About Ascension Saint Thomas
Ascension Saint Thomas Behavioral Health Hospital is a leading provider of comprehensive treatment for adults struggling with behavioral health concerns. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, the hospital offers inpatient treatment and intensive outpatient programming customized to each patient's unique needs. The multidisciplinary team of professionals, experts in their fields, delivers focused, all-inclusive care in a safe and supportive environment. The staff is praised for their exceptional care and compassion, with many amazing and attentive people working there. The security team, nurses, food prep, counselors, therapists, and director are communicative and make sure patients are safe. As a nurse that makes referrals, ABH is always the first choice, confident that patients will get the care needed. The staff is caring and goes above and beyond. The facility is a superior treatment choice and a huge blessing for many. The therapists are wonderful. While some aspects like the beds and food are noted as not very good, the lunch people are really nice. The hospital provides treatment for concerns such as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and psychosis.
i’m leaving 2 stars only because a lot of the staff were genuinely nice to you if they weren’t busy and if you weren’t in an active crisis. i won’t waste too many of my words reliving the 7 days i spent there so ill give you brief rundowns of some of the things i experienced. i had no choice in where i was admitted and i absolutely would never choose this establishment myself. no one communicated with the patients about basically anything, every single breakdown i witnessed from the patients around me was met with nothing but judgement, attitude, and shaming. sometimes even just being yelled at and told to “just stop”. i have severe food aversions due to my...read full review
I was admitted during July of 2025 and it was definitely an interesting experience. Only very few select staff really listened to our concerns, including the group therapy leaders, so props to them. But overall, it was my fellow patients that really made my time there special. I got very lucky to have been admitted at the same time as them and I hope to reunite with them soon
I got transferred here from an affiliated hospital so it definitely wasn’t my first choice . It wasn’t as bad as it could have been im sure , the nurses for the most part were nice and respectful and the groups were nice mostly because there was nothing else to do. However, the psychiatrist I talked to was pretty unhelpful and it took for ever to talk be able to talk to my case worker. They were incredibly bad about telling you anything about your status or situation and even though the groups were nice and somewhat had a helpful point to them they really weren’t going to do any real help for people that actually needed it. The nurses were also at times kind of...read full review