I was in a psych. unit of a major medical center in MO. recently. I was there for 2wks. I have to say that my experience was very good. It was clean and cheerful. There were group therapies daily. They had a wonderful activity therapy room available 2x daily. It was helpful to go in and do crafts, read, play ping-pong or pool w/other patients.

Most importantly, the staff was very caring and took a lot of time evaluating us and spending time talking with us individually. I was admitted for a severe case of acute stress disorder. I was very opposed to the admission. But, after 2wks, I felt 100% better.

I know there are horror stories and really bad psych units, but mine was not one of them.