Sutter Center for Psychiatry

If you want a miracle worker … Dr Arif is the best. Although you don’t get to choose who your doctor is… They have great doctors there who truly care about you. A few not so helpful nurses and staff but for the most part a great facility… The good outweighs the bad. Pretty clean kept up group interaction for those that choose to. Good overall Security, there were a few arguments between patients regarding little things like laundry and food… but with mental illnesses in general… that kinda stuff happens. but nothing too crazy as the staff is very much on top of things.

Well, some are there and are sincere and getting you the help and care you need. Some are actually there in my impression because they have a character defect in themselves and they get off being hurtful to those whom they to think are «BENEATH» you with mental illness. Very Evil. The doctors are fairly good, some of the nurses care, what my impression was is that that they really didn’t know how to operate on a schedule, really are not educated in their jobs, seemed like they really didn’t want to be there, the patients were a burden to them. I have been to Saint Helena Hospital in Deer Park, California where this place could never even come close to the care, educated staff, right on schedule daily routine, do not make patients feel like a burden, WANT to be there and CARE. I call my visit to this place «6 Days in Hell»

Worst facility. Receptionist is rude. She acts as if everyone is a burden to her. We’re here to visit a family member in need and her attitude doesn’t help whatsoever. She’s not helpful AT ALL.

Appears helpful at first, but then of course if you or a family member is sent there you are in a desperate situation. I have serious complaints. The reason I write this is to warn people that if they have a choice go somewhere else. My daughter was there last summer for 2 weeks. It started as a 72 hour placement. She was passed around between 3 doctors. There was no continuity of care. The lead doctor made one phone call to me. The rest of the communication was from a «Stepford Wife» patient advocate. I believed they were advocating for my daughter. I went to visit and the doctor was there in the visiting area. He was talking to his «insurance guy» discussing the best way to bill for him to receive the most money. I tried to have a conversation with the doctor, but he brushed me off. My daughter was on a «chemical straight jacket» of meds for 2 weeks. Looking back I realize that they were keeping her there for as long as my insurance would cover the cost. Then they chose a worse place to transition her into. I was given no other options. I was naïve and agreed. This new place was worse than Sutter. I pulled my daughter against medical advice. Both placements were voluntary, but AMA, against medical advice, is not easy. Voluntary is not really voluntary.
I give one star because the nurses were kind.
I feel used, manipulated, and taken advantage of by cold, detached, cover their asses, make as much money as possible so called psychiatrists and administration.
Once I woke up and got my daughter to a psychiatrist, not in an institution, and into counseling she is doing great. Trust your instincts. Avoid Sutter and in any institution don’t blindly believe their propaganda. I am still in shock that there are people out there who take advantage of the ones they are supposed to be helping. It’s sad.

If you’re reading this, you’re probably not in a great place mentally or emotionally right now. Our experience here is just beginning but I can already tell that these people care. I feel that my daughter is in good hands and she’ll be getting more help than I can provide. We all need help sometimes and this place is providing what we need without treating any of us like we’re idiots or we’ve done something wrong.
Nearly everyone at the Center (inpatient facility) was helpful, kind and caring. There is one nurse in the adolescent unit that could use an attitude adjustment and that’s been brought to the attention of the management.
I don’t know that it’s possible to have a «good» experience at a place like this but the staff did make it a less scary time than it could have been.

The best psych facility in the Sacramento area hands down.