Posted on Jul 21, 2015
But is this Texas's fault? City last in VA mental health wait times in US
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El Paso veterans are waiting nearly 17 days on average for a mental health appointment — more than double the wait of veterans in nearly all other areas of Texas, according to VA data on pending appointments as of July 1.
"We have moved from almost last to last," said U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso. "There really is an unfortunate problem acknowledging the crisis in mental health-care access that the VA has."
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs twice a month releases statistics on pending appointments at all 141 VA areas and the areas' ancillary clinics.
Only 28 areas and El Paso reported average wait times longer than one week for mental health appointments.
http://www.alamogordonews.com/alamogordo-news/ci_28506826/city-last-va-mental-health-wait-times-us
"We have moved from almost last to last," said U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, D-El Paso. "There really is an unfortunate problem acknowledging the crisis in mental health-care access that the VA has."
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs twice a month releases statistics on pending appointments at all 141 VA areas and the areas' ancillary clinics.
Only 28 areas and El Paso reported average wait times longer than one week for mental health appointments.
http://www.alamogordonews.com/alamogordo-news/ci_28506826/city-last-va-mental-health-wait-times-us
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I wonder how much of this is attributable to the fact that FT Bliss has been one of the primary demobilization sites the last decade.
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SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S.
I'm not sure what the wait times for mental health appointments are like here in Tucson, but I do know that wait times for other appointments are very short, often a couple of days.
Perhaps my favorite crazy bastard SFC Mark Merino might shed some light if he knows anything. (Just kidding Mark, I'm not trying to imply anything)
I'm not sure what the wait times for mental health appointments are like here in Tucson, but I do know that wait times for other appointments are very short, often a couple of days.
Perhaps my favorite crazy bastard SFC Mark Merino might shed some light if he knows anything. (Just kidding Mark, I'm not trying to imply anything)
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Chillicothe, Oh has horrendous wait times for almost any appointment. We have one Mental Health Doc (Dr. Brendan Carroll Head of the Outpatient Mental Health) that everyone wants to see and the Director here moves him around at a whim so that we have to wait 6 months or more to see. If the VA there has a Doctor a good as him that pisses off the Director because he wants to helps us like Dr. Carroll does then maybe that's why the wait times are so long....
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