Salisbury VA Medical Center

They provide inpatient hospital, outpatient, inpatient residential, detox and telemedicine. The nearest alternative is in Landis, 12 miles away, if you want something to compare it against.

They provide detox for 5 substances: alcohol, benzodiazepines, cocaine, methamphetamines and opioids. Whether a bed is free this week is a question for the call, and Salisbury has 6 other centers.

They treat older adults, along with young adults from 18 to 25 and adults from 26 to 64, which is a wider range than most places listed near Salisbury cover.

Yes, they offer a veterans program, one of 2 named programs at this address.

They offer telemedicine, so some of this can be done by video rather than traveling into Salisbury.

Bring the list and bring the containers, and expect a prescriber to go through both. Stopping a psychiatric medication abruptly can cause real harm, which is why this is never a decision to make alone. Any change to what you take is a conversation with a prescriber, never a decision from a page like this.

Nothing goes out without an authorization you sign, and that authorization can be narrow. An authorization carries an end date and stops when that date passes, rather than running on indefinitely. Ask for a copy of any release you sign, and read what it covers.

It depends on the level of care. Outpatient care is designed to fit around a job. An employer is generally entitled to dates and a clinician's confirmation, not to a diagnosis. Keep a copy of everything you send and every date you were given.