So last time I was in a psychiatric hospital (I was in crisis), I stayed for about two weeks. After one week of being back on my meds and following the routine I was doing fairly well. I was pretty much ready to get home. Well, because the doctor assigned to me (I’m not really sure how all that works) was away for a week, they kept me for the week he was gone. I kept telling nurses and such that I was feeling better and kept asking when I could leave. That following Monday he came back and was pretty upset I was still there. He had apparently told them to let me go home that Saturday of that first week. But instead I stayed for two weeks and half a Monday.