A mental hospital, like a hospital for medical ailments, is designed to cope with behavioral or mood abnormalities that occur quickly and necessitate intensive management and care to keep adolescents safe. Situations that necessitate hospitalization are: Attempts of self-harm or suicide Threatening to harm another person Inability to do basic tasks Eventually, adolescents who are admitted to the hospital are those in danger of harming themselves or others or are often unable to function. Teenagers and adults require different approaches. As a result, it's critical that teenagers be admitted to an adolescent ward, where the staff is specially educated to deal with children.