It really depends on the hospital. I found it really helpful because I was surrounded by people who had similar problems to me and there was so much group therapy we could go to that we never had to just sit around with nothing to do, you could almost always be in a group therapy session. But nobody forced you if you didn't feel up to it.
Plus hospital treatment gives the nurses and doctors a chance to see what your problems are like up-close on a day-to-day basis in a way they never normally do. And finally, being in hospital means that the doctor will see you at least once a week so changes in medication can be monitored very closely, and therefore they can make more dramatic changes to your meds and experiment with them until they find the right thing for you, in a way they have to do with a lot more caution if you are staying at home.
The nurses in psych wards can either be a blessing on a curse in my experience, purely depending on the individual nurse and the general trend in the hospital, but most of the ones I've had have been lovely and really helpful.
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