I've never been for depression, but when manic. But I was not a danger to me or anyone else. I was hospitalized because I could no longer function at all. When I do get that manic or mixed that I am no longer able to function that's when my pdoc suggests I go in. I'm not sure if they treat depression the same way. But I would think you don't actually have to be suicidal to go in. If the overall picture is looking pretty bleak.

For me I think it's that they can get my meds sorted and get me sleeping. What happened was I was put on extremely heavy amounts of meds to get it under control. I wouldn't have been able to to do that at home an take care of my kids. They had me very very sedated.