UAB Center For Psychiatric Medicine

They have a wonderful Patient Care Tech!! They called him J.B. He was on night shift. I think his name was James something. But this guy was an awesome PCT. He was very nice and polite to all the patients and he was very uplifting to me and Everyone around him and he also cleaned up after us where other pct’s just sat in the area where the Nurses were and some even were so rude and would even provoke patients. 🙄 The Nursing Staff for the most part was kind and caring. Of course you have a few that are A holes but that’s to be expected anywhere you go! The Doctors were also nice and came around once a day.

I had a family member in the geriatric unit, and there are not enough thank you’s that I could give to our family member’s social worker, nurses, doctors, and all staff. They are extremely open to working with you as a family, and take great care of your loved one. They show care, kindness, patience, and professionalism. The incredible progress and help that we received having our family member here could never be repaid. Should you need it, they will be a great advocate for your loved one. Thank you so much!

I went here in July stayed for 2 weeks. I feel this is one of the better psych wards. Most of the nurses were nice beside one nurse Kristian. She was very rude and inconsiderate to people's emotions. Why work at a psychward of your gonna be mad when people cry or are upset? They also went through are stuff with no warning one girl even said her panties were on the floor. I met good people in there but I would not recommend being friends once you get out because it can be very toxic. The food was good but they got our order wrong a lot and sometimes they wouldn't even get our food and we would have to wait hours to eventually get it. Also I feel there was some favoritism to certain patients because one person can get away with having there mask down, drinking in the common room, or even dating in the hostpital, which is crazy to me. The doctors are pretty nice but they seemed in a hurry to get me out of there even though I didn't feel totally good about going home. They did change my medicine and it has helped. The social workers are super nice! the groups were fun and gym was great too. I liked how we were out of our rooms most the time socializing or playing games. Overall it was a pretty chill place.

Amazing place with top notch staff. They have a gym you go to everyday to shoot basketball, lift weights, or do yoga type stuff. The grounds are well run. You'll paint, do crafts, listen to music, learn about your illness. The actual medical care is top notch. See a doctor everyday (not a resident). The nurses are all compassionate and dedicated. The techs are cool if your chill they are chill. They give Suboxone if you need it. They let you stay on methadone if your on it already. I've been there a number of times as a patient and I will not go anywhere else in Birmingham. The other hospitals are terrible compared to uab The only downside is everyone wants to go here so you'll spend a little time in the ER waiting on a bed.

i am 14 for reference i went to uab for attempting suicide and was there for 10 days. the actual hospital once i was admitted was nice, the staff are genuinely good people and seem to care. some staff are rude and inconsiderate but that’s to be expected and happens everywhere. it’s my second time being there and i will say it has helped me a lot. especially with coping and actually being safe enough to go home and not end my life. the only complaint i have is that you have to go through the er to be able to be admitted to any psychiatric ward and i waited for 4 days in the er waiting for a bed. it was a pain. when i got a bed in the ward it was like a sigh of relief but it made my stay feel so much longer and it made me extremely home sick.

Well my 27 year old daughter was here, and yesterday they told her she was going to go home and be checked out, and to call for a ride. So she calls me and after my 2 hour drive to get there, they tell her that if she wants prescriptions fir meds she needed she would have to wait and check out the following morning. She said, no not after my mom already drove out here, my second complaint is, my daughter was out of it from a concussion the first few dsys so when she called me she didn’t give me a code, to be able to call her back. And when the hospital first called me they didn’t tell me anything about needing a code to call back my daughter. So the next day i was not ablle to speak to my daughter on the phone without the “code” and no one was able to tell me how she was because of hippa violation worries so i was quite worried and wondered well what would happen if she spiralled downhill and i woukdnt know?? But thankfully she did call me the day after that.

i just got out of this hospital about 3 weeks ago for attempting suicide, and it was the second psych ward ive been to, my 3rd time going to one. i will say compared to the other hospital i went to this one was pretty great. it actually made a difference in my life and, although there were incidents where other patients went off the wall and got into arguments (i have ptsd from domestic violence and abuse so that gave me anxiety attacks) i know that we all had our own problems and other than that everything was fine. there were one or two nurses that didn't have the best attitude and came off rude, but the majority seemed very caring and actually talked to the kids like we were actual humans which seems to be rare in places like that. the occupational therapy we did was really useful and taught us to occupy our minds with things we enjoy doing and saved all the personal talk for the therapist/doctor. i can honestly say i learned a lot from this facility :)

Jessie Odell in regards to our autistic son George. Well we were singing dr Kathrine sherry Freeman’s praises until we had to burry my granddaddy today who had been sick with cancer. Our son was in her care, and after checking him in, our granddaddy took a turn. I called Dr Kathrine freeman to advice we would be checking our son out for the funeral so he could say goodbye to the only granddaddy he has ever known since he is adopted. Dr Kathrine Freeman said she wouldn’t advise that. I told her I appreciated her advice but we’d still be taking our son to the funeral as that is what families do in Alabama. Evidently she isn’t from the south? She had already explained her it was her opinion that my son didn’t understand anything. My son is autistic with a low iq. He understands just fine, the issue is figuring out how he processes things. On top of her calling Alabama’s dhr supervisor in an attempt to block me from taking our son, she also attempted to issues an AMA (against medical advice) which could cause our insurance company to Reject the charges, and refused to send any prescriptions for the mental health drugs my son receives. When your child Has been on mental health drugs for more Than a week or so it’s very dangerous to stop them cold turkey. Luckily our family physician is able to help us so my son wouldn’t suffer from withdrawal symptoms, such as seizures and other issues. I fear for the safety of other children at this facility under her care who’s parents may not have the means to reach out to a trusted family dr to help in the event she does this vindictive, and unprofessional behavior to someone else’s child. About the time my granddaddy’s service was over today she had her secretary call our cell phone to inform us that since we removed our son from the hospital she would no longer be able to work with us and took it upon herself to cancel all my son’s appointments at Ireland Center. Mrs Ireland has been a friend to my family for years and this isn’t the kind of legacy for helping children she would have chosen to leave behind. It appears this dr seems to miss the point that the parent is the one who makes decisions. Dr’s are hired to (advise), this doesn’t mean we will always agree with what they advise. Especially when the death of a loved one is concerned. At this point we are now filing a formal complaint with the Alabama Board to review this Dr’s lack of professionalism and dangerous practice of dropping a patient without necessary mind altering medications. I’m really disappointed that she turned out not to be the caring dr we thought her to be and instead a very dangerous one. Jessie Odell