#psych hospital

[neuroticboyfriend]

not that people who've been to the ward are immune from being pro-psych, but if you've never been to a psych ward*, i sincerely don't want to hear about how psychiatry/psychology is good because you've had such a good experience with X provider, or X medication saved your life. *i also don't want to hear about how the forced treatment was what you needed or how the ward you went to let you have your cellphone etc. etc. i genuinely do not want to hear it.

like. the first hospitalization traumatized me so bad, i became dangerously delusional, was re-hospitalized, and sent to state. when they transferred me, i was strapped down into a gurney at all points on my body, *head and neck included*, and loaded onto an ambulance. my parents lost most of their parental rights; i was a ward of the state and had near zero rights. when i got there, they made me choose if, "if necessary," if i wanted to be wrangled down and forcibly injected with a sedative... or wrangled down and locked in a padded room all by myself (but at least i had a choice, right?). i signed consents and paperwork that i did not fucking understand. then i was told i'd be locked inside for 2 straight weeks (which yes, they followed through with). the psych ward was remote, nothing but barbed fences and trees around us. cant even see the sun through the heavily tinted windows. that was the *start* of the stay. i'm sure you can imagine nothing good came after.

so like. if you walk out of a place like that thinking it was good for you, then i can only imagine how traumatized you are and i hope you heal someday. but if you've never faced the destruction of your autonomy like that and go around being like "oh this is good actually" then shut the ever living fuck up.

#julian rants #this is okay to rb but im mainly venting #psych ward #psych survivor #psych ward tw #abuse tw #sanism #ableism #antipsychiatry #antipsychology #antipsych #psychiatric abuse #psychiatric trauma #trauma #psych abolition #psych hospital #psychiatric hospital #inpatient

[dromaeocore]

So, Peer Respites are a not-very-well-known alternative to psychiatric hospitalization. They are 100% voluntary and staffed by peers, AKA individuals with lived experience of mental illness/emotional distress/what-have-you. Generally, they are a homelike environment where you can come and go as you please, and there is lots of voluntary programming like groups, art, yoga, etc. You can bring your own food or cook meals together with staff and other residents. Stays are usually anywhere from five days to two weeks, depending on the respite house and also your own wants and needs. There are no restraints, strip searches, or seclusion.

They're also on the rise!! I know this because I've spent all day today compiling data on peer respites in the US so I could create this fun graph for ya'll.

In the past ten years, at least 38 new peer respites have opened in the US. The data for 2023 is incomplete, but at least one has already opened, and another is scheduled for a soft opening later this year.

Some things about the data:

I did not include peer respites which were permanently closed (2) or could not find an opening date for (1)

I used the National Empowerment Center's Directory of Peer Respites, along with some internet sleuthing to find a few more (and to find the opening dates for each one). Because of this, I may have missed a few.

There were a handful of peer respites for which I could not pin down a for-certain, exact date for. I did include these in the dataset as I was able to find rough estimates.

I have also not done a deep dive for all peer respites that were unsuccessful, which may skew the data a little bit.

I included Soteria Vermont as well, as it technically fits the definition despite being specifically for people with psychosis

If you would like to help get a peer respite off the ground, I would recommend donating to Peer Support Space Inc.'s Orlando FL Peer Respite. Their soft launch is November 2023, and they are scheduled to open to the public in January 2024. This is really important, because Florida's only peer respite has recently permanently closed.

If you're interested in starting your own peer respite, the National Empowerment Center has a list of resources here.

If you are interested in seeking help from a peer respite, there is a directory of most of them here. You can also look at the Google Doc I created to compile my data, which has a few more/is slightly more updated - though it's not nearly as nicely put together as the other one!

If anyone would like to add any information, non-US peer respites, etc, feel free to!

#peer respites #peer respite #psych ward #psych hospital #psychiatric hospitalization #psych critical #psychiatry critical #anti psychiatry #antipsych #antipsychiatry #mental illness #neurodivergency #disability #hospital diversion #psychiatry #disability pride month #psychiatric survivors #putting in all the tags I can think of so ppl see this lol

[yellowyarn]

Sometimes i wonder what the people at the psychiatric hospital did with the cords from my pants. i wonder what they do with all the tings they take from us. do they just get thrown away like they are nothing? i cried over losing the cords from my favorite frog pajamas i wonder if the nurses knew i would cry about that.

#they probably dont think about it #antipsychiatry #antipsych #anti psych #anti psychiatry #antipsychology #psych survivor #psych abolition #psych critical #psychiatric victim #psych hospital #psychiatric hospital #psych ward #mental heal hospital #tw psychiatric hospital

[transvegansurvivor]

Just a note about psychiatric hospital stays.

I think people who haven’t ever been before often misunderstand the purpose of a psychiatric hospital stay. I think people tend to think it is a place to go to get treatment, but it isn’t. 

Psychiatric hospital stays have one purpose--stabilization. They are not meant to provide long term treatment. They are meant for people in an acute crisis situation who cannot be safe on their own. They will keep you there only long enough to get you out of that crisis.

If you are looking for long term treatment and think you need a higher level of care than individual or group outpatient therapy, what you want to look for is Residential treatment. 

Inpatient (psych hospital) stays are usually between 3 and 14 days long at most. Residential stays are usually months long. Inpatient may or may not offer group therapy sessions. Residential will give you group therapy, process groups, individual therapy, psychiatry, and maybe more (like equine or art therapy). 

There are also other levels of care, such as partial hospitalization (PHP--think day program) and intensive outpatient (IOP--think lots of group therapy). 

Psych hospitals serve a very specific purpose and (although your milage may vary) are somewhat good at that one thing--keeping you physically safe in a time of crisis. But if you want actual treatment, you are probably not going to get it there. 

If you are in crisis and cannot keep yourself safe, by all means go to the ER! But if you are just desperate for longer term treatment that will help you get your life together and feel better long term, look into residential, PHP, or IOP. 

Good luck! Stay safe!

#psych ward #Psych Hospital #php #iop #residential #mental health treatment #treatment #actually traumatized #actually abused #actuallydepressed #actually anxiety #actuallybipolar #actuallymentallyill #actually bpd #actually borderline #actually ocd #actually manic #actually psychotic #actually ptsd

[gods-country024]

Mclean Hospital, Belmont Mass

i spent some time at this psych hospital in my teen years, it was super surreal coming back years later. this place was almost like a second home for a while. a lot of memories and friends were made at the units i was admitted to. i’ve long lost contact with most of them. i hope all those ppl are okay now, and are healing from their traumas 🫶🏼

#gods country #my pics #american gothic #new england gothic #rural new england #americana #rural decay #abandoned #regional gothic #gothic americana #psych ward #psych hospital #mental health #abandonedhousesofruralamerica #southern gothic #massachusetts gothic #ruralcore

[bpdcrybaby213]

I liked this part of the book I'm reading, about being in the psych hospital. The book is good so far, it's about a girl with BPD. It's called, "On a Scale of One to Ten"

#borderline personality disorder #actually bpd #bpd stuff #bpd things #bpd life #bpd thoughts #psych ward #psych hospital #psych meds #bpd blog #bpd feels #bpd relatable

[m3ntallyyours]

The Day Before

I’m starting at an inpatient mental health facility and I know it’s been needed for a few years now but I’m a bit scared. I’m trying to go into it with hopefulness and a positive attitude. I’m glad that there will be people there to help me 24/7 but the day before seems so weird. I’m packing up my stuff and I have to think about every small thing.

I am scared that I won’t get better but I’m also scared that I will. Because I don’t know how to not self-sabotage. Anyways, I’ll keep y’all updated on how it goes since they allow phone usage once a day.

#panic disorder #psych hospital #ocd things #ocd #mentalwellness #psychiatric #psychology #ocdproblems #mental wellbeing #mentalheathawareness #mental illness #mental health blog #mental health #mental health matters #mentally unstable #mentally tired

[cleaverqueer]

Just wanna put this out there for anyone who needs it today

I have a lot of depression experience under my belt, having had been some manner of suicidal for ten years, locked in wards a dozen times, and a few attempts, not to mention all the scars

Theres a lot. But I dont like talking about it much, mostly cause I was so goddamn miserable but I DO have a point

Which is that I'm happy now. Not all the time, but my baseline is happy, and I never had that before

So no matter how bad it gets, what you've been through, how many scars you have, if you're not even sure what happy feels like anymore, if you never did

You can get out of your situation, and your feelings wont always be this big, and time will help, and you can get better.

You, person reading this, can be happy :) and I think you will be if you keep going

#make good decisions and drink water and ily <3 #psych hospital #sui #scars #self harm #positivity #also learn to love yourself bc you have no choice

[justanotherstardrop]

tfw youre too silly

#my uploads #upload #uploads #meme #memes #mental health #mental health meme #hospital #cw #tw #mental hospital #psych ward #psych Hospital #psychiatric hospital #mental illness #mentally ill #straight jacket

[the-firefly-jar-system]

this just crossed my mind, but i realized we’ve been in psych hospital, PHP (partial hospitalization), IOP (intensive outpatient), and many different types of individual therapy (talk, art, occupational, etc). but yeah, we’re here if anyone has any questions about any of those! (don’t know anything about residential though)

#psych ward #psych hospital #php #iop #therapy #occupational therapy #talk therapy #mental health #asks open #did #did system #actually did #osdd #osdd system #actually traumagenic #actually osdd #osddid #firefly flickers

[ghostfundme]

Ya girl got hospitalized. Probs gonna go to grippy sock prison where they feed you ungodly amounts of food. Wish me luck.

#disordered eating thoughts #ednotsheeran #th1nsp1r4t10n #st4rv1ng #ana goals #tw edd #ed but not sheeran #tw ana related #tw ana shit #tw ana diary #ana stuff #ana trigger #tw ana relapse #anarec1a #bonespø #bullemia #psych ward #mental hospital #psych hospital #self h@rm #tw cvtting #cvtt1ng #i need to lose weight #th1nsp11 #th1n$po #notprojustusingthetags #pro only for me #pr04ana #pr0anna

[neuroticboyfriend]

involuntary hospitalization should be considered kidnapping. or abduction. that is all.

#softspoonie #antipsych #psychiatric abuse #antipsychiatry #psych ward #psychiatry #psychiatric hospital #psych hospital #hospital #mentally ill #mental illness #sanism #ableism #madpunk #neuropunk #abuse #trauma #psych survivor #trauma survivor #abuse survivor #ptsd #cptsd #survivor #disabled rights #disability rights #human rights

[dromaeocore]

Speaking of peer respite (again), there are none in Minnesota, (despite them already existing in many Midwest states) meaning MN residents in crisis have no choice but to go to the psychiatric hospital, which is incredibly expensive and can be traumatizing and isolating.

(Peer respites are homelike, entirely voluntary environments for people in crisis, staffed by individuals with lived experience, and are usually free for their clients. You can come and go as you please, and are not isolated from the community like you are in psychiatric hospitals.)

HF2301 tried to ameliorate this problem by seeking funding for two peer respites, though it seems it was never picked up after 2019.

You can find the emails of the members of the Minnesota State Advisory Council of Mental Health here. I sent 'em an email already, as someone who is considering a move to MN who has multiple friends and loved ones in the state who could benefit from this service.

I think it's better if you write your own thing, but you want a template/example, here's basically what I said:

Hello, I am a(n) [MN resident/individual with loved ones in MN/concerned citizen/whatever you wanna put about yourself here]. As members of the State Advisory Council on Mental Health, I would love for you to revisit the idea of funding (a) peer-run respite house(s) in MN, as outlined in 2019's HF 2301. Peer-run respites are a homelike, cost-effective alternative to inpatient hospitalization for folks experiencing a behavioral health crisis, staffed by peers with lived experience. They are successfully run in at least 14 states and counting, and are a rising trend in the US. On average, they resulted in $2,138 lower Medicaid expenditures per month and 2.9 fewer hospitalizations for individual respite clients. (source) [feel free to put more data here if you know of any, there's a ton] There are currently zero peer-run respites in the state of Minnesota, despite the strong evidence base for peer support. I know many people who would benefit from such a service, especially individuals who do not qualify for inpatient hospitalization or would prefer a less clinical environment. [Thank you for considering/I hope you will consider this/etc] [Name]

#peer respite #peer run respite #mental health #mental health reform #psychiatric reform #minnesota #midwest #psychology #mental illness #antipsychiatry #anti psychiatry #psych reform #crisis respite center #psych ward #psych hospital

[mossfriendly]

being a student mh nurse is wacky because by day I'm the one with the keys and by night i can barely function and I can't look after myself and I relate to the patients more than they'll ever know

#and i feel like this is kinda common in mh students #its like im two different people #idk how.i do it in the day #psych ward #psych staff #psych hospital #student nurse #mental health nursing #moss rambles #mossrambles

[autisticdreamdrop]

fat fall risks don't get treated as well as skinny fall risks in mental hospitals but i the regular one we were treated well for the most part

#group post #medical #cw #blurry #disabled #disability #disability community #disabled community #disabled care #disability care #care #hospital #hospitals #mental hospital #psych hospital #fall risk #falling #faint #fainting #fat #poc #bipoc #overweight #chubby

[bosexe]

a month ago today i said goodbye to someone i had grown to be a part of. i attached myself to her roots and grew with her, i held onto her and held her under my leafs when she couldnt handle the world. i'd say we were girls together, even though we only knew each other for maybe three months. we werent little girls together, we just grew together through one of the nasty parts of life.

#friendship #relationship #lesbian #literature #writing #writeblr #psych ward #psych hospital #bpd thoughts #actually borderline