I haven't been admitted to a hospital that was specifically for long term admissions, but have been in a hospital for significant periods of time. It was the same concept as short term admission, the program was the same, some people were just in for more or less time.
We weren't allowed to self harm, and it was a 'three strikes you're out' system.
It doesn't seem right for self-harm to be allowed in a mental health facility, for a start you can't have people coming and going from a general hospital for stitches etc, and what about safety? Isn't one of the points of being in a contained environment to prevent harm?
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