Considering Inpatient Treatment for Mental Health: Is it Worth It?

I dealt with a similar issue. I started seeing my therapist weekly, and when that personally didn't help me, I went into an intensive outpatient program (IOP) which was super helpful in treating and diagnosing my symptoms and bipolar disorder. When I got out of a mental hospital, I went into a partial hospitalization program (PHP) which is a few steps below hospitalization. This was 5 days a week for 6 hours each day. This was by far the most helpful treatment I've gotten. They were really understanding too of my dissociation and possible DID. I don't have a lot of experience with mental hospitals because I was only there for 3 days, but I know that it wasn't helpful however a lot of hospitals aren't like that! This is just my personal experience. Oh also, there's something called residential which is the step below a mental hospital. It's inpatient but is a lot more carefree, therapy focused, and less strict. Would totally recommend that! I hope this helped!

if you feel you need more extensive or intensive treatment or support, feel free to make a request to be institutionalized for a while. But also be careful, sometimes they can try to keep you in longer than need be. So maybe look around for inpatient clinics that aren’t exactly mental institutions perhaps. :}

Oh I'd say definitely at least move the meetings with your therapist to twice a month or once every week beforehand. For systems it can be very scary to wake up in a new hospital setting but it could definitely be beneficial dependant on your system and who would most likely front