I must say this is the only treatment facility I have ever been to. I have no comparison to other facilities. I spent 12 days at Roxbury. The staff was 90% wonderful. The facility was 84% clean. The rules were very restrictive, but they had to be. We had mental health situations that could have become dangerous with less restrictive rules for EVERYONE there. We had addicts who were detoxing and going through withdrawal and medication sickness and severe mood swings as well as mental illnesses who needed to get on a Monitored medicine regime. I understand why the rules were so severe and agree it was the best and safest way to deal with a mixed bag population, to treat them all as potentially dangerous to themselves and/or others. Good call. The food was actually pretty good and plentiful. Most people going there are malnourished and they gave every opportunity to feed up very nicely. The psychiatrists were very experienced and could read the patients clearly and not rely on what the patients told them. They couldn’t be deceived easily and were experienced enough to see the core of the matter. I needed to get antidepressant meds and be supervised until my regiment was established. Not the worst case scenario. They did that perfectly. I saw what other issues and personality types the staff had to deal with. They did an overall fantastic job. I highly recommend Roxbury Treatment Center for their caring staff and good food. There were a few hours a day of down time which was hard to take. I know they were busy but some organized activity available during those times would have given patients an alternative to being in their own heads and bored for those hours. Maybe I missed the point on that time and it was constructive for some. We were allowed five cigarette breaks a day, cigarettes provided. We were an adult unit and most were smokers including all detox patients. That was so nice to not have that taken away. The stress of cold turkey no smoking on top of everyone’s issues would have raised stress levels and tempers astronomically. Thank you for that Roxbury. My experience was super helpful in getting treatment for depression, anxiety and PTSD. I highly recommend Roxbury’s facility. Five stars if there were five to mark.
