1,384 Comments for Gaebler Children's Center

Mr STRUTS
I am wondering the same thing. I think I know who it is but I can't get ahold of her to find out. I did run into sue the lifeguard from the activity center while doing the Lynn schools last summer. She said the person I think Gaebler school girl is has her son in the school there. I will try yo get in touch with her.

hey everyone, Im late but I would want to know if anyone knews who "gabler schoool girl" is
there was also a drawn picture of a woman in one of the rooms that I really liked. I wish I could upload it here

Patrick, I believe you were on my ward, I was on Ward D, to the right of this picture which is the gym, our tv room was outside the locked door to our unit. I was there in 82-84, the staff at the time were, Suzanne,Willie, Jack,Harvery,Melody with the hook hand, Joanna, I can't remember the rest of the staff's name, we also only had 1 shower stall which was on the left of my bedroom with the rainbow in it, we got locked in the shower room and had to bang the door to get unlocked and let out, we didn't have doors on the bathroom stalls, all the floors were the concrete ones, they were really hot in the summer cause we had no a/c and really cold in the winter cause the heat never worked. I hope you are doing well in your life and that things are now going the way you want...it's always nice to hear from someone else who was a kid and pt there....

Madison Stanton, Maybe you are the mentally ill one, we were just kids, we weren't crazy or mentally ill, everyone has problems and we weren't any different, shut your mouth up, you have no clue what you are talking about...don't mess with us former patients, if you want to call us mental, trust me, we can show you mental you mean and cruel in humane person....

Jan Pinkowitz, William Gaebler is the one who built Gaebler, as well at Met State Hosp down the street from Gaebler. Tom Heathwood is the asshole who ran the place, he is the one who implemented the treatment of us children. We were abused badly, the staff treated us like we were their punching bags. We got drugged, mentally,verbally and physically abused. If you didn't tell the Dr's there what they wanted to hear then you paid the price. I don't know who you are, but, please get your facts straight before you post on here. I was a patient there for 2 years and you can't even imagine the hell we as kids went through.

I know boiler1220. I was in a different place. This reminds me of the place I was in

Gaebler was the responsibility of Dr. Donald Gair, a child psychiatrist of the old school; he often endorses the use of forced treatment in the online articles I've read that he has authored. The buck should have stopped with him, but it didn't. Bad leadership, bad administration, bad practice...equaled massive suffering for young children.

i was there eight y two to eight y four leave it all behind you and move on we all went through touph times we have better lives now saying hi to everyone that i knew peAce

Madison Stanton

We were not mentally I'll. Most of us were normal kids stuck here

Gaebler was the responsibility of Dr. Donald Gair, a child psychiatrist of the old school; he often endorses the use of forced treatment in the online articles I've read that he has authored. The buck should have stopped with him, but it didn't. Bad leadership, bad administration, bad practice...equaled massive suffering for young children.

Be nice people! This WAS a mental hospital!

Stevei think that was a our roommate in the room by the office

Mr struts
I visit this page a lot. I have left my info and I lived there for 5 years over a 2 stay period. Feel free to contact me

right Lady Alice, that scp had brought me to this site an to the old Gaebler facility also.

I would LOVE to talk with the patients who lived there about there experiences at this place, but it seems they dont visit this page anymore.

Good lord,how horrifying