Mary Baldwin University Launching Rural Mental Healthcare Program
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Augusta Free Press
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Jun 26, 2026
Summary
A Virginia university is offering a new psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner program to address a growing need for rural mental healthcare amid healthcare workforce shortages. The program will support placements in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, and North Carolina.
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· Behavioral health workforce
· Health workforce education and training
· Health workforce supply and demand
· Mental health
· Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses
· Maryland
· North Carolina
· Virginia
· West Virginia