I think it depends on the person and the illness. Having worked on psych wards I have seen people come through who need to be there and they have come in psychotic and gone home a few weeks later back to normal. I have seen people with bad depression and self harm come through and with the extra support have learnt new coping skills and because of the support have come through the other side of it. But I have seen people go in and it make things worse. It's a letting go thing. There is no need to hold it together anymore as things can not get any worse. They self harm more as they don't need to control it, they ligate and attempt more as the people around them already know so what is holding them back now?
I know if I had to go in I would be one of the ones who lost control and would make things worse. But, I know that it is good for some people.
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Really? I'm not a doctor, but I didn't think psychosis was something that just went away, unless it was only present because of drugs in the system. It can be treated with medication. But it is a brain problem, not an emotional one that can be talked through.
All of us here have some form of depressive disorder, but at least that can be mitigated by learning about your thought patterns and how they affect the way you feel. You can't tell a psychotic person what is real and what isn't, because that part of the brain isn't working properly.
But on the original topic, no one I've reconnected with "on the outside" was doing any better. Oftentimes worse.