Princeton Center for Eating Disorders

Kristina 5 months ago

Incredibly lacking in trauma informed care, punitive, gaslit by psychiatrists, tried to make me drop out of grad school and lose thousands of dollars, wouldn’t let me do my school work unless I completed (even if you have documented medical diagnoses that impact your GI system), everything is “your eating disorder.” The unit is outdated in all sense of the word. The only reason I went there was because i had no other option and needed refeeding. Reconsider and go somewhere else if you can.

Sophia Menjivar a year ago

after being in princeton for 2 months i will say i had an amazing time there. i will say that if your looking for full recovery mentally than im not sure if this is the best place to go considering all i really got help with was just gaining weight and being medically stable and i guess just having someone to talk to. all the staff were extremely funny nice and friendly i will say there was one night shift nurse that wasnt the nicest but overall everyone was great especially all the patients and MHA’s and some nurses. i think it was a bit annoying not being able to call best friends or any friend because some patients may use their friends as a coping skill or as like an emotional support system so i personally think that rule is odd. anyways i think this place is fun and great staff and will definitely help you restore weight. overall everything was great.

A G Edited 8 months ago

Updating my review after getting their copypaste response asking me to leave a comment. I left a separate comment a few months ago with IIRC 2 stars, but I was wrong in doing so. This place deserves one star and an audit from the APA. Your center embodies the worst of the American medical system. During my two-month tenure, I noticed how you were a major portion of a larger revolving door through which unwell children were sent into by a failing residential program, which they were pushed into by a well-intentioned parent or therapist. Your surveillance system is so irrational and aggressive—it's downright cartoonish. It's so bad that I am still in genuine disbelief at how a phlebotomist went into the wrong room (mine!) to take MY blood (without checking my ID or verbally confirming my identity with me) for another patient's labs. The other patient was a FALL RISK, guys. When I told my psychiatrist (unsure if naming him would constitute as defamation, so I'll keep it anonymous) that a person came in to take my blood, despite my labs being scheduled for the next day, he said I must have dreamt it. I just love it when my male psychiatrist gaslights me. This was the same guy who sai

Michelle Cuniglio a year ago

DO NOT GO HERE IF U HAVE ARFID!!!! I get that afrid is a newer eating disorder and people may not know about it. At least you should be considerate and help your patients. I put my daughter into this facility and that was the worst decision of my life. The nurses were mean and cranky. According to my daughter, the nurses would not comfort her when she cried. When I left her, my daughter was screaming crying and so was I. From her, she said as soon as I left, the nurses left her. That night, she wasn't allowed to call me because they didn't want her to melt down. Also that night, they were very confused about medicines and the night nurses suck. According to my daughter, the therapist saw her once out of 3 days. Same thing with the dietician. The MHA's were mean to her and seemed careless to me. I still don't get how you are not allowed to call and have a certain times to call home. Anyway, do not send your child there, and don't go if you have arfid or any seperation anxiety. Long story short, me and my husband removed her from this horrible place after 2 nights of torture for her , and us.

Marc Cuniglio a year ago

I put my daughter in this place for afrid. She was crying horribly when we left and nobody was here comforting her. Apparently, she was crying in her room for an hour and nobody came to check on her. Also, the nurses were super cranky and mean. The therapist is annoying. All my daughter did, according to her, was eat, and sleep. There was no activites and no methods for eating. This place was a nightmare. I ended up discharging her.

Dixon Myaz a year ago

I’m writing this review from the perspective of an adolescent, so take everything you read however you want to. I was admitted here for a little over two months, and although it may seem a short while, two months in a hospital feels like years, honesty. Penn is most definitely not a center to help you with recovery mentally, as their main focus here is just getting you medically stable, hence why it’s a hospital. Your voice will NOT matter here, the main purpose of being admitted here is to gain weight, because those with anorexia usually cannot do so on their own, as the guilt of the ED takes over. The little bit of therapy you receive isn’t the greatest, and a handful of the therapist don’t help much. What you pick up from here is what you want to pick up, you really have to make your own experience. (There are multiple groups through out the week, and a couple therapy sessions.) The weekends will seem like a bore, because they totally are. Electronics are permitted, probably for the best, but you can’t even bring handheld consoles, which is a bit dumb. As for the staff, the night staff is awful. Most of them, least to say. The day nurses are usually nice, with some honorable m

Lisa a year ago

I’m an anorexic and I am looking for inpatient places to get help; and Princeton had been recommended. I called for an intake over the phone this afternoon, it took about an hour. After all was said and done, the woman finished my intake, put me on hold and spoke to the treatment team. When she came back, she told me I was ‘too much of a safety issue,’ because of how severe my anorexia is!! That I needed to go to the ER and get a referral. Um hello?! You’re an INPATIENT facility that deals with EATING DISORDERS! I highly suggest people stay away from here if you want to be admitted; you’ll be a safety issue if you’re apparently a severe anorexic. I’m not sure about other eating disorders; she hung up on me before I could ask anymore questions. Never have I been treated with such disrespect when all I want to do is better myself by getting the help I need. This woman needs a lesson in compassion and understanding; and maybe basic knowledge in eating disorders.

Jane Doe Edited 2 years ago

The trauma this place gave me, whew! The psychiatrist assigned to adolescents is homophobic (apparently i am only gay because i come from a single parent household) and does not treat his patients as people capable of not constantly deceiving him. Great qualities to have in the doctor you see the most out of all your care team! Don’t put your child in this program; they’re more obsessed with numbers and (physical) results than a calculator. The nurses are either really great or absolutely hurtful. Adolescents had little to no agency when I was here, and emailing a teacher without approval from your hospital-assigned tutor was prohibited. So was messaging anyone! Mom? Nope, gotta do it through the phone. Friend? Absolutely not, not even through the phone; you have to send them a letter that takes almost as long to get to them as it would be to send it from the ISS. Last but not least, I understand you don’t trust your patients, but a security camera turned on 24/7 placed in each patient’s bedroom is quite extreme, even for psychiatric wards. I was also not a severe case, if anyone was wondering. This is an experience of someone who was compliant and responsive to their treatment and