psychiatric hospitals
Inpatient mental facilities
Psychiatric hospitals are medical facilities for treating severe mental illness.
Patients may be admitted voluntarily or involuntarily—committed by court order or medical authority when deemed a danger to themselves or others.
Treatment typically includes medication, therapy, and structured daily routines.
The term has largely replaced older words like asylum and sanitarium, which carried stigma: She spent three months in a psychiatric hospital after her breakdown.
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- locked wardRestricted psychiatric facility section
- mental institutionsFacilities for treating psychiatric conditions
- psychosisSevere reality detachment
- inpatientAdmitted overnight patient
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Medical facilities without overnight stays
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