Community Support

I am not sure where I should post this but I am wondering if anyone has heard anything about "community support" jobs ending. I am in this position and my community support person told me my Psychiatrist will not see me just for meds and I have been seeing her for years. My Psychiatrist said I have to be involved with something other than just getting my meds from her. I have a Therapist but she is not with this organization. Now, I am stressed out and do not know what I am going to do. I know I will have to find a new Psychiatrist but I do not know any others. Is anyone else experiencing this?

[pdr7686]

By the way, I am Bi-polar, BPD, have panic attacks, PTSD,,.


This is a follow up of my first posting

[ILADVOCATE]

It would depend what's going on. If one agency closed that would be one thing but if a whole group of agencies were defunded because of a reduction in government grants towards mental health services that would be another. Either way you might want to speak to your local NAMI chapter or the IL centers as I have mentioned as any reduction in mental health services is a loss for many people and if its due to a reduction in funding either or both group should advocate to have it reinstated. Inform them and ask what is going on.

[pdr7686]

I was told today that the agency had lost a lot of government grant money and that they were letting a lot of mental health patients go from that agency. I was also told that "community support" people were losing their jobs and the ones that were there did not know how long they would continue to be employed.