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Originally Posted by LoveConfused
He told me he was admitted, because he became upset & felt like hurting himself. He went to the regular hospital to be admitted 1 night while he calmed down. Instead the admitted him to a mental health hospital where he spent almost 2 weeks. Since, they sent him home doesn't that mean he is of no harm to himself?
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the median length of stay on locked units for danger to self is much shorter than two weeks. Probably it means that he is not in danger, but nothing is guaranteed. The hospital did the right thing routing him to a mental health unit because medical units are not set up to deal with such issues.
To sum up - in reality, it means that he is probably a little better than when he was admitted, and not much else.