I was there right before Thanksgiving and the first thing that comes to mind is how cold the place was. Seriously cold, and shivering all the time. The nurses were amazing in my opinion. One group therapy was not the best, in my opinion... the guy dismissed what we all said and said wow, you all must be super medicated today. It was my first time in group and it turned me off from talking. But I did it. The doctor I had (I forget his name) was actually awesome. He had long hair.

We had a wonderful experience after needing their services for an unfortunate situation last fall. The doctors and nurses kept me informed regarding my daughters care every day.

Brother in Law has been there for 7 days. Some employees are not compassionate to the patients. He is diabetic and has gone most of the day with no food. The staff told him whose fault is that. He is bed ridden....So sad!!!!!

When i was 12 i was there for suicidal thoughts and the staff was nice enough but dismissed my mental health issues and said i couldn’t be depressed without a reason. they released me a week early on a day i admitted to being suicidal. it’s sad this is one of the bests

This facility was not helpful. My daughter was there for suicidal thoughts and actions. She is a type 1 diabetic. The nurses were dismissive, rude, and downright negligent in providing proper management of her BG levels. My daughter’s physical health was in more danger in their care than ever and due to this, her mental health was barely even addressed. The whole experience was terrifyingly unreal. I will be reporting this to DHEC to be investigated.

Staff is very rude. They don’t do enough to keep you occupied throughout the day.

I stayed for a week for suicidal thoughts and depression, it’s almost been 3 weeks since I got discharged. My experience was alright ig.

Im 17 and stayed for a week because I was suicidal. The food was good but you get basically no privacy and one of the nurses just absolutely hated everyone, it seemed like if she could control it she would do everything possible to make us miserable. Except for her the whole experience was pretty decent, made a few temporary friends and had decent time.

Terrible roach infestation staff would regularly make fun of patients and never gave meds on time

They helped me with suicide depression and addiction they are a wonderful staff treat people with respect and love and take extremely good care of there patients i cant thank them enough for what they have done for me .id highly recommend this place to everyone who needs help.

Had to go here once. the nurses were verbally abusive and the other patients feared them. strongly recommend you do not send your child or loved one here.

I hated everybody the first time my daughter was there. I felt nobody was listening to me. I said what I saw and they didnt listen. The second time wasnt much better, I felt she was manipulating all of them. But now I understand they have steps and I wanted step 5 when they were still on step 2. So when I took control instead of act like the injured parent, things changed for the better. They are there for her welfare, not mine. As a team we work better.

I was placed in Aurora in 2013 and it was a good decision that was made on my behalf by my mother all I can say is thank you

THIS IS A HELL HOLE! WARNING!Heres my story. They teach satanism in institutions like this, like Aurora here in South Carolina.. I almost thought it was a dream when I heard the words from the TV shows and propaganda we had to watch and what they told us in there, even the brick walls outside were covered with Illuminati eyes and suicidal thoughts. Its VERY real.They do it to keep you there and make you seem crazy, my room mates told me thatNever again. Only thing keeping me sane was my friend Rebecca and other guys in there. I truly thought the world was coming to an end and I wasnt saved, and the world would never again make sense. My mother put me in there to teach me a lesson. That was probably the scariest days of my life.. I kept track of the days, 3, 4, 5, 6 ,7. And there was something keeping me from telling mom when she came. Id rather go to prison than to go through that again. It really felt like god abandoned the earth. Ive never told anyone this. Yeah.. but that was the most traumatic thing in my life thats happened. All the meds they had me on was intoxicating.. THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A TEENAGER! PARENTS PLEASE THINK BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR CHILD HERE!I will never again endure this or so help me, I will kill myself.DO NOTI REPEATDO NOT GO TO AURORA IN SOUTH CAROLINA!!

They really helped me. Shout out to my doc Stacey betaine. Its a good place.my doc was great.thanks

I have been sent here twice against my will already. This is, by far, the worst mental hospital I have ever seen. Dr. Marugu, or whatever her name is, deserves to have her license pulled.I do suffer from depression and alcoholism issues, but I dont bother or hurt anyone. Im just hard on myself.Anyway, I was put into the low functioning unit when I first got committed to this horrible facility. I was having really bad alcohol withdrawals and throwing up. They thought it would be their best intentions to lock people out of their rooms and force them into groups when they dont give you anything to help you actually taper off of alcohol. That can be extremely deadly.They physically pulled me out of my bed on that unit when I was shaking, sweating, and throwing up, and locked me out of my room, which was the only place that I had access to a bathroom if I needed to vomit.Also, dont even get me started on all of the unnecessary drugs that Dr. Marugu had me on. I was a zombie both times that I left this place. Her solution to everything is, Lets just give this person enough drugs they dont actually need to knock out a small elephant.The counselor named Todd that works there is also always geeked up out of his mind on cocaine. They really need to drug test the people that work at this facility and learn how to properly detox people on drugs. That should be common sense for a hospital.

First off, let me say that after reading all of the reviews, some are just absurd. Nobody can be forced to have ECT,, I had it, and it was strictly my decision. There maybe some staff that are not as compassionate as others, but all of them are kind, dedicated and truly put the patient first. Please, please do not believe these bad reviews, some of these people may have felt or perceived things in a certain manner . Each is entitled to their own opinion. As far as I am concerned all my nurses, techs and staff as a whole on unit 2 are amazing, they treated everyone with respect, and as a person. I literally owe my life to this facility. I only hope someday I can have the opportunity to go back and help others that are in my previous situation. To every person from housekeeping to Dr. Deleon (hopefully I spelled her name correctly), all I can say is, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, for helping this crazy junkie getting his life back. God bless you all.

There’s no easy fix it button for anyone when coming to mental Health maybe this is the beginning of a new start for relative praying for you . And praying for our family . Time for a change

2-3 years ago I was there for almost 2 weeks and got some help. Learned what I needed to do and Im starting my new and improved path now.

Horrible experience very eerie actually. I felt uncomfortable around the majority of the staff, one of the nurses named star asked me a question during group and told me she thought I was crazy because I didnt answer a question correctly according to her. I was given a shot at the hospital so they could transfer me to aurora, I guess they thought I was going to run. Then once I got their barely recovered from the previous injection that rendered me totally helpless...they injected me again upon arrival so I would go straight to sleep. Sedation. Kept me there for a month.. wont tell you anything about your treatment plan. Intrusive questioning..they asked me about my sexuality I guess that matters to them. No privacy. An old man defecated on my bed he was accompanied by a male nurse and I still had to ask them to change my sheets. Mentally and physically coerced to do what they say. I was forced to remove glasses. Amber was nice to me. Forced to do electroshock therapy escorted by a police officer to the hospital for the that. Dr Mosley was my DR. Rarely saw her. To this day I dont know how she came up with a diagnosis. Forced to do an IQ test. Wouldnt tell me when I was going to leave. Tv is on 24/7. Nurses dont really care...anything you say can and will be used against you. Forced to take pills and they didnt even tell me what it was or what for. If you ask questions it only frustrates the staff, they can be very impatient. Good food though..oh yeah and they take your blood for health reasons but never tell you anything about it. I thought that was creepy. Patients are usually transferred by a white van to this facility. Not always by choice. I had a court order even though there was no trial. The doctors are able to get a court order even if you didnt get a trial or see a judge. I dont know if thats legal, but I would recommend getting a lawyer if you feel you are being wrongfully committed. All the doctors do here is watch you like your an experiment and make judgements based on your behavior because they cant read minds.* The ECT was not my decision.. A perfect example of how these people are: look at the response to Jerra Ws review...Notice that she said it was the worse place to work because the staff is cruel... now lets analyze their response:Blah blah blah condescending reply... you can speak with our patient advocateWhy on earth would she need to speak with a patient advocate when she use to work there. She should be referred to an administrator of some sort. She is not a client /patient but they try to discredit her by implying that she needs to speak with a patient advocate or that she needs help.Who is in charge of this place? Who is running things at aurora?No one wants to take responsibility here because they know that their operation would never fly legally.Its like trying to chase down a scammer when it comes to an authority figure at aurora. I urge the FBI to investigate.m

They didnt bring GOD into the center and they didnt let you have only 2 blanctes and the group activities wasnt helpful at all and give you meds that kept you spaced out it was very boring hated the place never want to go back

Some staff are rude and disrespectful to the patients with disabilities. Ive witnessed it myself.

If you want to be treated like a criminal by rude uncaring people, this is the place for you. I voluntary went in for an evaluation on the day MY WIFE COMMITTED SUICIDE and I was treated with no compassion or concern for my loss.This place is the worst.

The worse place to work... Admin is awful and staff treatment is cruel..

I was a patient who stayed here for 8 days.i felt very lonely and the nurses and staff were verbally abusive and i felt like they would pressure me to say what they wanted to hear.If you are considering going to a mental hospital, then trust me, you do not want to be there.i cried every night and they would fuss at me and tell me to go to sleep.i was already upset because of foster care but they made my depression worse.

They taze people