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You might consider hospitalization if you
- have thoughts of hurting yourself or others,
- are seeing or hearing things (hallucinations),
- have bizarre or paranoid ideas (delusions),
- are so revved up or impulsive that you are doing dangerous or harmful things,
- feel too exhausted or depressed to get out of bed or take care of yourself or your family,
- can’t stop using alcohol or other substances in harmful ways,
- have not eaten or slept for several days,
- have tried outpatient treatment (therapy, medication and support) and still have symptoms that interfere with your life, and
- need to make a major change in your treatment or medication under the close supervision of your doctor.
