Oh...I have something to add to my above post.

Some 10 years ago, I was seeing a pdoc (MD) in her private practice for med checks. She was also an attending at the nearby psych hospital and split her time between both. During one such visit, she didn't want to deal with my emotionality (which would have taken longer than the allotted 6 minutes), so she called an ambulance (unbeknownst to me) and had me carted off to the ER for IP admission. Frankly, I felt she had overreacted and said as much to the ER physician, who agreed and discharged me.

The point is that she was well qualified, as an attending MD, to have me admitted directly but deferred to the ER doc for the final decision. Anyway, I felt betrayed by the pdoc and never saw her again.

Really, I have a problem trusting ANYone in this field. I didn't fully appreciate it until just now. Hmmm. The problem, I think, is that I overestimate my intelligence...or maybe I've just been in the system too long and am jaded. I want to make my OWN decision whether hospitalization is warranted, thank you very much.