Outpatient mental health treatment: What's your experience?

Hello
I am curious about the general atmosphere within an inpatient psychiatric unit. Does anyone here happen to have firsthand experience with this type of setting? I suppose any insight or advice you might be willing to share would be greatly appreciated😉

Where are you headed? Which hospital? It’s never quite the same everywhere, even if the paperwork says otherwise...
Here are a few threads where people have shared their experiences. These cover everything from inpatient wards to outpatient clinics and day centers.

Thanks to everyone

A buddy of mine was recently over in Queens at one of those open-air psychiatric wards (the dozens of them), and he actually had a pretty positive experience.