I dont know where you are so it will be a different process to where I am. But just wanted to mention here, with a BPD diagnosis they'll get you out of the hospital pretty quick. BPD tend to turn into revolving door type patients, in and out once they start the process, so they generally do not like to admit BPD patients. (In my specific area, its different everywhere). I know personally quite a few BPD girls that love the hospital and go whenever they can, taking up valuable resources and time for each of their "crisis's " that could be better managed at home or with a therapist. Many of these girls have recovered after DBT treatment.

When I go to hospital it depends on how I go about it. Sometimes I am admitted after a session with the pdoc, in those cases I get to go to a private hospital right away. Other times its a trip to the ER where they assess me to either go on forms in a locked ward (5 days was my longest section) or I get transferred to a private hospital if I am safe enough. They wont keep me in an open ward often as I have private cover and they have limited beds. I MUCH prefer to be in a private hospital so that is fine by me.

I do daily groups, get meds changed and daily mood analysis. These admissions tend to be longer (3 days to 3months) and I tend to discharge myself rather than wait for the pdoc's ok cos they take too long.