Facility profile Illinois
Linden Oaks
Also known as Naperville Psychiatric Ventures, Operated the Arabella House which was a residentially treatment center for eating disorders that closed in 2012.
Open
Naperville, Illinois
Linden Oaks is a psychiatric hospital in Naperville, Illinois, operated by Linden Oaks. It has operated since 1989.
Incidents on record
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Staff arrests
Reported practices
Treatment methods
- Psychoanalysis
- Reality therapy
- Exposure therapy
- Therapy with an unlicensed provider
- Behavior modification
Program philosophy
- Psychoanalytic
Research notes
- Linden Oaks remains open, but their Arabella House (RTC) closed in 2012.
- They operate under the designation of an inpatient psychiatric hospital. However, former patients have alleged that practices associated with behavior modification programs have been used.
- Edward-Elmhurst
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- Group therapy was often facilitated independently by behavioral health employees that are not required to maintain a clinical license (according to their own job listings).
- During "group therapy" that was orchestrated by someone who was not a licensed therapist, youth were prompted to share personal trauma triggers, and the employee leading this group proceeded to re-enact aspects of what was shared. (Ex: when a girl shared that men screaming in her presence scared her because of child sexual abuse, this male employee began to yell without cause).
- To my understanding, the level system has been discontinued, but there were formerly colors used to differentiate patients. "Red" patients were often subjected to more severe forms of malpractice. Your name was also written on your door in the color that you were assigned, and we were often required to carry a book that corresponded to our color when leaving our rooms.
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