State of Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

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John Grenier
4 Star
1995-2000 'voluntary patient'. Very good care. Recreation Jay Bellacameno (sp) and Gary top notch rec therapists. Other great MHWs who's names I forgot. My 'problem' was solved. I was treated very well with lots to do. Some yelling and bumps in the road but we managed. Very good patient advocates...Will...and from the state.
Monday 18th February 2019

kedrick head trip
1 Star
Nobody responds to emails and there aren't any "advocates". Beware of discrimination called mentalism or sanism. Those labelled "mentally ill" are more likely to be victims of violence than perpetrators, the vast majority of them are never violent; and anybody can be misdiagnosed so drugs are pushed. I'm not necessarily against all psychiatry, I'm unimpressed by anything prone to misuse. There's political abuse of psychiatry, and there's also abuse without politics. Unqualified staff never heard of an autistic genius or savant syndrome. They thought I couldn't be autistic since I'm not low functioning. I was a prodigy in elementary school, before being forced into "special education" because I couldn't tolerate bullying. I was coerced to take drugs causing drowsiness, thrown in detention for sleeping in class, and forced to witness seclusion and restraint. In states where medicinal cannabis has been relegalized, many unqualified doctors are still around. Their archaic ignorance is disastrous. The laws target people, not drugs. Said hate mongering has more to do with classism than racism, they just won't admit it. Without any medical reason to criminalize medical necessity, the jazz musicians and Mexican immigrants were among the targets. European bigots influenced their American counterparts. Medical necessity was already banned throughout Europe before the United States. Prehistoric medicinal herb still prevents paranoia because it's still relaxing. The pharmaceutical industry is losing customers. Medicinal cannabis will knock down the other dominoes, paving the way for  repopularizing psychedelic therapy; there won't be freak outs in a therapeutic setting. The junky staff at detox wards say, "do as we say, not as we do", pretending to be opiophobic so they can keep drugs for themselves, and eat in front of the patients only allowed hospital food. At Bristol Hospital, Dr. Nachiyappan Manoharan threatened forced injections of Zyprexa. Dr. Christopher Yergen is a bully at New Britain General Hospital. He claims trauma victims are "more than just a little bit paranoid", as if the witnesses are liars. That's not"trauma informed care", yet another bully won't admit trauma happens. Dr. Michael Edward Balkunas is a  sadist at New Britain General Hospital. The probate judge allows perjury, Balkunas wasn't asked to provide any evidence when he lied under oath, not once did the judge care about burden of proof. Dr. Jeffrey Shelton is reprehensible. Over and over, he forces patients through the revolving door via "Physicians Emergency Certificates" when there's no emergency. Dr. Shelton scoffed at me when I told him medicinal cannabis is how I concentrate. Susanne Wargo  pretends medical necessity "causes brain damage" while pushing Xanax without concern about brain damage or deadly withdrawal symptoms. Medicinal cannabis saves lives. Its users are motivated, not "apathetic and lazy"; that's borrowed from a stereotype about Mexicans. Dr. Fred Reindell claims mellow people are "the classic case of bipolar with psychotic tendencies. Dr. John A. Nazarian of Community Mental Health Affiliates claims mellow people are "schizoaffective, bipolar" because of falsified medical records. Sara Carlson Allwood misquoted me in the Intake Assessment. I described my traumatic past during the intake, made it clear I have PTSD, and said medicinal herb helps. This wasn't mentioned. I was falsely accused of "abusing alcohol" when I said I don't drink, not even occasionally. Margaret Pienezak harassed me to cause anxiety attacks. Joanna Haffner unlawfully evicted me. I was thrown to the streets without warning. The Department of Public Health allows violations. Alice Martinez despises medicinal herb, and claims CMHA's only violation was not coercing me to discontinue use. The treatment plan didn't reflect my goals. I'm rising above the abuse. I write about my experience to provide examples. It's about more than any particular person or facility. The people mentioned could be replaced. It'll take a lot to make a difference. I'm working on it.
Thursday 18th April 2019

Queen Princess
1 Star
Bureaucracy continues to be a huge problem here at DMHAS!! Because, nobody there seems to have any knowledge of what they"re doing. My current employer interacts a lot with DMHAS to try to help people overcoming addiction and mental health issues. However, DMHAS has too much bureaucracy which prevents them from helping me be effective with my clients. For example, every time I call up here I get transferred to a thousand different departments about the same issue. When, it should be just be one time I have to call up to get the answers I need for my clients. Also then, there are several times when some of the employees there do not have basic answers!! For example, routine matters and questions which they should know the answers to? I can't undestand that. Nobody in DMHSA seems to know what they are doing, and can be very frusterating for others of us trying to get help for some of the community’s vulnerable members. Finally, DMHAS employees have told me the wrong information about state regulations and procedures on several occasions!! State regulations affecting my clients basic needs and services. Which, has caused serious delays in several of them getting what they need and rely on! No specifics can be given here, because I have to protect my clients’ confidentiality. However, DMHAS has to improve a lot in this area of making sure the information they provide to the public is accurate. Plus, a few of the employees in D MHAS are very rude and no help at all!!! For example, there are a couple ladies there who always have serious attitude problems every time I call in to ask questions. Therefore, DMHAS needs to train all its employees on how to be more respectful and accommodating to all members of the community. And, this is not just my experience either r! Several of my clients who I work with at my current company have complained about getting the bureaucratic ‘run-around’ from DMHAS too!! Since, they can’t get help with the questions they have or the services they need! So therefore, DMHAS has a lot of improvement to make to the community. Maybe once they read this review, they will finally become more accommmodating and less bureaucratic to the public!
Sunday 5th March 2017

april Lahai
5 Star
MS MONEVERIA FROM 410 CAPITAL AVE ALONG WITH MY TREATMENT PROVIDERS THE CONNECTION NEW HAVEN MS AMANDA AND MS CLAIR MAKE IT KNOWN HOW TO MAKE A COMPLAINT IN WRITING OR VERBAL IF YOU FEEL YOU ARE BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY OR NOT BEING TREATED WITH DIGNITY OR RESPECT UNDER THE LAWS OF DMHAS I APPRECIATE THE RIGHTS I HAVE TO MAKE WRITTEN VERBAL COMPLAINTS AND I DO FEEL DMHAS DOES HANDLE THE MATTERS FAIRLY AND WITH OUT PREDJUICE OF BEING MNTLY ILL OR THE NATIONALITY YOU MAY BE ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU I HOPE MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TOLERATE BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY APRIL ROGERS LAHAI PEARSON THE CONNECTION ORANGE ST NEW HAVEN CT ATTN:MS CLARA & MS AMANDA
Thursday 30th July 2015

Gigi Kohler CEO
1 Star
They are terrible here not nice to people with autism at all they were horrific my mother talk to them and told them certain things that she didn't want done they went completely against it and attempted stuff I don't highly recommend for people with autism to come here. Also Dr Gebish is a prick
Saturday 3rd March 2018