Your options are going to vary depending on where you are, but yes you usually need to be actively suicidal to be admitted to a hospital. Or at least that's the way it is here.

As an intermediate option between hospitalizations, and periodic therapy many hospitals offer day programs. These can be called, Day Hospital, Intensive Outpatient, or Partial Hospitalization.

With these programs you go to the hospital for most of the day anywhere from 3-5 days a week, and do different group therapies. Some programs also offer individual counselling, and some offer medication assessment and recommendations. But you go home at night.

I'd ask your therapist or gp for a recommendation. I've done various day hospital programs when I've needed more intense support but didn't need full blown hospitalization.

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