When is Hospitalization Needed?

In some cases of severe depression, physicians may recommend that people spend some time in a hospital.

They do so for various reasons, such as if medication side effects are affecting a person’s self-care, or if someone has attempted suicide and needs a controlled setting to recover, or if a person has lost touch with reality and cannot make decisions.

While in the hospital, there is time to talk to the doctor or counselor about other treatment options.