when i was in hospital (on a regular acute ward) the restrictions varied from person to person, depending on the percieved level of risk. some people would be allowed things like ipods and others wern't. they tried to take away my liquid soap after i tried drinking cleaning stuff, but that was too much to deal with with my ocd, and i think they got that, so let me have tiny ammounts (a few washes worth) of it at a time.
Intensive Care or Intensive Therapy Units are way stricter, and can be more like what you were describing. almost everything had to be kept in a locked cupboard, and you could only have so much out at a time - i was only allowed one book for example, even though nobody would tell me why to would be more dangerous.
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