Association of Rurality With Availability of Youth Mental Health Facilities With Suicide Prevention Services in the US

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Presents a study on the availability of suicide prevention services for youths age 15-19 at mental health facilities in rural versus urban areas. Compares the rates of prevalence of mental health facilities, youth-serving mental health facilities, and youth-serving mental health facilities with suicide prevention programs by rural-urban continuum codes.

Janessa M. Graves, Demetrius A. Abshire, Jessica L. Mackelprang, et al.

JAMA Network Open, 3(10), e2021471

10/2020

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Children and youth · Health disparities · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Suicide and suicide prevention