Questions:
1. What is intake like? Intake can be scary, only becasue you have no idea what to expect once your in the hospital. They ask you a million questions and then make you wait a little while until they bring you to your room.
2. What are the rooms like? The rooms have a bed a dresser and a small closet, i had to share a room with one other girl, some patients had four people to a room, some had two and some were alone.
3. What are the days like? The days are very busy. you have to wake up in the morning early to take meds, then all day you have DBT groups, and group activities one after another.
4. What are the nights like? Nights are more calm. You eat dinner and then may have another group activity or DBT group, then theres usually a curfew.
5. What do they do if you are currently taking medication? When i went i was on medication and i told them what i was on and they just continued it, but they may not or may change your dosage.
6. What do you bring with you, if anything?you should bring comfortable clothes, nothing with drawstings or they wont let you take it in ( they cut mine off) make sure you also bring sneakers and slippers!
7. How do you find in patient psych hospitals in your area? my doctor told me about the one i went to, actually he admitted me.
8. What does it have to offer in terms of counseling, meeting with doctors etc. Everyday you will be able to meet with your social worker and your psychiatrist and they will talk to you, ask if you want to have family therapy, and also you get A LOT of therapy and learn a lot of coping skills.
9. How long are the stays usually? (For someone depressed or manic) they say that the stay is usually about a week. i was there for 14 days.
10. Do most insurances cover it? I'm not sure. I have empire and it was covered.

I hope i could help!