I agree with you about being in the medical hospital rather than the psych ward is much easier. I know when I was having horrible anorexia problems about 10 years ago, my med Dr had me in the hospital with the central line, & then they made me go to the groups in the psych ward.

Last year when I was medically hospitalized for the anorexia I was dealing with....the hospital didn't have a psych ward, but my Dr called in a consult with the hospitals pdoc & psychologist. They were having to help me with more than the eating issues because my Mother had just died & I had just gone through a horrible trauma with the fraud & ID theft. They had the psychologist come in every day & spent about an hour with me. The pdoc was a jerk & my Dr & my own pdoc through he was a jerk too. But in both situations, I was able to get help both physically & mentally & was still able to be in the medical part of the hospital.

Just a thought also......if your hospital has a psych ward, there isn't anything that they can find out because medical records like that are confidential.....if nothing is let out about it being the psych rather than the medical I wouldn't think that anyone could prove which part of the hospital you were in. The psych ward can't let out any information if you are there.

Please take care.....hugz,
Debbie