can u get instantly placed in a mental hospital? if u say u r suicidal? and want help?

Answer 1

DEPENDS IF THEY GET TO YOU BEFORE YOU KILL YOURSELF

Answer 2

Not neccesarrily. Mental hospitals are for the most severe cases, and if you want help, most of the time, you can get the help you need without going to a mental hospital. Talk to a counselour or therapsit, for one, and say you don't want a mental hospital. In addition, look inside yourself, and try to understand what it is that makes you so upset. Is it a lack of companionship? Belonging? Address the situation, and set yourself a goal, such as helping others in the same situation. Then find a haven for when everything seems hopeless. Some people choose religion, but you can also choose friends or family. If you survive this, you will be stronger than ever before, and you can do great things in this world. Everyone has potential to make a difference to someone, somewhere, and you are no exception. Pick yourself, and smile, because things can always work out! Good luck!

Oh, and in addition, if you tell a therapist you don't want a mental hospital, they will try to work something out. I had a friend who tried to commit suicide once, however, he just saw a counselour for 2 years, and now he's fine.

Answer 3

All you have to do is go into any regular hospital and sign in stating you are suicidal. There is no chance of backing out after that. You will meet with one or two therapists who will reccommend that you be sent to a mental hospital upon which you might have to wait a couple hours or a full day depending on vacancy to get into one. They will take you in an ambulance and from then on you will feel like a prisoner. The people that work there are trained with the idea that you are irrational and can't be trusted with anything. You will be mixed with people who have all sorts of problems including severe schizophrenia. You will have little 1 on 1 time and plenty of cheesy crafts and dumb videos to watch like you were in grade school.

Answer 4

I can answer this because it has happened to me. If you are feeling suicidal and you have a therapist they will recommend that you go to the nearest hospital, if you don't have a therapist then you can still go to a hospital and let them know that you are feeling unsafe.
They will have an on call mental health professional come and evaluate you. In my case, the mental health person felt that I was in danger of harming myself and they transported me to an inpatient mental facility about 45 minutes from my home. I stayed for about a week and then was able to go home. You can also call the mental health hospital in your area and have an evaluation. While I was in the hospital there were several patients who just "showed up" at the hospital and had evaluations and voluntarily committed themselves. Even when you do that you normally have to remain in the hospital for at least 72 hours.
Please if you feel that you need help, call your local hospital or a friend or someone that can help you.
There are places to help you and they aren't like the "mental hospitals" portrayed on T.V.
Please, please get help if you need it, there is nothing wrong with needing help sometime, it saved my life.

Answer 5

If you show up at a hospital and claim that you are suicidal and
request help, they'll have an appropriate therapist there within an hour.

If that therapist believes you are a risk to yourself or others, on his
or her say so, you can be placed in a mental hospital for a set period
of time (48 hours?) until you can be evaluated by more people.

Answer 6

You can go and put your self in hospital (turn up at A&E or the emergency reception of your local psych hospital, and tell them you feel suicidal, and think you need to be in a safe place or you really might be a danger to yourself) and that's instant.
it's always better to be a voluntary patient in a psych hospital, so I would say that if you really feel you need to be there that's the best route to take.
Your family / friends could ask to have you assessed for "sectioning", being placed in hospital against your will, which has to be done by 2 doctors and a social worker, so they have to all get together.
better the voluntary way.

Answer 7

no you will be assessed by a psychiatrist and if there is someone to look after you at home your will be sent home as spaces are limited. it is also not nice being in a mental hospital. suicidal thoughts are common though luckily actually harming yourself isn't and most people do not reach this stage they just need to talk. they also look at any past mental illness in your medical notes. get help now, they may say it is just depression which can be treated with tablets, this will ease you mind, good luck.

Answer 8

If you are truly mentally ill and you are at risk of harming yourself or others then you have a very good chance to get admitted to hospital under the care of the psychiatrists.

However, they are very aware that people try to get in to mental hospitals even though they are not very mentally unwell. Reasons for this vary greatly.

There was a famous study back 30-50 years ago where many actors were sent to various doctors and told them "I want to kill myself." - no more than that - no details - no nothing. The majority of these actors were admitted to psychiatric facilities where they spent their time taking notes about what they observed about them and were often documented to "...indulge in note taking behaviour...". These actors were subsequently discovered not to have any significant mental illness, and certainly not to be suicidal (despite their claims that they want to kill themselves) and were eventually discharged.

When the study was published, many psychiatric institutions and psychiatrists were somewhat embarrassed. The clever ones have learned from this. You may be (un)lucky enough to discover the ones who haven't.

Answer 9

Yes you can get sectioned if you are in danger of hurting yourself or others

EDIT: After re-reading your question the 2 statements below should clarify: Your nearest family member or social worker can make an application for you to be detained for assessment based on 2 medical recommendations or you yourself agree that you are suffering from a mental disorder to a degree that warrants medical care and attention you can be detained for up to 28 days whilst they assess you

A close relative of my partner had a mental breakdown and was feeling suicidal he went to his GP and told him he was going to end it all and he signed a form to say this was true and he was taken to a mental hospital to be assessed and stayed there for several months

Answer 10

There are no guarantees in life.

If a person turns up at a hopital and says that they are suicidal they will try to judge are they serious or are you merely trying to manipulate the system.

I suggest: The best way to go would often be to go to a GP and ask for help. Try to use simple undramatic language. The GP would try to encourage you to try to cope outside a mental hospital. Try to listen to him or her with a positive frame of mind.

For most people it is much, much better not to go to a mental hospital..

Answer 11

If you sign yourself in for this you can then sign yourself out later.
If someone else signs you in because you pose a possible threat to your own person ( as in suicide ) or a possible threat to another body then it is called a 302 and you can't sign yourself out.
Suicidal ideation is usually the result of depression expressed as self-anger turned inward . Sometimes simply talking to someone who listens can provide one with the answers they seek to enable them to discover what they think is keeping them from being happy.Sometimes it is revealed the the person suffers wih Clinical Depression and there are meds that can re-establish the chemical balances within the brain and permit increase seratonin levels.