That I am lucky for. My pdoc is 2.5 hours away so it's certainly not local but that hospital system has one of (the only?) mood disorder units in my state. Which is as good as a locked unit gets, minus not having any outdoor time which gets hard with longer stays since the unit is small. But it has a computer and a Wii and everyone is generally not terribly sick (I'm usually the worst b/c I'm usually the only bipolar so I'm the only one cycling all over while meds are changed). This time I am probably not going to that unit but to a 6 bed transitional unit. Patients are not terribly ill but not as high as mood disorders. There is no computer which is probably not a bad thing given how I'm likely to be. I will miss my familiar nurses and staff. But I may not even be well enough to be on the usual unit anyway or I may wind up there as a surprise. Hard to know. But yes, I couldn't ask for better hospital experiences. I also may be going to a general unit and I have no idea what that will be like. I guess I'll find out soon enough.

If you can get to a university hospital or a teaching hospital I highly recommend those as you'll typically get the best IP care at those.