Cedar Ridge Behavioral Hospital in
Oklahoma City (OK)

DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILD HERE NO MATTER WHAT. My son was hit and pushed down by another kid, we were not notified this happened. Then when I called we were completely gaslit about the situation. We were told they would keep in contact with the school, they didnt even get a phone call. They had this really nice gentlemen at admission who told us all the "fun things" they would do. (Kinda gave me military recruiter vibes) No group therapy, no outside time, they sat around and watched TV....... and then they change my son's dosage on his meds without informing us, they told us they would inform us of med changes. I assumed that meant dosage, so I called when my son told me they gave him extra pills. They said they dont inform of dosage changes, but I requested to be told. The nurse said no problem and she'd put it in the chart, and when we picked him up they told us the doc increased his dose again starting the night before.. i wasnt informed. on a wednesday afternoon, on the phone with my son and the therapist she literally promised that if he had a good night he would get out the next day. He had a good night and even a good morning, and then at 4p we are told he isnt coming home until Sunday because of med monitoring. Which, I understand. Thats fine. But dont promise an emotionally sensitive 11 y/o he gets to go home for good behavior the next day and then not deliver, especially in a place like that AND knowing its his first time. My son will not be going back, we will travel hrs if we have to. Literal nightmare.

Thank you for the wonderful care and treatment my Son received in his time of need. I would highly recommend Cedar Ridge to anyone with a child experiencing a mental health crisis.

Our experience with Cedar Ridge in Oklahoma City was truly positive, and I am very thankful for the care my daughter received there. The intake process was thorough and thoughtful—it took a bit of time, but not too long, and I appreciated how carefully everything was handled. Every staff member I interacted with was kind, patient, and professional. Most importantly, my daughter shared that she was treated very kindly during her stay and felt supported by the staff. She received help quickly, and we saw improvement almost immediately. During our visits, we could genuinely see how much she was healing and learning. As a mother, that meant everything to me. Communication was excellent throughout the entire process—everyone kept me informed and involved, which gave me a great deal of reassurance during a very difficult time. Her therapist, Rhoda, was an incredible human being and exceptional at her job. We connected with her immediately, and I truly wish we could have taken her with us when my daughter was discharged. The only critiques my daughter mentioned were that the food wasn’t very good and that sleeping was sometimes difficult due to necessary safety measures—but those are minor in comparison to the level of care and support she received. I truly have no complaints. I am deeply grateful for Cedar Ridge and the role they played in helping my daughter heal during such a critical moment in her life.

Our experience with Cedar Ridge was both good and bad. Everyone was really nice when going through the check in process. The lady on the phone prepared me to bring a few pairs of clothes because my son would more than likely be staying. After we went through that process with Tracy and a nurse (can't remember her name), they drove my child back to the unit he would be staying. I was able to walk back there with him thankfully bc they put us in a room with a bunch of chairs and the door was locked. When leaving the nurse told me it would be at least 24 hours before I heard from the counselor, which it was the next day. My son got 1 phone call a night from 6-8 and it was supposed to be for 10 minutes. The first night it was 6-7 including verifying the info with the nurse. The second night it was 8 minutes and the third night it was 10 minutes. At visitation on Saturday, they were 20 minutes late bringing him and another kid out. They did not extend our visit so we didn't get a full hour with our son. He was scared and alone and has never been away from us like this ever before. Then Sunday I mentioned it to the person at the front desk when you check in and was informed they are supposed to give you your full hour from when they bring your kid out. Monday I got a phone call from a nurse asking for my permission to start my kid on some medicine. She wasn't able to answer my questions as to why the psychiatrist wanted to put him on these meds and I never once received a phone call from the psychiatrist, which raises a concern for me. After my son was discharged, he was supposed to have his prescription sent to our pharmacy. When my husband went to pick it up later that evening, they had nothing for my son. I called Cedar Ridge and they said they would have the nurse or his unit call me back. They never did. I called the next day and they finally sent it over so we could pick it up. Definitely need better communication and all the nurses/ staff need to know the proper procedures during visitation.

Recently, seventeen year old behaved like a whole other person. My sweet kid was yelling at me and physically stimulated beyond his control. He’d dropped his friends for a new girlfriend who was clearly on an expedited path to nowhere. I called the police to detain him twice before taking him to Cedar Ridge for an evaluation. During the evaluation, I told the intake woman about the homicidal threats he’d made towards me, how he mentioned killing himself. They told him it’s their job to keep teens dealing with these types of feelings. Therefore, he stayed there for 5 days. On the fourth day, we were invited in for family therapy, which was wonderful. By this time, he had learned to better control his anger, talk about his feelings, and do not be so defensive when we tell him what’s done wrong. It was evident he didn’t enjoy staying there, but, let’s be honest, none of his family enjoyed the way he treated us leading up to this. Upon release, we followed all the instructions to focus on sleep, diet and exercise. My once active teen is now active again. He affirms that sending there was the best think we could do. Now, he has a new respect for vapes and how they chemically react with young men. He spoke to the other 9 boys there and they were all using them before being checked in! As far as the conditions there, my son complained the shower was cold and that he wore the same clothes every day. I really didn’t care because it taught him to appreciate the blessings of home. If you have a child that’s suffering from personality changes, consider Cedar Ridge. Their methods helped my son. It’s been over two months and the temper has not returned, he’s learned how to cope with his anger and refrain from drugs.

My child went in to acute inpatient during a crisis. The admin process was longer than I anticipated yet they were able to get my child in and that part of the process seemed smooth enough. The admit was on a Monday and I was called by a MH provider on Monday. They called this a family session. However it felt more like an interrogation of my child about why they wanted to live. After my child reported wanted to live a discharge date was set. This is all they had a focus on even though my child was reporting that under duress due to being interrogated during that “family session”. At no point did I talk to a Dr. who was making these determination. My child was almost discharged prematurely if it was not for my pushing. They were able to get my child set up for residential which was made more sense for my child’s needs rather than just trying to hurry and get them out to free up the bed. Outside of the therapist, communication was poor. No one was consistently answering the phones on their unit, returning calls, or knowing reports from one shift to the next. Overall I guess it did what it was supposed to do for the crisis but it was not for the lack of my pushing and constant advocacy.

There is no way intake should take over 2 hours. They would only let 1 parent back to do my sons intake. I think that is bs. Im trying to get his dad more involved witj our sons mental Healthcare. So im left sitting out for for 2 hours. There is no reason for this. His dad hasn't even came out. I had to bang all the doors as staff was walking by to go to the restroom. This is uncalled for. So another 30 minutes later I had to ask a staff member leaving to find out what was going on. She was very nice the other lady comes out and I asked what was going on. She said they are doing the nurse intake and " i guess your husband chose to do the intake" no wr had no choice only 1 of us could go back. She said there are signs up everywhere. I asked her where that i must have missed them. There is not 1 sign up. Total of 2 hours and 40 mins for intake. This is uncalled for. And I see people complaining about this months back even to a year. So they didn't fix the problem

Overall was a very beneficial experience for my child and we’re glad we made this choice for her mental health. She said for the most part all the staff was kind and helpful. She did express the food wasn’t the best but she wasn’t there for gourmet meals. They were very thorough and informative during our meetings and I noticed how they spoke to my daughter was very respectful and sympathetic.

I have mixed feelings about her experience. It took hours to get her in her unit and I’m not sure why we sat in a room for hours. It’s like they forgot. Someone told me I go but she’s unstable so I stayed. They did good job with counseling and changing medication to fit her better. The only thing I’m worried about is she went back to her regular routine so quickly, her new counselor will help continue treatment.

Top 1000 worst places in the world, they expect you to get better in this. It does not work because they don't let you socialize they they throw you into this like it. Looks like a big jail cell like it's just like a big house. There's rooms, there's 2 showers. This is in residential, there's 2 showers. And they just throw you into those rooms. There's like 20 girls and that whole entire building. And you have assigned rooms and you have to sleep with someone and there's a lot of crazy people there. So a lot of fights happen stuff like that. But they don't let you socialize. They, if you like, if you want to be friends with someone they don't allow you to be friends. They don't allow people to make friends in there. And they expect us to get better wow.

Did no discharge planning. Dumped me with 15 yearold with no meds (called in the next day but none for the night discharged), no set appointments. Nothing. Also 1 1/2 days later still have no release to get her back in school.

My son went in after a suicide attempt, he was cold, distant, isolated, barely eating, and just miserable. He walked out laughing goofing off, noticing how beautiful his surroundings were, giving me the biggest hug, and genuinely happy. Im so grateful the staff were able to bring him back to reality and teach him some coping skills and how to communicate his feelings better. We are on the road to recovery, and I cant thank God, the officers, the doctors and the staff at cedar ridge, and the friend who heard his cry for help and chose to speak out and call for help. 💜

Hello tate/heaven, I've been doing ok I'm still dealing with meds not working and school but besides that therapy been good and I'm getting my helix pierced. on November 4 was the day I came there last year and it's so sad because I still miss everyone but it's ok too, it's been 185 days of me being clean and I hope everyone is doing well bye and I will check in soon

I was admitted last Saturday and just discharged today. You quickly learn that the rules don't apply to everyone. Bedrooms are to be empty of people by 730am and doors locked. This was not the case while I was there. Many people stayed in bed and slept or slept on the floor or in chairs instead of participating in the days activities. Some had medical reasons to be in bed but not all of them. Some of the staff Ms. Lovely to be the best while others like Ms. April was very rude and would get agitated easily. Groups were great especially Sarah's, Brad's, and James's. These groups were very helpful to me. Over all I came out feeling better than when I arrived. Mostly because I met some great women with similar interests. I made some great friends for life there and we will continue to encourage each other. One of the rules is not trade contact info with each other but we did anyway. We were a close group. I was the last of our group to be discharged and was so happy to have their contact info.

There is a lack of communication from the therapist and Dr. to the parent(s), unless the parent(s) is/are the ones to reach out. I get there are a number of patients and things get hectic but there should be something in place to ensure parents are staying informed. The information that was given to me AFTER filing out the stack of paper the night of child getting there and us behind locked doors, should have been given to us prior as that’s had more valuable information. Knowing the alternate therapist and Dr. and them knowing information on our child(ren) so parents CAN get specific information when they call would be great. I thought this facility would have helped my child and all it has seemed to do was put more of a damper on her spirits being there as she has stated it’s the same thing everyday, they don’t get to go outside and play and now she has figured out that all she has to do is answer no to the questions asked and she will be able to go home. Also if you want to discharge your child, you can fill out paperwork but the discharging Dr. has so many days to sign it within. So if you think you are goin to try and get your child out in a weekend and the discharging Dr. isn’t in on weekends you’ll be waiting until that Monday. There should be something in place that would allow a parent to do so and not have to wait if we feel it’s more detrimental to our child’s health for them to be there. I really thought this would be good for my child but I feel all it has done is make her feel like she should never speak on her BH or she will end up in a place like this again and really make her have negative thoughts, negative thoughts this facility is supposed to help them learn to work through not suppress or make them worse. Also she was supposed to get school work and she has told me she hasn’t gotten any. I am EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED in this facility!

I spent 4 months here, over three in residential and it sucked. It was a constantly triggering environment because of another patient that the staff kept bringing back up to the unit I was in. While most staff were very trustworthy and kind, some were clear liars and one even called me a "big back" for eating all of my food, twice. The showers were only 7 minutes long, with only 4 minutes to actually be in the water; three to get dressed and dried. The food sucked, and it made me and others feel sick. My entire unit would get in trouble for what one person did all the time too, it was very unfair. This place made me feel worse than I had before, and it seemed like the only thing that would get me out would be faking everything, even though they urged us to be honest 24/7.

I see a ton of negative reviews and I do not get it! My daughter age 11 was here for 3 months from Febraury to May 2025, after 8 previous acute inpatient stays. She has been home for 4 months now and there is soooo much progress. She is doing fantastic. She has not had any need for inpatient treatment since her time at Cedar Ridge. Her therapist, Amanda, was amazing! My daughter did not like her at first. However, once she started to actually work towards her recovery and work the program she began to like her. By the end of her stay my daughter actually even wanted Amanda as her ongoing treatment therapist. Amanda was very communicative with us. I am so thankful for the help they provided my daughter. In regards to other negative reviews. As someone who has been through a lot of counseling and treatment personally.. Parents need to realize that children are not going to have progress or improvement if they do not work towards it themselves. They can get all the help in the world, but just like addiction, you have to admit there is a problem and put the work in to resolve the problem in order to see progress.

If I could give 100 negative stars I would! Communication is horrible, they say they will give you options after the doctors recommendations but instead they just pick a place and when you find out another place is available they discharge your child instead of transferring them like they should’ve done which means we are now back to square one of starting this whole process over with a facility who actually wants to help. Also, during discharge they had the wrong patient file and calling them the wrong name so they completely drop the ball all the way around! This absolute biggest waste of time!

This is a review for both cedar ridge and dr Jarman in general as I’ve had the same doctor at another facility. I’ve considered taking legal action for the misdiagnoses based off of 5 minute conversations, because antidepressants make people with bipolar manic. I’ve had many doctors confirm my issue and my mental health issues were the same then, minus the extra issues that derived from this place’s treatment. I almost died within two weeks of getting out of that hospital and then they had sent me back to the same doctor afterward. This doctor is literally a partial cause to years of my pain and suffering. The more they “treated” me, the worse it got. Please don’t send people here. They lack any real attention to the patients outside of the techs writing biased notes and basically set me up for further failure.

This place is a prison. Children have nothing to play with. No doors on bathrooms. Waited 10 hours for a bed, during this time staff says to guardian IN FRONT OF THE CHILD that if the guardian doesnt come back on release day, child goes to foster care. Gives no comfort to child, leaves. Staff came two more times to tell guardian they can leave child in waiting area, she "already signed all the paperwork" they need. Guardian declined both times. Staff left guardian unattended for hours in back room after sending child to their care, forgot about guardian until they walked in with a new patient. Intake forms included gender identify as and pronouns. Our child is a male in all accounts and also has long hair. Hair length does not determine gender. The staff called him "her" and "she" throughout the intake process, which was interesting considering their staff includes a transgendered person and their intake forms specifically ask for gender pronouns. We were told he would not be roomed with a violent child; was roomed with animal cruelty. Was told he's on 5th floor; only 4th floor nurses would take our calls and read standard notes (ate 75% of food, slept, participated). Nurse short and uninterested and hesitant to share this standard, templated info until I made my voice sound more sweet. They told us he'd be released Sunday, or Monday, maybe Tuesday, but told our child Sunday. Sunday came, no release. Said he'd be roomed with a child within 1 year of their age; after 9 year old animal cruelty kid released, they moved 7 year old in. Our child is turning 10 in days. They get one 10 min phone call a night. One hour visit per day, 4 person max, on weekends. Cold pancakes at breakfast. Cold ham sandwich for lunch and maybe dinner too, sometimes hot meal at dinner. Clothes are washed every day, but that's because they're only allowed 3 days' worth of clothes anyway. We got a 10 min 30 sec phone call his first call to me. I asked him if he made friends, how was music and dance therapy. He said the kids aren't allowed to talk to each other. The kids cry all the time because they want to leave. The nurses yell at the kids to stop crying. They have an hour and a half of "re-set" time where they just sit. During "group" therapy the kids have to stand 5 squares apart and not talk. The adults don't talk to the kids. The doctor came for 5 minutes one day. He was terrified of the place, the adults, and of them sending him to foster care. They made him hang up when I told him we will never let him go to foster care. We call to speak to his nurse to find out what's going on, what is his treatment, why are we getting differing information? A non-nurse answered and said nurse would call back. It's been 2 days. Today we ask for paperwork to fill out to release him (we voluntarily brought him thinking it was a safe place to handle acute distressing thoughts), and once we turn it in they tell us if we pull him out before the doctor gives the okay then they will get DHS involved. He calls tonight, and I tell him we tried to get him out but they told us there's a 48 hour wait and they would call DHS if we pulled him out before the doctor gave the ok. They made him immediately get off the phone, 8 min 30 sec. Was told a doctor will be there on Labor Day as will other people on staff who can answer our "why" questions about his treatment. We are expecting the runaround again. Update 9/18: Our child is finally home. The on-call doctor spoke to our child on Labor Day. He and other staff pulled him aside while he was excitedly telling everyone he was going home the next day that he would be going to foster care if no one showed up. We learned that they had drawn blood the day before, Sunday, without our knowledge or consent. He left this facility traumatized. I tried to file a grievance using the email address online, but it bounced back. I will be contacting all institutions to file as many as I can against Cedar Ridge.

It was a fairly quick process for admission. My child is 9 years old and of course being away from home was not fun she did adapt fairly quickly. They did call me prior to new meds and after any event. My child stayed 11 days. The only reason I gave it a 4 star was because I never got to speak with Dr. Nathan Davis and only spoke to the therapist Abby twice when she called to set up discharge. Id been more at ease if I heard from them directly instead of second hand.

Had to hospitalize our foster child after several severe injuries to his siblings and animal abuse. We were referred by YES Tulsa who assured us that he was being admitted for a 3 months residential stay until another foster placement could be made. He is deemed unable to be placed with his siblings. Received a call 5 days later at 4pm that he was going to be released the next day?!?! No warning, no updates, no calls from therapists? I adamantly told the lady on the phone that "No, this was a 3 month admission and she needed to call his caseworker for discharge plans". Staff was completely clueless, the right hand has never met the left. This was extremely upsetting to his younger siblings who haven't even had time to be seen by their therapists to process the abuse they suffered under this sibling! And they just expected him to come home? Absolutely frightening! Not to mention a huge liability for us as a foster family to have this child back in our home as such a huge security risk. Clearly they need to do better with patient planning and family safety or they're at risk of releasing a very dangerous child!

It was not a good experience for my grandson and us as a family. He is 8. I called Amanda the counselor who i was told to call to find out if je needed new clothes, new shoes. etc. She did not return my call at all. That was a necessity. She did family therapy with my daughter and grandson and never offered positive feedback. There HAD to be some positive things going on if the facility was any good. She tried to create MAJOR PROBLEMS for my daughter but it failed! I would not recommend this facility at all.

We have had our son to 4 different therapists, another behavioral hospital and for the first time someone actually listened to us and treated his diagnosis seriously. Not only did Cara O’Neill McEntire do everything she could for our son, she was there for us as parents as well. She did research, she was understanding, knowledgeable, caring, etc… I personally would give anything to be able to use her services outside of cedar ridge as well.

It has taken me some time to write this review because honestly it's a lot to digest. We picked this facility because of the Nest unit, a unit for LGBTQ kids - the only one in the country. However, I wish I knew exactly what we were going to encounter once he was enrolled. My kiddo was there for over two months and during that time I did not speak to a single doctor or nurse. At the end, he was taking 12 medications, 8 of which were administered every day. None of which were given with my permission. When I took him to a psych upon discharge, they said the doctor who prescribed these meds clearly didn't know what he was doing, many had dangerous interactions, and that the goal seemed to be to sedate my child. My child is not violent, he is depressed and anxious. I was not provided with copies of treatment plans or intake paperwork until the date of discharge. On those papers, it made it seem like I was included in the loop all along and had a discharge date listed. When I asked about discharge, I was told that all his symptoms needed to be gone before even discussing discharge, which is not realistic on any level. He had many medication side effects that weren't being addressed that included auditory hallucinations, memory distortion, headaches, night terrors, sleep paralysis, and daily nausea/vomiting. When he expressed distress, he was told to "just vomit on the floor" "you are making it up" "it's not that bad" and "drink more water". When he sprained his ankle, which included swelling I physically saw on my in-person visit, he was not provided treatment. He literally pulled his hair out while he was there and left with a giant bald spot - as well as new OCD symptoms and a new diagnosis of PTSD. I had to discharge him "against doctors orders" due to all that I had witnessed and no one taking action. He has been out and with me for almost three months now and he is thriving. On only one medication and just completed an outpatient program with huge success. Every doctor my child has told about Cedar Ridge has confirmed that the way they operate is not ok and is causing more trauma to children. Do not send your child here. They are not healing anyone, they are out there engaging in medical negligence and emotional abuse.

They do not give parents any documentation on your child’s progress. They send him home when not safe at the RTC. Change medicine without consent. Did not cut our child’s hair, there for five months, child gain at least 30 pounds and they did not do any thing to help him loose the weight. They gave us 10 days notice to find another place for our child when they agree he is not safe to go home. staff was uncooperative, would tell us one thing, then tell state officials a completely different story. Therapist/counselors failed to get child to virtual meetings to transition the child to a different treatment center.

I was a patient here a few years ago, and my experience was deeply negative and mentally damaging. We were forced to sit in chairs all day unless we were sleeping or doing hygiene. We were given only eight minutes—timed—to shower, brush our teeth, get dressed, and make our beds. It felt more like a punishment than a place of healing. I only saw a therapist once during my entire stay, and even then I felt completely unheard and misunderstood. The staff did not prioritize mental health or emotional recovery. One staff member even referred to herself as the “Queen Bee” and seemed to make everything about her rather than focusing on the kids who needed help. We had to ask permission to use the restroom, and even then were often told no. We were never allowed to go outside or use a gym—there was no healthy outlet or activity to relieve stress or anxiety. The food was cold 99% of the time, and the so-called “therapies” were superficial and unhelpful. Sending your child here is not a solution—it’s a cop-out. If you truly want your child to heal and improve, please look elsewhere. This facility did more harm than good, and left me feeling less than human.