I have a few questions about psych wards...

What is it like being in a mental ward/hospital?
how mentally ill (depressed,suicidal,anxious,manic,psychotic etc) would you have to be to go to a psych ward?
do they still use padded cells?
do they forcibly inject you with medication?
can they lock people in psych hospitals forever?
do they take your stuff (phone etc) off you?
what are the other patients like?
what do you do while your in the psych ward?
do psych wards actually help?
do they keep the forensic patients in the same psych ward as "normal" mental health patients?