I'm glad you benefitted from your time in the psychiatric hospital. A few years ago my 12 year old was admitted to the psych hospital at the advice of a doctor because they were suicidal. As a parent, it was the hardest thing I ever did, leaving them there to get the help that I couldn't provide. After 2 weeks there, the doctors were able to find the right balance of meds they needed, and they had opened up and started talking to the counselors and set up a plan to help them when they felt that way. I was so happy to be able to bring them back home, but the time in the hospital had helped them.