Rural Health
News by Topic: Mental health
Dec 10, 2025 - Describes a mental health awareness and crisis response training being used to fill gaps in mental healthcare access for rural communities. Notes health disparities for rural residents due to shortages of mental health workforce and resources.
Source: The Daily Yonder
Dec 4, 2025 - Highlights Montana State University's Center for Research on Rural Education after a decade of work. Discusses access to mental health professionals in schools, mental health awareness building among students, and support for recruiting and retaining teachers.
Source: MSU News
Dec 3, 2025 - Highlights a program offering mental health services to Texas farmers. Discusses how the program was developed, as well as high rates of factors contributing to poor mental health, access to mental healthcare, and stigma among rural and farming communities.
Source: AgriLife Today
Nov 18, 2025 - A rural Vermont mental health urgent care facility has expanded services to offer overnight beds. It is the first 24/7 walk-in mental health urgent care facility in the state and is intended to relieve area emergency rooms as well as offer care close to home. Describes the facility's place in the mental healthcare intervention space, how the program has been funded, outcomes for prior patients, services offered, and sustainability.
Source: VT Digger
Nov 11, 2025 - Describes a new mental health treatment offered for free to veterans and other first responders in Ohio. Highlights one veteran's work to increase access to the treatment in rural areas using mobile units.
Source: The Ohio Newsroom
Nov 10, 2025 - Discusses the high suicide rates for older adult men in the mountain west. Notes that terminal illness, finances, and access to firearms combined with stigma related to mental health are factors in the high rates. Describes Donna's Law as a policy measure to reduce rates of suicide with a firearm.
Source: KUNC
Oct 30, 2025 - Describes community-wide efforts to combat an increase in suicides in rural Colorado. Highlights a mental health response team comprised of police and a mental health professional. Discusses rural specific drivers of suicide rates.
Source: The Colorado Sun
Oct 17, 2025 - Discusses higher suicide rates for rural residents compared to urban residents and a Louisiana university's online therapy program to address those higher rates. Discusses the program's shift to focus on engaging communities, successes after year 1, and work to address broadband challenges.
Source: WAFB
Oct 15, 2025 - Highlights a partnership between a rural Kentucky school system and local health system to increase access to mental health services for students. The program aims to overcome common barriers, particularly transportation. Notes existing partnerships with other school districts and the health system and plans to continue expanding.
Source: LEX 18