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F.O.A.D.

On 11/19/13, 5:52 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:43:19 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

The dead son had serious emotional issues and apparently was seeking
treatment but there was no facility in his part of the state with an
empty bed, or so the news reports.

According to my wife, who knows about the "availability" of facilities
for those who need a residential program, the lack of space is a common
problem in this country almost everywhere, especially if you don't the
funds or insurance to pay $2000+ a day for a private facility. It's not
easy to find space for day treatment, either, or, in fact, for many
kinds of treatment for mental/emotional problems sans cash or insurance
that will cover it.

Hey, this is America. I'm sure the Republican plan to provide health
coverage to all Americans will take care of this, right?

I doubt this family is destitute

Well, it's going to be a while for this case to unravel, but here's a
bit mo

(CBS) -The son of a Va. state senator who was stabbed Tuesday had been
evaluated by a mental health facility on Monday, but was released
because there were no available beds in the area, according to the
Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Dennis Crooper, the executive director of the Rockbridge County
Community Services Board, told the newspaper that 24-year-old Austin
"Gus" Deeds was evaluated under an emergency custody order the day
before he died.

Crooper released a statement late Tuesday which did not confirm what he
told the Times-Dispatch about Deeds' exam or a lack of available beds,
but described the process for holding someone under an emergency custody
order (ECO):

"Once a person is taken into custody under an ECO they can be held for
up to 4 hours while an evaluation from a Mental Health professional is
conducted. Within those four hours, if a mental health professional
determines that they need a psychiatric bed space, they have to use
those same 4 hours to locate a receiving facility. In certain conditions
a 2 hour extension is granted by a magistrate, but under no
circumstances can a person be held beyond 6 hours involuntarily under an
ECO."

Creigh Deeds was formerly a Bath County prosecutor and was elected to
the state Senate in 2001, according to the Associated Press. He also ran
unsuccessfully for attorney general in 2005 and for governor in 2009.

Gus Deeds enrolled at the College of William & Mary in 2007 and attended
the school on and off, but had withdrawn a month before his death,
according to a statement released by the college.

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There aren't a whole bunch of sophisticated mental health facilities in
Rockbridge County, Virginia.

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