Beware: I went in 5150 before I was diagnosed bipolar.
It?s a lot easier to get in than it is to get out. (And they force feed you meds the whole way... the horrible kind.)
I wouldn?t go that route because it makes you a paper warrior. You?re relying on an unnatural set of circumstances to deal with the same issues you?re going to have to face anyway. One way or the other.
Also could affect your ability to own a gun or carry a concealed weapon. Looney bin is not recommended. It?s an AWFUL place to spend any amount of time at all. Awful. The food has drugs in it, so they demand you eat and eat a lot.
After 9 days, your habeus corpus option expires, and then if you become an Admitted Patient, the criteria to get out gets a lot more stringent. Sometimes, your own doctor can get overruled by them and, if they prefer to keep you for 9 months they can. It?s like a prison. Anything you say can and will be used against you. You say one wrong thing to that round table of 12 doctor?s... it?s all over. They?ll keep you on lock down and report you are a danger to yourself or others. That?s all they need. And don?t believe for a minute it?s not all about money for them. They?ll figure out how to keep you on Thorazine just to fill a bed and bill the time. THEY are the crazy ones. Take my word for it!
It?s better to forget you ever considered this. Take my word for it. My experience of the State Hospital was terrifying.