everything so much worse, I got better due to other factors including a DIFFERENT hospital. DO NOT TRUST THIS PLACE AT ALL! TRAUMATIZING EXPERIENCE. read more

i was admitted this past july and i have nothing positive to say. this was a traumatizing experience i think about it everyday and i have nightmares almost every night of being stuck in this place. it is freezing,dirty,dehumanizing and seriously the worst place ever. the staff were horrible, this one named ashley would constantly yell scream and insult the kids and adolescents. i was in the girl adolescent unit and we shared that with the little kids. seeing 9 year olds get booty juiced for screaming was seriously one of the worst things i've ever seen. peachford is not a "hospital" it's a straight up psych ward. when i was admitted at 3 in the morning they deadass make you strip down until you're naked and squat and cough, jump up and down, and then they will rub their hands on you to make sure you're not brining in contraband. it was seriously invasive and i couldn't of had a worse experience. after leaving i just wanted to harm myself more and my addiction got out of control after i got out that even later that month i ended up getting sent to a 3 month residential program. DO NOT GO TO PEACHFORD! this hell hole will only make you worse. read more

Hello! I was a patient at peachford behavioral health. (Atlanta GA) My time there was absolutely wretched. The staff at Peachford refused to listen to anything I had to say, as well as put no stop to the issue I am now going to tell you.. I was physically beaten, three times. And told I would be beaten more if I told anyone, through the ten days I stayed there, I was sedated on day 2, beaten on day 4, not allowed to leave (what we call) the "dayroom" Which is a room we already spend 5-6 hours of our day in. Beaten again on day five, and seven, and only allowed to leave the day room TWO times, I went to the ER from Peachford twice as well, as they refused to take me the third time, (which I was beaten by boys who were adults.) The first two times, (in the Teenage boys [unit 7b].) The last time, in Unit 7A which is the young adults. We did not get any school either. And my money (which they told me to bring so I could buy snacks Etc.) They refused to even give me, sometimes saying I didn't HAVE it. Not only I was beaten.. A child kicked the windows out, (in Unit 7b) and ran, made it to the school. All of this is just an understatement of what I went through, and the worst part is, they wont allow us to see the security cameras, we cant sue them, police refuse to respond, and on the second e.r trip, the police who were there to make the report, had to give MY case number to the staff there at peachford, which I suppose they just threw away. If you plan on going to peachford, and see this message, THINK AGAIN, if you become (what I was) a 10-13, plead with your life, not to go. And if you can help me in ANY way, to get justice for this, please figure out how to contact me. I will be posting this in a lot of sites, as well as attempting my all, to get peachford completely shut down, or fixed. Mind you, I am still a minor, and still managed to recall 1/10'th of what I went through. read more

An awful, awful place. I was admitted involuntarily after a psychotic break and it was a hellish experience. I had to be given an IV drip because my health severely declined. I was in psychosis, so I guess the hospital had me involuntarily admitted to this terrible place. I did not consent to it; I guess whatever doctor I had just decided to stick me there. When I arrived, they stuck me in a room for hours without telling me anything. I was full-on in psychosis and convinced they were disconnecting the phones on purpose, that they were isolating me to screw with me. I just wanted to call my family and I had no idea where I was or why I was there. I legit thought I would just get to go home to my family, and no one bothered to tell me that this was not the case. Meanwhile, they were giving my family the runaround because I did not give them consent to contact me. Except...I had no idea I HAD to give them consent. Because, again, no one bothered to tell me anything. There's visitations, but they're only like two days a week, and it's two people max. My dad and brother visited me while I was stuck in that hellhole, and we had a staff member assigned to watch us the whole time, hearing our whole conversation. They also hear your phone calls, because the phone is in the main sitting area. Most of the staff don't care about you. They treat you like a nuisance for having questions, and they never have answers. The departments don't communicate, and the staff take out their anger and frustration with the corporate office on the patients. Speaking of which, there's apparently a corporate office, which is really nice to hear when you're involuntarily admitted and can't leave for 7 days. I got charged 3.5 grand for something I had no say in, and never want to experience again. I bet the corporate office was real happy that I was stuck there the full 7 days. The longer you stay, the more money they make. Doctors show up when they feel like it. They're pretty useless. You can't leave when YOU feel ready; you're stuck there until your useless doctor says you can leave. So if you just want to go home to your family, no. Only your doctor gets to make that call. I had to play their game and be polite and not lose my cool again in case they sent me to a longer care facility, because God knows that would probably be an even worse experience. The number of times I wanted to snap at my doctor, at the nurses, at the MHAs, countless. But you can't, out of fear they'll retaliate by making you stay longer, or making your stay even worse. Before finally getting to leave, I was pulled aside by some lady from the outpatient program who told me I was "well-educated" and implied that my stay was bad because of the other patients, which was not the case at all. I made friends with most of the patients, even the ones in the "bad ward" that they sent me to after my psychotic break (don't mix weed and antidepressants, kids). I know she would have left me to rot if I didn't go to the school I went to, if I wasn't well-educated, if I did hard drugs, if I was homeless, if I didn't know how to advocate for myself, etc, etc. The fact that she had the audacity to say that to me after my stay confirmed for me that the outpatient program would not be much better. I have pretty bad social anxiety, so the one nice thing about being in the "bad ward" was that they gave me my own room. I was off my anxiety medication so my anxiety was off the charts. After a day or two in the "bad ward," they suddenly uprooted us and moved us to the "good ward" with A LOT more people. Being around that many people without my anxiety meds was terrifying. So imagine how nice it felt when the ladies in the front office locked the door to my room and laughed about it. They know who they are. I have no idea what became of my two roommates. I just know they both really needed help, and I watched the staff do nothing for them. I hope they are okay, wherever they are. I am doing what I can to improve my mental health, if only so that I never have to go to this place again. read more

I've had experience with this hosp. twice now. Both times it's been horrid. Case managers never return phone calls & working up the chain of command is useless, as they don't return calls either. It appears to be nothing more than using children as pawns in a system to defraud insurance/taxpayers, holding kids on 10-13, deliberately extending them to fill beds over weekends for $$ and then releasing them when more come in on Sunday and then extending their stay. They count on kids not being able to advocate for themselves and privacy laws protecting them. They seem to have free reign with no oversight due to this. A state/federal investigation should happen regarding number of patients on Medicaid that legally held/extended vs. private pay. They have NO accountability. Over 48 hrs. passed and no one returned calls/gave info. regarding my child. If you love your child, NEVER allow them to be here. Take them to a vet and you'll be far ahead. read more

WOULD NOT RECOMMEND!!!! I went there 2 years ago. When i went into the waiting room to wait, i wanted to turn the tv off, so i asked the staff, and they told me "no. Which that wasn't a big deal. Then i finally took a nap and woke up and was taken to unpack my stuff. I thought it would be 3 days like me and my mom were told, but no. It was a living NIGHTMARE through 5 days of hell. I was told at first that i would only be there for 3 days. But in-fact i was told to stay longer. They didn't even give me the day that i would go home until the day before i actually left. There was only 1 NICE employee there. Only 1. What a shame. I was also told when i tried to get my sleep meds because i was actually DIAGNOSED WITH INSOMNIA at the age of 5, that i was "lying" and should "go sit back down". We didn't even get to go outside, but for only 1 day, and it was only 15 minutes. After i finally left, i was traumatized and had the same nightmare about that place for 2 MONTHS STRAIGHT!! So please chose ANY OTHER PLACE INSTEAD OF HERE! read more

My daughter is presently in there and I want her out as soon as possibl. I wasn't having issues until the last two nights with Nurse Lee and Tori who were VERY RUDE. Whenever I called to ask about MY DAUGHTER, they would get agitated as if it was a problem that I was asking about my daughter who is a patient there. I told the head nurse Tori that I spoke to on 1/2/2025 that her tone was wrong. I didn't have a problem at all with any of the nurses except those two. I was even told by nurse Lee that it wasn't that major and it's a trend for all the children to receive melatonin to help them sleep. I stated, my daughter receives enough medication that drugs her up and put her to sleep, why should she have anything else, I told her I didn't agree to it. Nurse Tori stated during intake I agreed to PRN and I stated yes, but not Melatonin. Tonight, 1/3, I spoke to a nurse at 9:47am from Unit 1 and she was very nice. This afternoon, evening and night I called so many times and the receptionist Robin was very helpful and called the unit for me because they wouldn't answer. I was trying to verify if my daughter would be released on 1/4'. The receptionist was able to reach Unit 1 and she was told that my daughter isn't being released and that I was spoken to already. That statement wasn't true at all. I finally called back between 8-8:15pm and got through from 6pm and the head nurse, which appeared to be Russian was very rude and stated I can call back and get information about my daughter in the morning because she's the only one on the unit with 21 children. This is very disturbing news and I'm afraid for my daughter's safety and the safety of the other children. This nurse was very rude and dismissive in her tone towards me. She even hung up the phone on me and didn't let me finish talking. This is very stressful and I look forward to my daughter getting out immediately and I'm going to make a report against them. This is not how to treat people. How can I rest???? I called back and now the new receptionist on duty won't pick up. I'm writing fast so this message will have mistakes. read more

DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD . My child came home with more self harm scars then when they left the hospital. No visitors due to covid ? The only hospital in the state in covid lock down in 2023 . FYI , they would not give my child menstrual products , because they are in the child unit . My kid had to use toilet paper for a week . I understand if you are a desperate parent , but refuse this place at all costs . read more

I went there after being 10-13 to Athens regional for suicide attempt. ( I've been on Xanax since age 16 I'm 44 now) I got 10-13 because for once I didn't have $ to fill my meds n went crazy from withdrawals. Long story short peachford was amazing I didn't want to leave I'd love to go back Dr Vaughn is amazing and staff are too hands down they saved me in so many ways read more

i can't really say anything positive about being admitted to any mental hospital, but i was 10-13 when i was about 15 years old and was taken to peachford, i was in the adolescent unit and honestly had a pretty good experience, although i was in the admissions room for nearly a whole day, i made it to unit 1, or 8 i think but whatever the girl adolescent unit was. i did recover and was only there for 7 days and when i look back on it, i don't have any complaints besides the food but im already a picky eater, it was edible and some days the food was genuinely good. the staff was very nice i got my meds. 2 years later i did the php program for adolescents and it was amazing, i felt very comfortable and had fun some days. i was very upset going into it, but the staff was so nice and i have no bad words for the php program, i was the oldest adolescent being 17 but there were people around my age and even young kids would be incorporated in our activities so it was very sweet. i give the place a good review because i compare it to my experience at ridgeview (smyrna) in the woman's trauma unit and that was just inhumane. after reading other people's recent reviews its sounds like the adult units that are the issue but if you have an adolescent that needs help mentally i don't have any complaints for peachford. especially their php program, but please talk to your child and assure them that everything will be okay read more

How is basically abusing and neglecting patients any help? My partner chose to admit herself and has nothing but problems. They refuse to let her leave with no reason and her medical needs are being neglected. I'd think twice before you send or admit yourself here. They get away with so much. I don't think they work there to care, this job is for people who want to have power of someone and that'a not what these people need. I would know I have been in a mental hospital with this abuse of power. There is better help than here. read more

I was there when they first opened the adolescent wing. 1975-1979 and It saved my life. When I went to Peachford, it was at the onset of "nondescript mental illness". This was a very popular thing for parents with good insurance to do with their kids when they became unruly. Very few of the people who were actually staying there had mental disorders. They just had shitty families and thank God it was there. You could stay there undiagnosed for years. And I did. I had a really bad family situation with physically abusive parents, who thankfully had great insurance. I stayed there for four years. I was there from the age of 13 to 17. If I had one thing with the structure of the program, that I would have changed, it would be this: at the time they felt like you should build a wall between yourself and everyone you have ever known their once you depart. This was long before cell phones and email addresses and they discouraged any connection with anyone there after you left. I understand the reasoning, but what they failed to account for was by doing that, you lose your family and the only people who know you or care about you. Those were all of my most important relationships and my only relationships during those years. I wish some of the people I see complaining about it could've experienced how it was when it started. It was so cool! Do you want to know how long ago this was? I was there when Saturday Night Fever, the film, first came out. We went as a group to the theater and saw the movie together. So many firsts happened for me while I was living there. I fell in love for the first time, I had family for the first time, I had academic success for the first time, I began to understand myself for the first time. It was great. The head psychiatrist was Dr. Jeb Stewart and he was awesome. We had an amazing team of smart, caring staff members, and really good guidance. Were we happy all the time? Of course not. We were kids. But it was so cool. I was actually online looking up or trying to find old acquaintances from there when I discovered this yelp page. If you were there, and you did not like it, I'm sorry. I feel like you missed out. And in fairness, I was there at the very beginning. I loved it. Not every minute of every day, but as a whole. I loved it. Thank you Peachford! You showed me how to live, how to love, how to be a person in the world. I am 60 years old in August and you have made my life worth living. Thousands of acts of compassion, kindness, and love that we are above and beyond your job description were bestowed upon me by a truly amazing and loving group of people. My doctors, therapists and peers. Many of the most important people in my life were working as staff and therapists in your facility. I would love to come and see the old place sometime. I'm never in Atlanta anymore. I went on to have a very successful film, career and business life after that, and as I look towards retiring every once in a while, I think of you. I think of the family that you gave me and the love and support that were way beyond a paycheck and I am grateful and humbled. I will never be able to repay the debt that I owe you but if you read some of these comments and you feel like you may have missed the mark somehow, with some of these people, know this much: you saved my life. What you do saves peoples lives. I will always love you and always be grateful to you. God bless you. For parents, my best advice would be to focus on working with the staff, and with your child to find the best solution for you as a family. You have to trust the process. They are not there by accident. They did not wake up one day and open the doors last week. They've been doing this for a really long time and the cumulative wealth of knowledge cannot be ignored. I wish everyone the same success and experience that I had. read more

It has been the most horrible and frustrating week of my life, dealing with your hospital. How you guys disclaimers be so far from thrush, someone can easily lost their last moments of sanity in the process of reach out for help. CEO's do something about you guys are dealing with human beings not animals, don't treat people like garbage. I lost all my faith in humanity after having my son here. No answers, no emphatic, no understanding, no compassion, just protocols. We patients and families are just numbers, we are just dollar bills coming from the insurance pockets for your pockets. May God have mercy of your souls. DON'T BRING YOUR LOVED ONES HERE read more

if i could leave 0 stars i would. as soon as i was admitted and those unit doors closed behind me, it was like war had begun. one of the many instances of neglect i remember is when we were in group discussion and our supervisor told us that we were overdramatic and there are bigger problems than mental health. i hate these people and i hate this place for making my "healing process" something i had nightmares about for days after i finally won my war and got out. i was only supposed to be there for three days ,but because of the lack of communication with my parents, i was in there for five long and traumatic days. read more

USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU ARE PRESENTING HERE VOLUNTARILY. I have never left a review before, let alone one with an all caps first sentence, and I am somewhat comforted in seeing that others have expressed the misery of their treatment experience, but my family has been caused so much pain by this place that I cannot sit idly by. I know this is a long review with updates to make it even longer, but if you are genuinely in a dark place and considering this hospital, I beg of you, if you don't read my review, read another negative one on this site, they will say the exact same things I have written here, and probably worse. You deserve better than this place, no matter who you are. I will preface by saying that I am genuinely feeling much better about myself and my life after attending this hospital, but that was entirely due to being in the presence of other patients, and I would say that I am feeling better DESPITE Peachford, not BECAUSE of Peachford. I stayed in an adult men's unit, to give some background. I am dividing my review into legal concerns, quality of care, and facilities. Legal: When I was admitted, which I did voluntarily, I was told that I would be there for "two days or so" by my assessment staff. I was never allowed to meet the person who actually made the call as to whether I would benefit from in-patient care. Once I was behind locked doors, however, it became apparent that I was considered an involuntary admission - a danger to myself and others - without my knowledge or consent. I also quickly found out that I would not only be kept for a minimum of 3 days, but that they didn't count weekends, so I stayed for 5 days, with no appeal. Additionally, when I signed a form that made my care officially voluntary, which I was only allowed to do when my parents called the legal department of the hospital, my movements were restricted, and I was not allowed to leave the ward to go to eat, or go to the gym. I received no legal assistance while I was in the hospital except with extreme pressure, and was consistently told that the staff "didn't want to bother" the people in charge. Quality of Care: There is no care that goes on at Peachford that is provided, and it is important that you understand that coming in. The doctors here are purely for diagnostic purposes, and will see you a maximum of two minutes in a day. There are group sessions, but these are mostly platitudes and trite statements provided on the part of the staff. Patients are essentially responsible for doing a majority of the care for the hospital, and, when they can arbitrarily extend your stay for "aggression" (or, at least, not seeming happy in that two minute meeting at the start of the day), you have to learn quickly to be calm at all times (since they note your mood every 15 minutes), which the other guys genuinely want to help you with. Patients cling to each other at Peachford out of necessity, which produces deep emotional connections in a short amount of time, and you get better because of these relationships. Note, though, that this, the ONLY WAY you are treated here, is entirely dependent on the people who happen to be there when you are. I happened to get the perfect group of people to regain my self confidence. Do you want to take that risk? This sounds terrible, but they do have NAMI and AA/NA meetings on Mondays and Tuesdays, so if you are considering your hospital, maybe consider getting admitted on a Monday or a Tuesday in the morning? Then, you at least get some professional help. To speak more specifically on the staff, I want to highlight a few concerns. First, the doctors. I was treated by Dr. Vaughn, and, although I saw a positive review from another person on this site, that could not have been further from my experience. He never once smiled; insisted that I was suicidal even after I repeatedly told him that I was not suicidal, and told me that he would call my parents and never did (even after they tried to call him 12 times). In the most unforgivable of his offenses, he told me (after I told him that I was feeling better) "I think that you're lying to you and to me, and that you are still suicidal. You can't be feeling better, that doesn't make any sense. You wanted to kill yourself, you can't be happy now, and you can be sarcastic all you want [after I said "okay" with a sigh], but if you don't listen to me you are going to try to kill yourself, and maybe you'll succeed. Be real with yourself, for once, be real." I cannot fathom what would motivate a person to say this if they truly believed it (and after telling me this, advocated that I be discharged in two days, so if he actually did believe it, he was going to turn a suicidal person onto the street), but, after talking with the other guys, who had had similar experiences with other doctors, I think that this experience is done commonly so they can provoke you and see if you are "truly feeling better" based on if you react angrily. read more

Absolute shit quality, they told me my mom "just wanted to help me" when I told them that she had hitme and given me a nosebleed. They told me that I was faking it when I told them that I was transgender and a BOY, and legit put me on estrogen while I was there without my parent's knowledge. They also forced me to speak to my mom when she visited me, saying "but she's your mother and she loves you" because ah yes we just casually make those we love feel like absolute shit on a daily basis. They also refused to tell me what meds I was taking, and apparently they had me on some schizophrenia meds without my parent's knowledge, because apparently I had seen my mom hit me when she "didn't". This place can fucking burn read more

DO NOT GO TO THIS MENTAL HOSPITAL I had to go to this facility unwilling and spent a week in there. When I first got there I was put in a room for a good 2 hours until someone finally took me to the unit I had to be in. I was in the men's unit, I was in there for attempted suicide and then they put me on an anti cycotic medication that I didn't need and one day I passed out from it. After I was released there was no trace of this medication being prescribed to me?? Also the whole time I was in there, it was so much fights. I remember this one person taking peoples stuff and then he started punching random people including the nurses. I remember people slap boxing and the nurses did nothing. Not only that I remember when I was inpatient care there was an autistic person, he had his things like his stuff can be very messy but it looks clean for him and where he wants it. Of course none of the nurses put that into consideration and treated him awful. And during the ENTIRE time my dad was trying to call and reach them but couldn't even get one hold of them for a good 5 days. Only called when I was in there the first day and the last day. The lack of communication is a joke in that animal cage. read more

As others have said, this is an awful place. If you have a real drug problem, they will discharge you as soon as your insurance runs out. They violate Georgia Law on a regular basis, holding people against their will. The staff is insolent. I had a client there, and I asked who her doctor was, I was told Frank Vizan. Frank Vizan is a nurse practitioner, not an M.D. Do not send a loved one to Peachford. They are interested in one thing and one thing only, $$$$$$. They will keep you as long as they can as long as they are getting paid to do it. read more

***IF I COULD GIVE THIS NEGATIVE STARS I WOULD!!! PLEASE READ THIS REVIEW BEFORE CONSIDERING COMING HERE!!!! PLEASE!!!! IM TRYING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE!!!*** I have lasting PTSD and trauma from my psychiatric stay here. I was 15 at the time. I don't even know where to start. Maybe with how they with hold basic human necessities from you, like WATER. They refused me WATER my entire stay. Staff constantly will talk down on you, they call you names, they are abusive physically and emotionally, they will hit you, they will scream at you, they will spit at you, they will forcefully grab you and push you around, they will make up lies, they will put you in very dangerous situations, they will let other patients abuse you (this can be physically, sexually, mentally etc.) they let violent men be around women and vice versa and they put dangerous people with people who are not dangerous. For example, rooming someone who attempted suicide with a homicidal schizophrenic in a state of psychosis (or atleast that's what happened to me!) I got my period and they would not provide me with feminine products or let me use the restroom so I had to free bleed through my clothing and onto the furniture in which all staff would surround me and begin yelling and harassing me that I was disgusting and to clean it up and they would throw things at me while cleaning. This place is so disgusting if you come here you are almost guranteed to fall ill, and I did. I became incredibly ill, I spiked a high fever and before I knew it I was VIOLENTLY ill. Like vomiting and diarrhea at the same time ill. Staff did not care. They made me sit in soiled clothing with vomit all over myself. If I threw up they would yell at me to get on my hands and knees to clean it and they'd push me onto the floor almost pushing my face into my own vomit as I would clean it up and vomit again and the cycle would repeat. My roommate then fell ill as well and there was only one restroom so there ended up being vomit and fecal matter all over the restroom which I was forced to clean up and if you didn't follow exactly what they said they would add days on to how long you had to stay there so they could torture you for longer. I love art and use it as therapy so I drew a beautiful portrait only to have staff take it and rip it up in front of my face while laughing and then throwing the trash back at me. There is so much more that happened and things I witnessed that were so cruel and inhumane that the images are burned permanently into my brain and I will never escape it. I truly DO NOT KNOW how this place is still open, anyone I speak to who has been here also has horror stories to tell. This place should not be open, I think what should be open is a LEGAL INVESTIGATION into what the HELL IS GOING ON within this facility. I can't believe nobody has sued. I should've. The ONLY WAY to get out is to just take the abuse, shut up, don't tell anyone how you really feel and just follow their orders without question or else they will never let you out. Because of this experiance I completely stopped seeking treatment for my mental health and it has had a horrific impact upon my life.I came out of here 100 times worse than I came in. read more

My sister was here and there is a insane amount of lack of communication. They told my parents that by my mom answering questions on a phone call that was her giving them permission to treat her and they called multiple times and they said that they would call they back, that never happened. My sister left on a Thursday morning and they wouldn't let her get discharged I'm here in the lobby and I am stressed because they won't let her go this is a very horrible and irresponsible hospital. I DO NOT recommend this and if your child is is the hospital for trying to kill themselves don't let your child go here tell them that you have a another hospital in mind and REFUSE to let your child come here. My sister also said there was a fight going on, so my parents and sisters can't even assure her safety. read more

I've never experienced such lack of concern and unprofessionalism. my child was there and I asked the charge nurse for the protocol in treating patients. she was not knowledgeable and when I asked to speak to someone that is knowledgeable, she hung up on my face. The social worker is equally unprofessional. The staff does not care about their residents. read more