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ELI5: What happens when a person goes to the hospital for being suicidal?

What is there procedure? How do they treat the patient? How do they make sure he won't attempt suicide again?
gpt
Depending on the state a doctor can put a 48-hr psych watch on the person. That's about it, assuming they've done nothing illegal or threatening. And depending on the state/hospital, there's very little treatment. If you're lucky you might get a counselor; you're more likely to get a "minder," a low-level hospital employee who monitors your every move (yes, even the bodily ones).

Now, a person can check him- or herself into the hospital for being suicidal and the procedure may be very different. The above is the result of an unsuccessful suicide attempt -- even if the person immediately regretted the pill swallowing/wrist slitting/whatever and was themselves the one to call the hospital.

Source: sat with sister through 48-hr hospital stay following her failed suicide attempt.