@Blackcloud aw, you're welcome, I'm glad to hear that was helpful. I hope you can be treated without being in hospital. Unless your home life is really tough, it is nicer to be treated while living in the community. Hospital is good if you need a break from home or to try out a tricky medication combination though.
What I'm talking about is actually two different types of hospital SYSTEMS, rather than two different hospitals. There are heaps of private psychiatric hospitals, if you needed to stay in one you could choose which one suits you (it does depend a lot on which ones have a free bed, what your private insurance is willing to cover and how long you can wait for a bed though). There are sometimes psychiatric wards inside of a general private hospital too (you'd have to check with the hospital). Public psychiatric in-patient units tend to be on a ward inside of a general public hospital, rather than a separate hospital. In the public system, you'd just be sent to the nearest public hospital that has a psychiatric ward and a free bed (or sent home if there are no local free beds).
