8-10 days seems like acute care to me. That is my standard hospital stay for when I go in suicidal and need medication stabilization. That isn't to say it isn't helpful. When I am that depressed, being inpatient where my pdoc can see me daily and make quicker and more aggressive medication adjustments is very helpful, and I do always come out in better shape than when I went in. He can't make those kinds of adjustments outpatient; the need to be under observation for the problems that can occur with that kind of aggressive med change is important, both for problems with side effects and the mental changes during that kind of adjustment that can be an offshoot. Sometimes waiting weeks and months to make slow medication changes is just not an option; the changes need to happen much faster due to the severity of my symptoms.