I've been in the hospital twice for suicidal thinking...the first time I just had a rather rough night but I guess things had been building up for a while up until that point. I was pretty sure I might try something so I told my mom I needed to go to the hospital and she gave me a ride. I was in the ER for a few hours and eventually transferred to the psych unit for about 5 days. The food was not very good and it was a rather small cramped unit just inside a large hospital...so not the most pleasant but I was probably better off going than not.

Then the second time was a better facility, they had a fenced patio we went out on for some group therapy meeting things...and where allowed supervised walked unless on the 72 hour hold which I was at first, there where windows though and the cafeteria was a different building we had to go outside to get to. The food was also pretty good and I had a better over-all experience with the staff that time.

I have it planned to go to that facility if I reach that state of mind again and am concerned of acting on it. It is a good idea to maybe get information about different hospitals/facilities to try and get into one with good conditions...Also some have charity programs to help if you don't have insurance and I know they help people apply for medicaid/medicare if they qualify.