Ridgeview Institute at 3995 South Cobb Drive, Smyrna, Georgia.

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.