I've only been in a psych hospital once, and that was last month. I was admitted involuntarily, so I don't know what happens if you check yourself in. The staff where I was at didn't treat me badly at all. I was originally put on a 72 hour hold, and because I refused to sign in voluntarily after that, the psych doctor put me on a short term certification. I ended up staying there for a week.

In the morning we had check in, breakfast, vitals, then a group or 2 before lunch. After lunch it was visitation time for an hour. After that was check out to see how your day was. Snacks then bed.

Most everyone on the unit I was at was on meds, but I refused them. I wanted to see how I would do without them, and the psych doctor wasn't happy about that.