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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 621573" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Oh, forgot to add, I was in two private hospitals and one university hospital. By far the best care I got was at the university hospital. The private ones would not have tried talking me into coming back if I had left AMA. Nor would even the great university hospital. They know they can't force you to get treatment and they don't try.(That is unless it has changed a lot).</p><p></p><p>I got to stay in the psychiatric hospital for TEN WEEKS back in the dinasaur days <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Insurance allowed me to stay until I was actually stable on my medications. Insurance today, except for certain drug rehabs, do not keep the mentally ill in hospitals more than just as a band aid until they can discharge them to outpatient. It is unheard of to be in a p-hospital for a long time these days.</p><p></p><p>Thank those who emptied out psychiatric hospitals and lobbied for the civil rights of even the psychotic. Nobody can force even a psychotic individual to go into any hospital unless he is holding a knife to his throat or waving it at other people. And two days later, you better believe that person will no longer be considered a threat and will be out on the streets again. Thus, the mentally ill, like myself and my son, have to take of our mental health issues outisde of a hospital setting and that's on us, it's not on our parents who can't make us go or make us take our medications.</p><p></p><p>Ok, vent over! (whew!!!!) I think it's time for a workout at the gym for stress relief!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 621573, member: 1550"] Oh, forgot to add, I was in two private hospitals and one university hospital. By far the best care I got was at the university hospital. The private ones would not have tried talking me into coming back if I had left AMA. Nor would even the great university hospital. They know they can't force you to get treatment and they don't try.(That is unless it has changed a lot). I got to stay in the psychiatric hospital for TEN WEEKS back in the dinasaur days :) Insurance allowed me to stay until I was actually stable on my medications. Insurance today, except for certain drug rehabs, do not keep the mentally ill in hospitals more than just as a band aid until they can discharge them to outpatient. It is unheard of to be in a p-hospital for a long time these days. Thank those who emptied out psychiatric hospitals and lobbied for the civil rights of even the psychotic. Nobody can force even a psychotic individual to go into any hospital unless he is holding a knife to his throat or waving it at other people. And two days later, you better believe that person will no longer be considered a threat and will be out on the streets again. Thus, the mentally ill, like myself and my son, have to take of our mental health issues outisde of a hospital setting and that's on us, it's not on our parents who can't make us go or make us take our medications. Ok, vent over! (whew!!!!) I think it's time for a workout at the gym for stress relief!! [/QUOTE]
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