Source of Care
APPENDIX C to care Barriers
Assets
“I really needed to go to RAM for my teeth, but I can’t handle crowds because of my anxiety.” “We had someone seeking help for substance abuse and this person couldn’t get in – mental health and substance abuse service have been missing.” “For chronic alcohol abuse, no one wanted to get into it to help my father during the holidays…we had to take him to Galax; there is no program… now everything goes through CSB, and by the time the person gets a bed somewhere they have relapsed.” Cost of services: “We’ve known he has problems for a long time, but we couldn’t get help because we couldn’t afford it. Eventually he snapped.” “If you don’t have the money for the top notch places there is nowhere to go, lots of people go to BoxWood in Culpepper, but the referral and the follow up afterwards is a long period of time, and people relapse. If you don’t have money, it’s sad.” 98