Alexia Dyslexia
Hasn't everyone pondered what it's "really" like in a mental institution? Especially after seeing "A Beautiful Mind" or "Girl Interrupted"? Both are great movies, though they portray mental institutions differently than they really are. For example, "A Beautiful Mind" protrays it as a thing to be afraid of, with men in white coats running around, sticking people with needles. Maybe in the way back, that is how it was, but not now. In "Girl Interrupted" they protrayed hospitals as glamorous, and very lenient. That isn't the case. Here are a couple real looks at mental hospitals.
Name: Children's Home of Detroit, Secure. A.ka. Warren Campus.
General Location: Near the Van Dyke Hotel, on Chicago road.
Website: Childrenshomeofdetroit.org
Food: Very, very bad. Meat rarely cooked all the way through, food found in hair frequently, molding bread.
Typical Day Menu:
Breakfast:
cereal
buttered bread (also known as toast, but not actually toasted).
orange juice, milk or water.
Lunch:fried bologna sandwiches
orange juice
Dinner:rice
sweet and sour chicken (not cooked all the way)
rolls
fortune cookies
Please note, that sometimes, they had grape juice, and apple juice too. On a lucky day, condiments were offered, such as hot sauce, ketchup, butter, salt and pepper and dressings. There have also been days though, that they ran completely out of juice and milk. Sometimes they were offered fruit, and got snacks and dessert. Just not, very often.
Pop available? No.
Departments:- Achievers team: trouble making females
Bears team: trouble making males
Confidence team: sexually abused females
Dream team: sexually abusive and abused males
Energetic Eagles team: young children who are very undisciplined.
Flyers team: very young males
G team: Not set up yet
* This is the original set up for the teams, to the BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. It is very intermixed, meaning, that a male on B team, may be D team material, and vice versa. A team and C team girls often have the same problems too, and are placed on the "wrong" team.
Average Length of Stay: 1 year. It varies though, from 4 years to 6 months (at the very least).
Male and Female intermixing: very limited and disciplined. Every three months or so, CHD had a dance. At school,they are able to intermix against the staff's desire.
Activities: Group therapy once a week, and off campus activities weekly.
Shots: No.
Quiet Rooms: Yes. At least 5 throughout the building. Very small, and dirty. Cameras located in them.
Average amount of Restraints per Day: 5
School: Two schools located in the basement. Rockwell and Warren Academy. Rockwell has segregated boys and girls classes while Warren Academy doesn't. Though both schools are considered, Special Education, Rockwell is moreso. There is also a chance of going to a regular off grounds school.
Staff: about 3 per team per shift (8 hours). It differs on the days, also.
Positives: This place is not a joke. The staff do not play games with you. This place does try to teach you a lesson and does do a much better job than short-term stay hospitals.
Negatives: This place is more about behavioral problems than mental. Therefore, you get talked to less, and disciplined more.
Level System: Orientation phase 1: (2 weeks) When you first come you are placed on this level. You cannot make calls, or go outside.
~Alexia Dyslexia
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