Coastal Behavioral Healthcare

Dangerous. Be very careful of this disgusting place
Its no secret I like to talk to a shrink just because sometimes I get very depressed and why bother your friends if you can get talk to someone who understands and is trained to know what to say…
With that said. Since I moved from another state and I do not have insurance I called this place to see if I could get a cheaper therapist through them with no insurance therapists are like 140 an hour.
I spoke to a guy name Mike. He seemed really FAKE like he could care less. So un-​genuine.
And I never got any reference, help to get a therapist, nothing. Instead when I offended him by complaining about their services he got me baker acted.
I have NO history of anything that would grant baker acting a person. I believe it was done out of spite. Because again I offended him with my complaint.
I am not a person who has ever been in any kind on inpatient hospital I have never been to jail… So needless to say that Baker Act experience was very traumatic for me.
Lucky their doctor in the facilities where they take you is good and saw what happened and let me go before after I spoke to him.
We all and specially women like to vent. Talking things out is the healthiest thing you can do. But be very careful what you say in Coastal Behavioral because I am not sure WHY they are there but I doubt is to «help» anyone.
If I had to guess maybe is too keep some kind of stats on the population of Sarasota. I do not know.
But its a very scary place.

This place is absolute garbage. I know first hand how this operation is run and it is sad that the patient care is terrible. The techs could care less about what is going on and when things aren’t operating well in the unit it’s said that,“eh it’s the Coastal way”. The techs ruled over the nurses. The techs raise their voices and get the patients riled up. When they’re not acting like this they’re just running around with their headsets on, playing on the computer or their cell phone.
Patients do not receive mediocre care let alone good care. There is no manager for the 2^nd shift and there is no organization whatsoever. I would never wish anyone to receive care at this business.
Go elsewhere!