"Rules at the Psychiatric Hospital"

No metal or plastic knives even in lunchroom
no plastic bags in your bedroom
no pen in your bedroom
no spiral notebooks
no shoes with laces
no hats in living room/day room
no touching
no food in your bedroom
no coffee after 8 p.m.
most be accompanied by a tech on courtyard

Despite all the rules, the techs were oblivious and did not closely watch us.  It was not unusual at all for no employee to be visible at all "on the floor"  Patients did go on the courtyard alone, i did take plastic bags back to my room and a pen.  Most all patients brought food back to the room, i did not.

Many dinners were along the lines of steak, so you had to pick everything up with your fingers and just cut your food with your teeth!  What a mess!

A patient did commit suicide on the wing, back in approx. 3/2011...................................

All patients ever think about is food.  They live for mealtimes and coffee!