“Things have to get a lot worse before they decide to help you,” one patient reveals to Stacey Dooley during On The Psych Ward. “And, by the time things are worse, you don’t actually want ...

This is what the psych ward looks like: A small building off the interstate, brick, and unobtrusive. The reception room is covered in plush blue. An admissions office spurs off to one side ...

Twenty-five-year-old Hat has also spent time in different psychiatric wards, and has had mixed experiences. "On one ward they'd lock away pads so you didn't have access without asking," Hat says.

In order to better understand the increasing pressure facing the UK’s mental health services, Dooley’s new documentary, On The Psych Ward, will see her spend three weeks at London’s ...