well currently i'm in-patient at a hospital, they never gave me an option and its good and all but personally i think out-patient would be better but thats me. i dont pay any money because it was forced entry but i stay here for about 60 days min or 3 months depending on how well i do things. here in hospital i have 6 meals aday which i am watched over then we are watched for an hour afterwards and we have rules we follow by like if i brake my self injury rule then i will not be allowed to go out or something along those lines, everyone has a different program. hugs.

inpatient is often recommended for those who are not getting better in outpatient programs.

for me, a residential program, was the only way to get my body healthy enough.

if nothing else, it gave my body a break for 2 months.

following the rules was hard and it sucked, but sometimes we have to do hard things, to try and save ourselves.

every program has different rules, but similar.

price wise, they differ as well.

you need to do what is best for YOU.

as for your daughter, i think she would be okay while you are gone, and that you would come back to her healthier.

I have done both and am still at the same point I started. They both helped for the time I was doing them but that was it. I never tried residential because my insurance won't pay.
Good luck with whatever you choose

i have only done outpatient so far. it helps but my threapist said if i dont get better than i might have to do inpatient.