Name: Midwest Center for Youth and Families
Address: 1012 West Indiana Street, Kouts, IN, 46347
Telephone: 219-766-2999
Rating: 1.8333

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Educating patients and families heal from the variety of drug and alcohol abuse problems is what this substance abuse treatment centre in Kouts, IN specializes in. With services mainly predicated on Emotional health solutions, each patient receives individualized treatment services which include: Emotional medical treatment.

Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment

The rehab center hosts a favorable, healing environment influencing patients to feel empowered to proceed and work towards a glowing future. Each affected person begins their treatment to addiction within a Residential application made to support the patient's specific desires and requirements.

Drug and Alcohol Rehab

The therapists and counselors at Midwest Center for Youth and Families are both all well-qualified and are dedicated to healing the mind, body and spirit of Female and Man within age ranges of both Children/adolescents and adults.

Ensuring all walks of life are all welcome, there are also special language services offered which include Services for both deaf and hard of hearing. There is a smoking policy which orders: Smoking not permitted.

Addiction Treatment Programs

Getting treatment at this drug and alcohol addiction rehab means that you receive well-researched, evidence-based treatment and therapy. Their treatment approaches are all impressive, including: Individual identification, Couples/family therapy, Group therapy, Dialectical behavioral therapy, upheaval therapy, Action therapy and Psychotropic medication.

These special treatment approaches support the specific programs and classes that Midwest Center for Youth and Families works with which are: Persons with co occurring emotional and substance abuse disorders, Lesbian, Military families, people who've undergone injury, people who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and people who have eating disorders.

Alcohol and Drug Treatment Services

Supporting their highly prestigious substance abuse treatment would be the center services which include:

Case management
Education services
Family psychoeducation
Suicide prevention services

If you're interested in learning more about that facility, we encourage you to reach them out directly so that they may appropriately address your own questions.

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Issa Tosi

Out of the two times I’ve been they weren’t very efficient when taking care of drama on the unit. Overall most staff was very willing to have an impact on a patients treatment.

Issa Tosi

Out of the two times I’ve been they weren’t very efficient when taking care of drama on the unit. Overall most staff was very willing to have an impact on a patients treatment.

Natalie Powell

I wrote a long review of the positives and negatives I experienced at Midwest, but it got deleted before I could post it because I turned off my device...so yeah. Midwest was extremely strict, every day was the same. Staff was extremely hypercritical, ill tempered, and demanding near half the time. Drama, fights, screaming, cursing, acting out, feeling cramped and trapped, no privacy, nothing from home to bring you comfort. This, and so much more, lead me and many others to experience frantic periods of insanity. However, in a nutshell, Midwest changed me for the better... because once I accepted that I could not instantly change the reality that I was living in a residential facility 2.5 hours from home, I decided to make an effort to change so that my home would be better upon my return. I was motivated, willing, attentive, and allowed the pain I endured to strengthen my tolerance. I used my disadvantage to my advantage. Accepting and pushing myself through treatment was the hardest thing I’ve done in my entire life, but it certainly was worth it.

Cressy Toledo

my friend at a different facility went here i think and i miss her and i dont think you guys treat people correctly. try to make them feel better and okay, not mess them up further.

Reina Foxx

I broke out. My family sent me here as a kid and I hated it so much I broke out. Mind you they have top notch security for a place like this. Solid steel doors, locks on every single door. Guards pretty much everywhere. Chained in dance …More

Mr. Hoodie

I was taken here recently for Severe Recurrent Major Depressive disorder and General Anxiety disorder, I was also cutting myself and in this situation I attempted to kill myself. I had been to 3 other facilities prior and none of them had done anything for me. When I arrived on north unit (the male unit) There were about 18 residents at the time. You must realize, a lot of the people here are going to be very severe, this isn\'t a place just to send your kid if they are dealing with a little bit of depression or some mild behavioral issues. This place is not luxurious at all, they don\'t pamper you, and you aren\'t fed gourmet meals everyday. In all honesty, that helped my situation. I am a particularly picky eater, however, being here is no place to be picky. In my opinion, the only major issue with this place is that the people who run it are trying to be cheap about it. The staff are all wonderful people, I have never had one bad experience with any of them. They truly care about the children, and I know that as fact because they seriously try to build a relationship with the residents whether or not they are behaving negatively. They don\'t forget your actions, but they don\'t hold on to grudges. There are staff working on the units who have been working there for YEARS, yet they still aren\'t payed well, and they don\'t leave. They care about the kids. It\'s truly sad they aren\'t rewarded highly for their hard work. Now, on to the topic of therapeutic holds. You probably have read reviews about residents being held against the wall, and they either have you take a pill or a shot. Holds are only used if you are a danger to yourself or others, they don\'t just do this to residents. I\'ve seen multiple holds when I was on unit, and it was only in situations when a resident was having an outburst i.e becoming physically violent, destructive, self-harming behavior, or inappropriately touching another resident. What they do, is that they get you in a corner and get it so that you are facing the wall, and they raise your arms and hold them against the wall so you\'re incapable of moving or further harming others/yourself. They aren\'t pleasant at all. However, they are only used in extreme situations. The Unit is kept clean and tidy, every morning once you wake up you have to make your bed, and shower. They also promote good hygiene and provide deodorant, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, and a tooth brush with tooth paste. Once a week, the residents help clean the unit. In this time we sweep the floors of the common areas and our rooms, mop the floors, and wipe down all surfaces with sanitary wipes. The bathrooms are also thoroughly cleaned by cleaners that come in while we\'re not on unit. Medications are taken every morning before breakfast, and after dinner for the people that need medications after dinner. Residents are allowed leisure time, and there also projects and team building activities the unit does. While I was there, we made posters on DBT skills and created clay animals which we also painted. A lot of my fellow residents I met there were also genuinely great people who had mental issues or behavioral problems. Being there seems intimidating and scary at first, but once you warm up to people in my experience they typically open up more. It is not a pleasant place to be at first, but if you open up about what you\'re dealing with, and try to make progress, it truly helps. The staff on north unit were incredibly caring, and they were absolutely raw and real. Some are kind enough to even share their personal possessions with residents in leisure time. One staff member would bring in comic books for north unit and let residents read them as long as they returned intact. A few of them are also incredibly talented. One would draw artwork of comic superheroes and villains for residents which were absolutely stunning, and another would also sing with the residents. This isn\'t a bad place, the staff aren\'t bad, the issue in my opinion is that they don\'t have the proper tools to work with.

brooke

nobody took the reviews seriously when i was about to be admitted. they aren\'t doing anything illegal but the treatment is unjust and horrible to say the least. i was stable for a couple months and made a decision to get residential treatment. i didn\'t self hurt myself or others or even slightly threaten to. i took all my medication, i was respectful to staff, and i functioned every day. i was there for 2 months. 60 days of longing to better myself but just getting torn apart piece by piece because everything you do is wrong. no matter how hard you\'re trying, it isn\'t enough for them. every single thing you do gets documented. if you look tired they write it down. my medication makes me tired and i was having caffeine withdrawals but could not go to bed, even after i finished everything for the day. they pick apart every single thing you do. they expect perfection and then get mad at you for becoming obsessed with it. it didn\'t help me. it made me terrified. i have nightmares about going back. everytime i mess up in the slightest (ex. getting a bad grade or two in school) i borderline on having a panic attack because i don\'t want any reason to have to go back to that horrible place. they aren\'t trying to help your behavior by teaching skills, they instill fear. you have negative thoughts, you get punished. every day i just wanted it to be over. i wanted to go home so i could try to get somewhere with myself. if you think you do good, they will find something you did wrong and blow it up to the moon. i was working my hardest and even trying to have an open mind about what i was \"learning\" (i\'ll get to that in a sec) but my \"hyper focus on discharge\" was something they noted as a negative behavior. there was a staff who thought the word what was rude. no matter the tone. if you didn\'t hear her, you said \"excuse me, can you repeat that?\" or she would scold you. there were staff who got mad at me for being emotional. i was 5 hours away from home for two months and had just came back from seeing my mom. i had no clue when i\'d get to go home and i was told i couldn\'t level up because i was too emotional. you have to write a \"dearman\" to leave up, go on a pass, or get laundry done. the level system is red,orange,yellow,green,blue,purple. i left at green because of insurance dropping me. you aren\'t supposed to leave til purple and you can level up every other week. you have to study a workbook with \"skills\" in the form of acronyms/lists. and then take a test over what you studied. a lot of the staff were very rude and treated residents with extremely little respect and basic human dignity. they invalidated all of your feelings and reactions and simply ignored that mental illness is a thing. they decided it\'s our choice and we can just stop it. i got told to stop it a lot. when i was missing my mother, they would just tell me to stop, and i would lose points. their \"last resort\" is a hold. they force you to stand on your tip toes against the wall while they pin down your arms. you stand like that for an hour, sometimes longer. say all you will, but that is cruel and unusual punishment. it\'s physically excruciating for the average person (especially young girls). i saw a girl screaming and sobbing because they were grabbing her too hard and in response they pressed more forcefully and basically told her to stop. this place is only suitable as an absolute last resort. if you haven\'t been to a residential and failed before, you don\'t need midwest. i could say so much more but everything said in other reviews is true. please listen. you can\'t take your child out without paying out of pocket once you sign the papers. it\'s not worth it. i\'m traumatized. try intensive outpatient first and maybe progress to residential if it\'s getting worse, but only after extensive research. just not here. i wouldn\'t wish this kind of pain on my worst enemy.

Rosa Murillo

this place literally traumatized me even more, they left marks on my body and basically abused me. i was only 12 years old and they were so rough. the food is really nasty. they don\'t try to fix family problems they just try to tear family\'s apart. i would not recommend this place whatsoever i could actually sue this place if i wanted to but i\'m not about that court life.?

G Skidmore

This place gave me PTSD. I have night terrors about it at least two times every week and it\'s been over 18 months since I discharged. I had a bad flashback a few days ago to my time at Midwest. It only took a small detail of the restaurant to send me into a horrifying flashback, and I was on high alert until we left the restaurant. I actually developed anorexia while I was at Midwest, and restricting my food intake is still a problem today. I witnessed staff literally attacking a ten year old for having a nonviolent panic attack. The next time I saw her, she was badly bruised. A male morning staff member intentionally opened the bathroom door on a shirtless girl with nothing but her underwear on. The staff scream at you. They say they teach DBT but staff do the oppposite of that. They are rude and physically abusive to almost every resident. They drill you on DBT skills and \"manners\" and withhold snacks from you if you misbehave. You are REQUIRED to address every staff as \"sir\" or \"ma\'am\". They wrote off a patient with severe PTSD as \"attention seeking\" while she was having a flashback/panic attack. They completely ignored a girl who was self harming in the presence of staff. A different girl was left unattended for several minutes and escaped. She was missing for multiple hours. Staff are foul mouthed. A fire alarm went off and staff left the unit completely. One said \"oh f---k it\". Another told a nine year old to go \"s--t yourself\". This place reminded my grandfather of the orphanage he grew up in during the 1940\'s. That\'s how badly they treat children. Do not even THINK about going here. You will be mistreated and abused by staff and residents.

A Macker

From an administrative perspective, Midwest Center for Youth and Families works to provide a much needed service for our community. In an effort to make mental health services accessible, they also partner with other community organizations and have generously supported and promoted mental health services in NW Indiana. Having worked directly with their administrative staff, Mental Health America of Porter County knows how caring and dedicated they are to helping youth and families. We are thankful for their support of our work and we value their expertise!

cepetch .

I was very worried about sending my daughter for residential treatment, however, found this to be a fantastic place. She was treated very well by staff, they really are wonderful with the kids. At first she was scared, angry and wanted to come home but it was really only about a week before she was comfortable. The psychiatrist and therapist that worked with her were amazing. I highly recommend Midwest.

Makayla

I think it’s about time we talk about the abuse, neglect, and manipulation that occurs in the mental health community. My name is Makayla, I’m 17 years old, and last year around this time I was in the Midwest Center for youth and families for a month and eleven days. The trauma I endured there still visits me nearly every night in nightmares. We were forced to go with little to no water for three days because the septic system broke, and instead of bringing water in, they made us go thirsty because if we drank we would have to go to the bathroom and the toilets didn’t work. I take heavy medication that is incredibly dehydrating so I passed out multiple times.Then when the water finally started working again it was dirty and contaminated, but we had to drink and shower in it anyway. The food was so bad that we all had diarrhea and were throwing up frequently. We watched them scrape the mold off of the bread and cheese then give it to us to eat. The milk was rotten, it was so bad it had chunks. We got a limit of two and if they were both bad then that meant we went without and had dry cereal. Every day we were given points for the day before, the points dictated where we would stand in that day’s line. If you got bad points, you were publicly humiliated and put at the back of the line. Being at the back meant you got less time to eat, your food was cold, you got less time to go to the bathroom, you got meds last, you got phone time last, you couldn’t level up, and if there wasn’t much time for showers you didn’t get one. It also meant the staff discriminated against you. They never took into consideration that we all had extreme trauma, we were all mentally ill, we all react to things differently, and were extremely vulnerable. While I was at Midwest there was also a riot. Fights broke out across all units, and pretty soon it was out of control. I was there for suicide and self harm, not violence, so I didn’t participate. tried my best to stop the fighting, but I couldn’t do anything. It was so violent and so traumatizing that I that was having panic attacks and severe flashbacks. I couldn’t handle it anymore and I was so disturbed, so I went to my room, hid under my desk, and tried to take my own life. No one came in to see if I was ok for over half an hour and by that point I was blue and unconscious. By the time I came to I couldn’t move or talk. I was so weak I couldn’t even move my fingers. When my vision can back I saw my roommate pinned against the wall, the staff banging his head against the concrete. He had seen the laces tied around my neck and ran to save me. They thought he was attacking me so they restrained him and beat him up. The next day he could barely walk. They never had a doctor come check on me, they just carried me to the gym to get me away from the fighting and told me all my privileges were now taken away. I still remember that day, I just wish I could have helped my roommate, he was so traumatized after that, he was so afraid that he tried to commit suicide soon after. My therapist while I was there (Paul) was also a source of trauma. I told him that I’m gay, and in response he told me I’m going to hell, gay relationships never last, and “those people always end up killing them selves.” I was horrified, so I filed a complaint and tried to get a new therapist. Instead of listening to me I was told that I was attention seeking and that I was making up stuff because he looked like my rapist (I had told them about the similarity in the beginning). He also told me that I had to “get over my trauma and forgive my abuser.” I got panic attacks every time I saw him, but they still forced me to go. I was lucky in the fact that I got out of there quickly, but so many others still are forced to survive in those horrific conditions as literal children who have already experienced some of the ugliest things in life. No one deserves to be treated like that. Please do not send your children there, I’m begging you. It still hurts me to this day, almost a year later.

Makayla

Wendy Dabrowski

I speak from a different perspective. I speak from the inside out . I worked there in management. It was every bit of what the kids said. It was hell. It wasn't designed to help children. It was designed for profit made on the backs of children suffering from mental illness. There were good people that worked there that tried to make it better, but having to fight administration for change was impossible. I cannot tell you enough to listen to your children. Another supervisor and I fought daily for simple things like markers to use in what was advertised as art therapy. I was told by the CEO to run them under cold water because they would still work. There was not one paycheck I received that didn't go to buying supplies for staff and kids. We fought for everything and got labeled as troublemakers. I spent hours with kids on my own time just listening to them because their therapist didn't have time. Food was inedible. Slop covered in gravy. If kids were not mentally ill coming in they were going out. People we're not hired because of compassion for children. They were hired on if they were able to physically throw a kid to the floor in a hold. So many kids told the same story but their mental illness was used against them. Yes, there were a few staff who cared but they didn't stand a chance at lasting. There was no one to go to that could make it better. It was all about turning a profit. Kids who were ready to go home were kept longer because numbers were down and insurance would pay for more time. The political redtape was deep. When I began making too much noise to others in higher positions outside the facility, I was terminated but given a severance package. How does one get fired but gets a severance package? I along with another dedicated person tried everyway we knew to change what it was into what it could have been. It wasn't enough. Until compassion comes into the resumes of everyone who works there, it will never change. At the time I was there sadly even the therapists didn't understand application of DBT. Yet it was promoted as the basis of treatment provided there. We had the beginning of a new program filled with possible dreams coming to fruition. But the person who had to put the stamp of approval on it would rather sit behind close doors chewing his tobacco than hear the cries for help from staff who cared and kids who needed him. My message to all parents. Children are your most valuable possessions. Don't hand them over to strangers. Wolves can be dressed as sheep in stories beside little red riding hood.

Wendy Dabrowski

Viri

My daughter was there for 3 months, she came back home super positive and confident, with great attitude. She used to cut, drink, use and was always upset, anxious. This is a great place if your kid really opens up and follow through their DBT treatment

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