Krisakira,

I went to partial hospitalization last year for two months when I was so bad I probably should have been hospitalized. Even at my poor state of mental health the partial program was way too below me. The other patients weren't that mentally functional or capable of having intellectual insight or offering acceptable solutions. The staff, some were nice, but most have mental health issues themselves and behave in ways to make them feel better, not you. I would not go back anymore because if they're acting that way to your face, then what are they writing in your charts? which then becomes your medical history? Because we all know that medical 'professionals' can write whatever they please in our charts and that becomes the truth regardless of what we say, because after all, we are the sick ones.

The partial program I was in, the director told me that nobody stays longer than 8 weeks. Once I got there and started going, I realized most had been there years. Almost all were on disability. And the "therapists" were actually interns being directed by one therapist who never got off her butt to lead a group. The groups repeated content every single week. Same subject matter for every single group every single day. I.E. 1- CBT. 2- Anger Management. 3- Spirituality. 4- Process Group. 5- Addictions etc every single day of the week, the same subject matter in almost the same order for every group. It actually appalled me that most of the clients who had been attending for years, still did not understand some of the content.

Q