how long will someone be in a psychiatric hospital if they admit themselves?
My boyfriend just admitted himself into a psychiatric hospital to get help, how long will he be in there for, am i going to be able to visit, and will he be able to call me?
I can answer your question because I did intake work at a psychiatric hospital for years.
First of all, your friend can have visitors and can make and receive phone calls while he is hospitalized and so you should plan on visiting him. Call the hospital to find out what their visiting hours are.
Secondly, if he is a voluntary patient, he was not committed or being held for examination for a set amount of time. And so his doctor can release him at any time. Or he can make a request to be discharged. But the length of time he will be hospitalized has to do with what is wrong with him and how well he is able to recover…just as in a general hospital.
And so what your friend needs is your support. Be sure to tell him that you want him to recover and be well and that you are pulling for him.
Your friend was given a written list of his rights on admission and if he chooses to, he can tell you how long his doctor needs to keep him in the hospital and if they will be testing him. All this takes time but hospitalization is very short these days and the treatment is intensive.
I wish you and him all the best.
Depends what kind of dilemmas are involved. If he is trying to kill himself not anytime soon. Most times when people voluntarily commit themselves they are usually fine and let out soon. It all depends on the evaluations.
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Your friend will get out after the corporate quacks and therapists have "dehumanized" him with a toxic cocktail of mind altering, brain damaging drugs.
By that time, he’ll be a well qualified brain dead basket weaving disabled zombie and his future lies in the pschiatric hospitals ‘haflway" house weaving baskets for $1 per day while the quacks collect the disablity monies to "manage" his numerous mental illnesses.
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I can answer your question because I did intake work at a psychiatric hospital for years.
First of all, your friend can have visitors and can make and receive phone calls while he is hospitalized and so you should plan on visiting him. Call the hospital to find out what their visiting hours are.
Secondly, if he is a voluntary patient, he was not committed or being held for examination for a set amount of time. And so his doctor can release him at any time. Or he can make a request to be discharged. But the length of time he will be hospitalized has to do with what is wrong with him and how well he is able to recover…just as in a general hospital.
And so what your friend needs is your support. Be sure to tell him that you want him to recover and be well and that you are pulling for him.
Your friend was given a written list of his rights on admission and if he chooses to, he can tell you how long his doctor needs to keep him in the hospital and if they will be testing him. All this takes time but hospitalization is very short these days and the treatment is intensive.
I wish you and him all the best.
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Your boyfriend should probably be able to call you in a few days or sooner. The maximum amount of time a person is usually in a psychiatric hospital is 2 weeks and that is because of insurance.
Visiting will up to his doctor and his parents depending on the age of your boyfriend.
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