North Dakota Launches Initiative Focused on Suicide Prevention Support and Training for Rural Healthcare Providers
Source
North Dakota Health & Human Services
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Date
May 15, 2026
Summary
North Dakota is launching an initiative to support rural and tribal healthcare providers in implementing suicide risk screening, follow-up care, and improved referral pathways to mental health and behavioral healthcare services. About 164 North Dakotans died by suicide in 2025.
Tagged as
Behavioral health
· Behavioral health workforce
· Farmers and farmworkers
· Health screening
· Health workforce education and training
· Mental health
· Primary care
· Rural Health Transformation Program
· Suicide and suicide prevention
· Tribal communities
· North Dakota