08-03-2011, 05:45 AM
If you try to hurt yourself or someone else you can be admitted. You can also be admitted voluntarily or by your parents. The people that are in there, are not in there longer than a month usually. The institutions of the old don't exist anymore. You can have generalized anxiety and be in the hospital. Insurance does not like to pay for your stay so hospitals do their best to get you treated and sent on your way. Two weeks is a common time stay. People with very sever disorders like psychotic schizophrenia usually live in a half way, 3/4 way house, or even on their own. They partici[ate in day programs which is considered outpatient. People who are in there seem as normal as you and I or anyone else. Movies make this seem much worse. THey used to give meds back in the day that cause tardive dyskenisa which causes grimacing of the face, tongue hanging out, etc. to schizophrenia that ade the patient look worse than they were. If you have ever been to an old folks home on an alzheimers ward, this is much worse than in-patient in a mental hospital.
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