It confuses me too...I think what they want to see. They let me out early...I don't too much about the exact way to get out and the laws. I could sue the pants off them if they didn't release me in an adequate amount of time. But it's smarter to stay if you can. I wish I wasn't so paranoid during my last hospitalization and could have stayed longer. I just needed to be alone for the paranoia to leave....be in my own house.