Chris is out of the psychiatric hospital after three months and 10 days. This time around it was a different experience than when he was last hospitalized in the same institution for three months in the summer of 2004.This time around I had warm fuzzies for the psychiatrist and staff. The atmosphere felt "homey". Chris and his fellow inmates appeared much more functional to me than was the case before. We were moving up the food chain.Although he is back on medications for the foreseeable future, I am no longer as uptight about the damage they are supposed to inflict.   http://holisticschizophrenia.blogspot.com/2009/05/benefit-of-institutions.html